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Ground crew members prepare to unload cargo, from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft. The aircraft, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing is participating in Exercise Glad Customer '82

Ground crew members prepare to unload cargo, from a KC-135 Stratotanke...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

A ground crewman marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft into a parking position. The aircraft, assigned to the 28th Bomb Wing, is participating in Exercise Glad Customer '82

A ground crewman marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft into a parkin...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

A ground crew member performs postflight maintenance on the instrument panel of a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft during Exercise Glad Customer '82

A ground crew member performs postflight maintenance on the instrument...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

B-52G Stratofortress aircraft pilots of the 43rd Strategic Wing synchronize their watches before an aerial mining mission over South Korea during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

B-52G Stratofortress aircraft pilots of the 43rd Strategic Wing synchr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Boyd Belcher Release Status: Release... More

A 43rd Strategic Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft takes off for an aerial mining mission over South Korea during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT '85

A 43rd Strategic Wing B-52G Stratofortress aircraft takes off for an a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT '85 Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: Tsgt Boyd Belcher Release Status: Release... More

A right underside view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft taking off at sunset during exercise Distant Mariner

A right underside view of a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft taking off at...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: DISTANT MARINER Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT... More

An air-to-air front view of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft armed with an AGM-84A Harpoon missile

An air-to-air front view of a B-52G Stratofortress aircraft armed with...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CHIEF MASTER SGT. Don Sutherland Release Statu... More

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension lines on parachute prior to attaching packages to be delivered during Christmas Drop. The annual airdrop is a humanitarian effort providing aid to needy islanders throughout Micronesia during the holiday season

A1C Donald Popp, 8th Mobile Aerial Port Squadron, repairs suspension l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam(GUM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT James Ferguson Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A medium-range view of the Main Gate

A medium-range view of the Main Gate

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Paul A. Mann Release Status: Released to ... More

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back to their temporary home at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. OPERATION PACIVIC HAVEN provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Anderson AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Kurdish refugees carries food supplies from the dining facility back t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Co... More

A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residence at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

A Kurdish woman passes time sewing while outside her temporary residen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Je... More

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary housing at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Pacific Haven. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Evacuated Kurdish children play in the playground at their temporary h...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Je... More

US Air Force Colonel (COL) John M. Deloney (far left), 36th Air Base Wing Commander, and US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command, talk while touring a hospital at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Members of ADM Pruehers staff and other Commanders of Operation Pacific Haven look on. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

US Air Force Colonel (COL) John M. Deloney (far left), 36th Air Base W...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PO2 Je... More

Contractors hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency enclose what will be a dinning facility. It is part of temporary housing for typhoon victims at Andersen South Air Force Base, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka

Contractors hired by the Federal Emergency Management Agency enclose w...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

This family has set up their cots in their room at the temporary housing in converted dorms at Andersen Air Force Base south, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka destroyed or badly damaged their homes

This family has set up their cots in their room at the temporary housi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Several US Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, glide down with the MC1-1 static line round parachutes over the drop zones after they jumped out of two US Air Force C-141 Starlifters, 800 feet above sea level, during Force Reconnaissance Exercises

Several US Marines from 2nd Platoon, Company A, 5th Force Reconnaissan...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Aaron... More

An aerial photograph of Marbo Annex on the island of Guam taken from a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from HMH-463, Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. Marbo Annex was used as a landing zone during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

An aerial photograph of Marbo Annex on the island of Guam taken from a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCP... More

Squadron Leaders B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al-Mamun, Bangladesh Air Force, discuss flightline activities at Andersen AFB, Guam during PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY 2001. PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY (PAR) is a PACAF-sponsored Military Airlift symposium for countries in the pacific region. PAR, held every two years and hosted by a pacific nation, this year Guam is the host nation with the symposium staging out of Andersen AFB. The symposium includes informational seminars with area of expertise briefings, a Command Post Exercise (CPX) which addresses military airlift support to a humanitarian airlift/disaster relief scenario, and a concurrent flying training program that builds ...

Squadron Leaders B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Squadron Leaders B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al-Mamun, Bangladesh Air Force, discuss flightline activiti... More

A Jump MASTER from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five, yells to jumpers that it is time to go during static line jumps from a CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopter from Helicopter Combat Support Squadron Five, Andersen Air Base, Guam

A Jump MASTER from Explosive Ordnance Disposal Mobile Unit Five, yells...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Country: Unknown Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Marjorie Mcnamee, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

A wreath sits on top of transfer cases draped in American Flags on board a C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A wreath sits on top of transfer cases draped in American Flags on boa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua St... More

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Ginett of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, prepare to detonate ordnance on the Tarague EOD range, by laying blocks of C 4 explosives over MK 76 Marine practice bombs

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Ginett of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P.... More

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Ginett of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) flight, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, prepare to detonate ordnance on the Tarague EOD range, by laying blocks of C 4 explosives over MK 76 Marine practice bombs

SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Adam Ginett of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposa...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P.... More

Mechanics work on an EA6B Prowler from the Marine Tactical Electronic Warfare Squadron 2 (VMAQ-2) at Marine Corps Air Station, Iwakuni, Japan in support of Exercise COPE NORTH 2002, on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

Mechanics work on an EA6B Prowler from the Marine Tactical Electronic ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 2002 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Billy Weinstein with the 36th Civil Engineer Squadron (CES), Fire Protection Flight stationed at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, works to extinguish a fuel tank fire

US Air Force (USAF) AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Billy Weinstein with the ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

The crew of a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, poses for a group photo after taking part in the first flight of the Christmas Drop from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. Retired Colonel (COL) Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber, is at center with his wife Lorraine

The crew of a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua St... More

Two UH-46 Sea Knights and three UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned to Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, fly over the Pacific Ocean, near their home

Two UH-46 Sea Knights and three UH-60 Black Hawk helicopters assigned ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amy Christopherson, from Elmendorf Air Force Base (AFB), directs STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Allan Abistado, from Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, as he drives a 10K All Terrain (AT) forklift and moves cargo pallets at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Amy Christopherson, from Elmen...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua St... More

Armed with M16A2 service rifles, Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Fox Company, 3rd Platoon conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) at an abandoned housing unit on Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Armed with M16A2 service rifles, Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2003 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Show... More

With 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Platoon (PLT), Fox Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR RGT), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), conduct urban terrain combat training. The training is taking place in a former US Air Force (USAF) housing area near Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

With 5.56 mm M16A2 rifles, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Pla...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: 2nd BN, 4th Marine Regiment Scene Camera O... More

The first of six US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress bombers from Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND) taxis to their parking spaces after landing at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU) in support of the US Pacific Command's (PACOM) request for a rotational bomber force

The first of six US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress bombers from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J... More

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kory McLeod (left), and SRA William Fay, both B-52 Stratofortress aircraft Crew Chiefs assigned to the 5th Bomb Wing (BW), prepare to launch their aircraft during night operations on the flight line at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. (SUBSTANDARD)

US Air Force (USAF) SENIOR AIRMAN (SRA) Kory McLeod (left), and SRA Wi...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Val Gempis, USAF Release Status: Released... More

A US Air Force (USAF) 325th Bomb Squadron (BS), 509th Bomb Wing (BW), B-2 Spirit multi-role stealth bomber, from Whiteman Air Force Base (AFB), Missouri (MO), taxis onto the flight line at Andersen AFB, Guam (GU), as it participates in Exercise CORONET BUGLE 49, which is part of an Air Combat Command (ACC) Global Power mission

A US Air Force (USAF) 325th Bomb Squadron (BS), 509th Bomb Wing (BW), ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Tia Schroeder, USAF Release Status: Relea... More

Sixteen different U.S. Air Force 36th Air Expeditionary Wing squadron teams pay respect to the flag during the National Anthem at Arch Light Memorial Park, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis, III) (RELEASED)

Sixteen different U.S. Air Force 36th Air Expeditionary Wing squadron ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release Status:... More

U.S. Air Force 36th Communication Squadron, 36th Air Expeditionary Wing SENIOR AIRMAN Christopher Berry, crawls through an obstacle course during Warrior Day Challenge at Arch Light Memorial Park, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis, III)(RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force 36th Communication Squadron, 36th Air Expeditionary Win...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release Status:... More

Marines prepare to embark on MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor

Marines prepare to embark on MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor

Marines prepare to embark on MV-22B Osprey tiltrotor aircraft to conduct an island seizure from Andersen Air Base, Guam, Sept. 20, 2014. The island seizure is one of many vignettes, or one-day exercises, that m... More

A view of Strategic Air Command's parked B-52 Stratofortress aircraft, prior to their participation in Linebacker Operations over North Vietnam

A view of Strategic Air Command's parked B-52 Stratofortress aircraft,...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, line up for takeoff as they prepare for strikes over Hanoi and Haiphong, North Vietnam, during Operation LINEBACKER

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, line up f...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LINEBACKER Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digi... More

A ground crew member performs postflight maintenance on a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft during Exercise Glad Customer '82

A ground crew member performs postflight maintenance on a KC-135 Strat...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

A view of the sign at the main entrance to the base. In the background, a B-52 Stratofortress aircraft comes in to land

A view of the sign at the main entrance to the base. In the background...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Digit... More

A view of the sign at the base's front gate

A view of the sign at the base's front gate

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: Sergeant Howard Blair Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service D... More

Sailors, airmen and Marines unload luggage at a temporary evacuation center during Operation Fiery Vigil. The center was set up to process military dependents who were evacuated from the Philippines after volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo disrupted operations at Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay.

Sailors, airmen and Marines unload luggage at a temporary evacuation c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam(GUM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Eichensehr Release Status: Released t... More

A mother carries her sleeping child as she and other evacuees from bases in the Philippines congregate in the base gym while stopping over en route to the United States. Civilian and military personnel and their dependents have been evacuated from Naval Station, Subic Bay and Naval Air Station, Cubi Point as part of Operation Fiery Vigil in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption on June 10th.

A mother carries her sleeping child as she and other evacuees from bas...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam(GU) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Randal... More

Overview of Anderson AFB flight line, with damaged roofs and battered hangers

Overview of Anderson AFB flight line, with damaged roofs and battered ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to ... More

Young Kurdish refugees take advantage of the play ground at their temporary home at Anderson Air Force Base, Guam. OPERATION PACIVIC HAVEN provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Anderson AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Young Kurdish refugees take advantage of the play ground at their temp...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Co... More

US Army Captain John Hackett, Commander, Company C, 1ST Battalion, 27th Infantry, 25th Infantry Division, answers questions from a local area reporter while working as a director of security at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of over 2,100 Kurds (not shown) from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

US Army Captain John Hackett, Commander, Company C, 1ST Battalion, 27t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Ke... More

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurdish evacuees at Anderson AFB, Guam. The U.S. Navy Sea Bees of Construction Battalion One built the structures during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN

Two temporary structures are used as Mosques to meet the needs of Kurd...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Ke... More

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft out of Travis Air Force Base, California, lands at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, to deliver power trucks from Hawaii that will aid the Guam Power Authority in restoring power to the island after Typhoon Paka

A C-5 Galaxy aircraft out of Travis Air Force Base, California, lands ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson Release Status: Released... More

Rear view medium close up shot from the rear entrance of a USAF C-130 Hercules Cargo aircraft at US Marines from Company A, 5th Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, as they jump from the plane with their MC5 Static Line Square Parachutes and 100-pound All Purpose, Light, Weight, Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) packs to the ground after performing a 6-thousand foot combat jump during Force Reconnaissance Exercises over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Rear view medium close up shot from the rear entrance of a USAF C-130 ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Aaron... More

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from HMH-463 Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, lands on the island of Peleliu as part of Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing (MAW), Okinawa Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

A CH-53E Super Stallion helicopter from HMH-463 Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii, l...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown:... More

Squadron Leaders, B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al-mamun, Bangladesh Air Force along with Flight Lieutenant Martyn Silver, (right), Royal Australian Air Force exchanges ideas about flightline activities in preparation for PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY 2001 on Andersen AFB, Guam. PACIFIC AIRLIFT RALLY (PAR) is a PACAF-sponsored Military Airlift symposium for countries in the pacific region. PAR, held every two years and hosted by a pacific nation, this year Guam is the host nation with the symposium staging out of Andersen AFB. The symposium includes informational seminars with area of expertise briefings, a Command Post Exercise (CPX) which addresses military airlift support...

Squadron Leaders, B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed A...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: [Complete] Scene Caption: Squadron Leaders, B.S. Kanwar, (left), Indian Air Force, and Shaheed Al-mamun, Bangladesh Air Force along with Flight Lieutenan... More

An M117, 750-lb bomb in position for detonation as a part of the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) training on Tarague beach, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

An M117, 750-lb bomb in position for detonation as a part of the 36th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P.... More

A tower of smoke rises above the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Tarague range seconds after the detonation of an M117 bomb, as a part of the flight's training, on Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

A tower of smoke rises above the 36th Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P.... More

Nose art "Spirit of 9-11" is displayed on an F-16 Falcon fighter from the 35th Fighter Wing (FW) at Misawa, Japan during Exercise COPE NORTH 2002, at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) on Guam

Nose art "Spirit of 9-11" is displayed on an F-16 Falcon fighter from ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 2002 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Rose, 36th Communications Squadron (CS) places a plastic covering over the computers in the visual information center, during typhoon preparedness as typhoon Chata'an approaches, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Mark Rose, 36th Communicatio...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P. Strang, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

An uprooted palm tree shows the effects of the 104 miles per hour (mph) winds a rain that struck the base housing area on Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Typhoon Chata'an. The typhoon scattered debris and trees causing damage to buildings, houses, and vehicles

An uprooted palm tree shows the effects of the 104 miles per hour (mph...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P. Strang, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

Long lines at the gas station at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam due to damage caused by super-typhoon Pongsona after it struck the island

Long lines at the gas station at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam d...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charlien... More

At Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, Mister Albert Villagomez, a driver with the Defense Commissary Agency (DCA), drives a cargo truck down the cargo ramp of a C-5 Galaxy from Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California

At Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, Mister Albert Villagomez, a dr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua St... More

On board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base (AB), Japan, retired USAF Colonel (COL) Gail Halvorsen, the Candy Bomber, writes a holiday greeting on a box of supplies to be dropped during the first flight of the 50th anniversary flights called the Christmas Drop on Dec. 21 2002

On board a US Air Force (USAF) C-130 Hercules from Yokota Air Base (AB...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua St... More

US Marine Corps (USMC) ground crews assigned to Marine Fighter Attack Squadron One Two Two (VMFA-122), scramble to launch their F/A-18C Hornet aircraft during exercise Jungle Shield, at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB) Guam

US Marine Corps (USMC) ground crews assigned to Marine Fighter Attack ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P. Strang, USAF Release Status: Rel... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer gets towed with a MB-2 aircraft tow tractor to a new parking spot on the ramp at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The B-1B is here in support of the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing's (AEW) mission

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer gets towed with a MB-2 aircraft tow ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P. Strang, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Serv... More

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer Bomber, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, takes off from Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission

A US Air Force (USAF) B-1B Lancer Bomber, deployed from Dyess Air Forc...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Christina... More

Near several parked US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress bombers, a B-1B Lancer Bomber, deployed from Dyess Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, takes off from Andersen AFB, Guam, in support of the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing's mission

Near several parked US Air Force (USAF) B-52 Stratofortress bombers, a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Charlene... More

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) L.D. Buerger, right and Lieutenant (LT) Ken King, with the 7th Expeditionary Maintenance Group (EMXG), have their heads shaved by CHIEF MASTER Sergeant (CMSGT) Randy Lang and AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Paul Brady at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam

US Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) L.D. Buerger, right and Lieutenant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua Strang, USAF Release Status: Releas... More

Derivatives of the US Navy (USN) P-3 Orion Aircraft representing the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CP-140 Aurora (left), 407th Maritime Patrol Squadron, British Columbia, and Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) P-3C/AP-3C Orion, 92nd Wing, RAAF Maritime Patrol Group (MPG), RAAF Edinburgh, South Australia, sit on the flightline at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. The aircraft are on station to participate in the joint exercise TANDEM THRUST 03, a joint US, Canada, and Australia exercise conducted in the Marianas islands to include Guam and Tinian

Derivatives of the US Navy (USN) P-3 Orion Aircraft representing the R...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT Bill Kimble, USAF Release Status: Release... More

With a variety of Infantry weapons, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines from 3rd Platoon (PLT), Fox Company, 2nd Battalion (BN), 4th Marine Regiment (MAR RGT), Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Pendleton, California (CA), conduct urban terrain combat training. The training is taking place in a former US Air Force (USAF) housing area near Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during joint Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

With a variety of Infantry weapons, US Marine Corps (USMC) Marines fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Steve Cline, USAF Release Status: Release... More

Armed with M16A2 service rifles, Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU), 2nd Battalion, 4th Marines, Fox Company, 3rd Platoon conduct Military Operations in Urban Terrain (MOUT) at an abandoned housing unit on Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Armed with M16A2 service rifles, Marines from 31st Marine Expeditionar...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TANDEM THRUST 2003 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: S... More

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker aircraft, 60th Air Mobility Wing (AMW), Travis Air Force Base (AFB), California (CA), touches down on the runway at Andersen AFB, Guam, delivering troops and equipment in support of Exercise COPE NORTH. COPE NORTH is an exercise in which US Air Force, US Marines, and the Japanese Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) participate in joint training

A US Air Force (USAF) KC-10A Extender cargo/tanker aircraft, 60th Air ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SRA Joshua St... More

A US Air Force (USAF) Contractor for the Civil Engineering Squadron (CES), 36th Wing, Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), takes pictures and evaluates a test of the High Expansion (HI-EX) foam system used for fire protection inside aircraft hangars. The Jet Ex foam produced by the Ansul Corporation covers the hangar up to twelve feet high preventing the spread of fire

A US Air Force (USAF) Contractor for the Civil Engineering Squadron (C...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J... More

U.S. Air Force 36th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander COL. P.K White, salutes before presenting medals to team Mission Support, 36 Support Group, during Warrior Day Challenge at Arch Light Memorial Park, Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, on Jan. 14, 2005. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis, III) (RELEASED)

U.S. Air Force 36th Air Expeditionary Wing Commander COL. P.K White, s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release Status:... More

Leigh L. Graham speaks during a Thanksgiving meal provided

Leigh L. Graham speaks during a Thanksgiving meal provided

Leigh L. Graham speaks during a Thanksgiving meal provided to service members and their families by the Guam USO inside the Royal Orchid in Tumon, Guam, Nov. 28. The USO also provided a Thanksgiving meal to Mar... More

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antoine Dunlap (right), 18th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antoine Dunlap (right), 18th

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Antoine Dunlap (right), 18th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron security forces member, observes baton practice with his Philippine Air Force counterparts during a subject matter expert ex... More

Twenty-seven Japanese veterans from tank units stationed on the neighboring island of Saipan during World War II (WWII) came to pay respects to fallen comrades during a 60th Anniversary reunion. These veterans had family and friends stationed on Guam, and they didn't learn of their fates for years following the war. They came today with their families to place flowers, burn incense, light candles and give prayers at Tarague Beach a sight of major conflict during the war. The Japanese tank units at Tarague were the last enemy tanks on Guam and with their destruction by the United States Marine Corp (USMC) all organized resistance on Guam had ended

Twenty-seven Japanese veterans from tank units stationed on the neighb...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam Country: Northern Mariana Islands (MNP) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Bennie J. Davis III, USAF Release Status: Rele... More

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, leave a smoke trail behind as they take off, one after another, for bombing missions over North Vietnam during Operation LINEBACKER

A B-52D Stratofortress aircraft, from Strategic Air Command, leave a s...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: LINEBACKER Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown Release Status: Released to Public Com... More

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass information that she received from a dropsonde sensor dropped by parachute from a WC-130 Hercules aircraft. The dropsonde is used to monitor a typhoon's direction so that the information can be promptly relayed to the Joint Typhoon Warning Center (JTWC)

SGT. Debbie Whitacre uses a computer to transcribe, record and pass in...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: MSGT. Curt Eddings Release Status: Released to... More

COL Meyers, commander of the 43rd Strategic Wing, greets LTC Kenneth J. Hacker, commander of the 37th Bomb Squadron. LTC Hacker arrived at the base aboard a B-52H Stratofortress aircraft to participate in Exercise Glad Customer '82

COL Meyers, commander of the 43rd Strategic Wing, greets LTC Kenneth J...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GLAD CUSTOMER '82 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TS... More

US Air Force personnel use a forklift to unload a Mark 52 air-delivered underwater mine from a pallet during Exercise TEAM SPIRIT'86

US Air Force personnel use a forklift to unload a Mark 52 air-delivere...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: TEAM SPIRIT Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: Unknown ... More

Workers take apart the cockpit of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that are being scrapped in accordance with the SALT II treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union

Workers take apart the cockpit of a B-52D aircraft, one of three that ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Daniel C. Perez Release Status: Released ... More

One F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing holds position as another receives fuel from 22nd Air Refueling Wing KC-10A Extender aircraft during Exercise Giant Warrior '89

One F-15C Eagle aircraft from the 18th Tactical Fighter Wing holds pos...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GIANT WARRIOR '89 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: TE... More

An airman guides a taxiing E-3A Sentry aircraft during exercise Giant Warrior '89

An airman guides a taxiing E-3A Sentry aircraft during exercise Giant ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: GIANT WARRIOR '89 Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: TSGT Lee Schading Release Status: Relea... More

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft crew preparing to take part in a maritime mission include, from left: Captain (CPT) Russell Bridgham, First Lieutenant (1LT) Rodney Yates, 1LT Peter Grettch, CPT James Hays, 1LT Ian Kincaid, CPT Gregory Sprang and STAFF Sergeant Beau Howard. The mission, performed in conjunction with the Navy, includes carrying AIM-84A Harpoon missiles, sea surveillance and reconnaissance and laying sea mines

Members of a 60th Bombardment Squadron B-52G Stratofortress aircraft c...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: CMSGT Don Sutherland Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Service Di... More

A Navy lieutenant talks on the telephone while working in a temporary evacuation center during Operation Fiery Vigil. The center was set up to process military dependents who were evacuated from the Philippines after volcanic ash from the eruption of Mount Pinatubo disrupted operations at Clark Air Base and Naval Station, Subic Bay.

A Navy lieutenant talks on the telephone while working in a temporary ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam(GUM) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 John Eichensehr Release Status: Released t... More

A dog is treated for an eye infection while in a holding area for pets of military and civilian personnel being evacuated from the Philippines. Evacuees are being transported to the United States in the aftermath of Mount Pinatubo's eruption as part of Operation Fiery Vigil.

A dog is treated for an eye infection while in a holding area for pets...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FIERY VIGIL Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam(GU) Country: United States Of America(USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH1 Randal... More

A Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 50 (VRC-50) C-130 Hercules aircraft is trapped by a partially collapsed hangar in the aftermath of Typhoon Omar which struck on August 29th, causing severe damage to Andersen; Naval Station, Guam; and the surrounding area

A Fleet Logistics Support Squadron 50 (VRC-50) C-130 Hercules aircraft...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT. Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to ... More

Hangars and other buildings display the effects of Typhoon Omar, which hit the area on August 29th, causing severe damage to Andersen; Naval Station, Guam; and the surrounding area

Hangars and other buildings display the effects of Typhoon Omar, which...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to P... More

Destroyed buildings display the effects of Typhoon Omar, which struck on August 29th, causing severe damage to Andersen; Naval Station, Guam; and the surrounding area

Destroyed buildings display the effects of Typhoon Omar, which struck ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SGT Gary Coppage Release Status: Released to P... More

US Air Force AIRMAN Michelle L. Sonier from the Security Police Squadron, 36th Air Base Wing, takes a break during guard duty at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, as part of Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. The operation, a joint humanitarian effort conducted by the US military, entails the evacuation of approximately 2,400 Kurds (not shown) from northern Iraq to avoid retaliation from Iraq for working with the US government and international humanitarian agencies. The Kurds will be housed at Andersen AFB, while they go through the immigration process for residence in the United States

US Air Force AIRMAN Michelle L. Sonier from the Security Police Squadr...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: PH2 Ke... More

Lieutenant General (LGEN) William M. Steele, Commanding General US Army Pacific, Fort Shafter, Hawaii, talks with US Army Soldiers operating at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation Pacific Haven. OPERATION PACIVIC HAVEN provides airlift for some 2,700 refugees fleeing Iraq. The refugees will be housed at Anderson AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

Lieutenant General (LGEN) William M. Steele, Commanding General US Arm...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Je... More

US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command visits with Kurdish children in a hospital tent at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. The tents are used for routine physical examinations and immunization of Kurdish evacuees being temporarily housed at Andersen AFB. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02jef... More

US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacific Command, laughs with Kurdish evacuees while touring Andersen AFB, Guam, during OPERATION PACIFIC HAVEN. Pacific Haven, a joint humanitarian operation conducted by the U.S. Military, evacuated over 2,100 Kurds from Northern Iraq. The evacuees will be housed temporarily at Andersen AFB, Guam, while they go through the immigration process for residence into the United States

US NAVY Admiral (ADM) Joseph W. Prueher, Commander in CHIEF U.S. Pacif...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: P02 Je... More

Sergeant Major Joel Williams, Sergeant Major Marine Forces Pacific, talks with Marine Forces personnel stationed at Andersen South, Guam, during Operation PACIFIC HAVEN. PACIFIC HAVEN provided Kurdish evacuees political asylum from Iraq. While on Guam, the Kurds are provided shelter, food, clothing, medical care and assimilation classes for life in the United States

Sergeant Major Joel Williams, Sergeant Major Marine Forces Pacific, ta...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: PACIFIC HAVEN Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL M... More

Typhoon victims unload their possessions to move into their room at the temporary housing in converted dorms at Andersen Air Force Base south, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka

Typhoon victims unload their possessions to move into their room at th...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Typhoon victims are bussed in from schools used as shelters to temporary housing of converted dorms at Andersen Air Force Base south, Guam, after Super Typhoon Paka destroyed or badly damaged their homes. Here they may have a bit more privacy and better facilities as well as freeing up schools to begin classes in January

Typhoon victims are bussed in from schools used as shelters to tempora...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base Country: Guam (GUM) Scene Camera Operator: SRA Diane S. Robinson, USAF Release Status: Released to Public Combined Military Ser... More

Right side front view medium shot of US Marine Lance Corporal Arguemedo, parachute rigger, 5th Force Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marine Division, as he gathers up his MC5 parachute after successfully jumping from a US Air Force C-141 Starlifter during the Force Reconnaissance Exercise

Right side front view medium shot of US Marine Lance Corporal Arguemed...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Aaron... More

Rear view long shot from the rear entrance of a USAF C-130 Hercules Cargo aircraft (Not shown) at US Marines from Company A, 5th Reconnaissance Battalion, 3rd Marines, as they've just jumped from the plane with their MC5 Static Line Square Parachutes and 100-pound All-purpose Light Weight Individual Carrying Equipment (ALICE) packs to the ground after performing a 6-thousand foot combat jump during Force Reconnaissance Exercises over Andersen Air Force Base, Guam

Rear view long shot from the rear entrance of a USAF C-130 Hercules Ca...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: FORECONEX Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: LCPL Aaron... More

United States Air Force Captain Mike Wollet, left, Captain Jay Clark, center, Major Dean Steele, fly a C-17 Globemaster aircraft loaded with humanitarian earthquake relief cargo bound for India

United States Air Force Captain Mike Wollet, left, Captain Jay Clark, ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Stan Parker Release Status: Released to P... More

An aerial photograph of Marbo Annex on the island of Guam taken from a CH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter from HMH-463, Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Bay Hawaii. Marbo Annex was used as a landing zone during Exercise KOA THUNDER 2001. Marines from Aviation Support Element, Kaneohe Hawaii, 1ST Marine Air Wing, Okinawa, Japan, and 3rd Marines 7th Battalion, 29 Palms, California, participated in KOA THUNDER on the island of Guam from July 9 to July 14. The purpose of the exercise was to demonstrate the Marine Corps' ability to deploy in the South Pacific from places other than Okinawa, Japan

An aerial photograph of Marbo Annex on the island of Guam taken from a...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: KOA THUNDER 2001 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: CPL... More

United States Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Scott Ulmer of the 35th Fighter Wing (FW) Misawa, Japan, prepares to taxis his F-16 Falcon on the Andersen Air Force Base (AFB) runway, on Guam, in support of Exercise COPE NORTH 2002

United States Air Force (USAF) Captain (CAPT) Scott Ulmer of the 35th ...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 2002 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: ... More

A pair of Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 Eagle fighters from the 8th Air Wing (AW) out of Tsuiki Air Base, Japan, take off in formation from Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, in support of Exercise COPE NORTH 2002

A pair of Japan Air Self Defense Force (JASDF) F-15 Eagle fighters fro...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Subject Operation/Series: COPE NORTH 2002 Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Camera Operator: A1C ... More

A view of the housing area at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), showing the effects of the winds and rain in the forefront of Typhoon Chata'an. The typhoon created peak gusts of 104 miles per hour (mph), which scattered debris and trees causing damage to buildings, houses, and vehicles

A view of the housing area at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), showing t...

The original finding aid described this photograph as: Base: Andersen Air Base State: Guam (GU) Country: United States Of America (USA) Scene Major Command Shown: PACAF Scene Camera Operator: A1C Joshua P.... More

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