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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...

In preparation for next year's observation of the 50th anniversary of Guam's World War Two liberation, Seabees from Naval Mobile Construction Battalion 3 (NMCB-3) clear a historic area at Orote Point, Naval Station Guam. The rock staircase was built near Sumay by Japanese prisoners of war in 1944-46 after American forces had recaptured the island in July of 1944. The prisoners dedicated the stairway to the Emperor of Imperial Japan Hirohito

Three American Flag draped transfer cases carrying the remains of fallen Americans found in Laos, sit aboard a USAF C-17A Globemaster III aircraft at Anderson Air Force Base (AFB), Guam. This is the first time the remains have touched American soil and are enroute to Hawaii (HI), for further investigation

Corporal (CPL) Douglas Aleman, Gulf Company, 2nd Battalion, 11th Marine Regiment looks on as a CH-46 Sea Knight from Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron (HMM 262) lands to pick up evacuees from a simulated Noncombatant Evacuation Operation (NEO), in support of Exercise TANDEM THRUST 2003

Crew members stand by a damage control vehicle on the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9) during flight operations off the coast of Beirut. The ship is providing support to US Marines deployed in Lebanon as part of a multi-national peacekeeping force following confrontation between Israeli forces and the Palestine Liberation Organization

Ground crew members chock the wheels of a 28th Bomb Wing B-52 Stratofortress aircraft just after its arrival during Exercise Glad Customer '82

US Air Force (USAF) 36th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU), military personnel and family dependants prepare for the possible arrival of Super Typhoon Sudal (originally Tropical Depression 03W and then Tropical Storm Sudal) by stocking up on basic necessities such as water and can goods. Andersen AFB is on Typhoon alert, which means that the entire base is at Tropical Cyclone Condition of Readiness Four (COR 4)

US Air Force (USAF) Airmen assigned to the 7th Expeditionary Munitions Squadron uses tie down chains to secure a load of Mark 82 500-pound general purpose bombs to a munitions trailer at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, during Operation IRAQI FREEDOM

The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds Aerial Demonstration Team F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft brake formation to land at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, September 9, 2004. This landing marks the first time in a decade the USAF Thunderbird demonstration team has visited Guam. The Thunderbirds will be performing during an air show held Sunday, September 12, 2004. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

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

A plane director signals landing instructions to the pilot of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter hovering over the flight deck of the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9)

Flight deck crewmen stand by as a Marine Medium Helicopter Squadron 261 (HMM-261) CH-46E Sea Knight helicopter prepares to take off from the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH-9)