Search results

Rear view of an F4U Corsair fighter aircraft that crashed on approach to the Orote Airfield main runway in 1944. The wreckage lies about 320 meters south of the main runway. It is one of the points of interest on the Guam Historical Trail

A right side view of a Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron 14 (HM-14) RH-53D Sea Stallion helicopter towing a lightweight magnetic sweep during mine contermeasures operations. The helicopter is assigned to the amphibious assault ship USS GUAM (LPH 9). Note: Fourth view in a series of six

Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) Mobile Unit Five, Detachment 33 personnel repel from the CH-46 Sea Knight helicopter during a training evolution at Orote Point, Guam

US Air Force (USAF) Lieutenant Colonel (LTC) Rob Hyee, B-52H Stratofortress long range bomber aircraft pilot, Commander, 23rd Bomb Squadron (BS), 5th Operations Group (OG), 5th Bomb Wing (BW), Minot Air Force Base (AFB), North Dakota (ND), performs final pre-flight checks inside the cockpit of his B-52H prior to departing Hickam AFB, Hawaii (HI) to fly back to the Bomber Forward Operating Location (BFOL), operated by the 36th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW), at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam (GU). CPT Hyee and his crew evacuated Guam because it was threatened by Typhoon Sudal

A U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirit"Stealth"bomber, 509th Bomber Wing, Whiteman Air Force Base, Mo., approaches the aerial refueling boom of a KC-135 Stratotanker, somewhere over Guam, Apr. 4, 2005. The Bombers are deployed to Anderson Air Force Base, Guam, as part of a rotation that has provided the U.S. Pacific Command a continous bomber presence in the Asian Pacific region since February 2004, enhancing regional security and the U.S. commitment to the Western Pacific. (U.S. Air Force photo by MASTER SGT. Val Gempis) (Released)

Supplies are craned onto the Wasp Class Amphibious Assault Ship USS BONHOMME RICHARD (LHD 6) during a brief port visit to the Pacific island of Guam. The BONHOMME RICHARD promptly changed her deployment schedule to support Operation UNIFIED ASSISTANCE, the humanitarian relief effort in the wake of the Tsunami that struck South East Asia on December 26 2004

MASTER SGT. Sam Tweit, a fuels technician with the 116th Air Refueling Squadron, Washington Air National Guard, based at Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB), Wash., prepares to refuel a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft before a mission during their deployment at Andersen AFB, Guam, on Nov. 23, 2004. (USAF PHOTO by STAFF SGT. Bennie J. Davis III) (Released)

Sailors onboard the Korean submarine LEE CHUN stand at the ready, as they prepare to go pier-side in Apra Harbor, Guam. The Koreans are joining by other allied forces in Guam to participate in Exercise TANDEM THRUST '99

US Air Force (USAF) STAFF Sergeant (SSGT) Derek Bussard, Electronic Counter Measures Element CHIEF, assigned to the 2nd Bomb Wing (BW) performs routine maintenance on a USAF B-52H Stratofortress aircraft while deployed with the 7th Air Expeditionary Wing (AEW) at Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam, during Operation, ENDURING FREEDOM

PH1 Ted Salois Tinian, Marianas Islands....Two Marines make some last-minute adjustments to their gear before they head into the jungle during exercise Kennel Bear '89. The Marines, from Marine Barracks Guam, are acting as aggressors against Seabees from Navy Mobile Construction Battalion 3 and Marines from the 3rd Force Service Support Group. OFFICIAL U.S. NAVY PHOTO (RELEASED)

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

A1C Paula Heath and her husband, SRA Mike Heath, examine a carved coral pylon in Latte Stone Park