Andersen Air Force Base
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Andersen Air Force Base is a major United States Air Force installation on Guam that serves as a strategic hub for air operations in the Pacific region.
Observed surface forms (6)
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
United States Air Force base
ⓘ
military installation ⓘ |
| belongsTo | unincorporated territory of the United States ⓘ |
| continent | Oceania ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| elevation | 187 feet ⓘ |
| FAAcode | UAM ⓘ |
| garrison | 36th Wing ⓘ |
| hasFacility |
large aircraft parking aprons
ⓘ
munitions storage areas ⓘ |
| hasRunway |
Runway 06L/24R
ⓘ
Runway 06R/24L ⓘ |
| hasTenantUnit |
36th Wing
ⓘ
734th Air Mobility Squadron ⓘ Army units ⓘ Detachment 1, 69th Reconnaissance Group ⓘ Marine Corps units ⓘ Navy units ⓘ |
| hosts |
Andersen Air Force Base
self-linksurface differs
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surface form:
Andersen South training area
deployed fighter aircraft ⓘ rotational bomber deployments ⓘ |
| IATAcode | UAM ⓘ |
| ICAOcode | PGUA ⓘ |
| ISOcountryCode | GU ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Yigo, Guam ⓘ |
| locatedOn | island of Guam ⓘ |
| location | Guam ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Brigadier General James Roy Andersen ⓘ |
| nearbyCity | Hagåtña, Guam ⓘ |
| opened | 1944 ⓘ |
| operator | United States Air Force ⓘ |
| partOf |
Eleventh Air Force
ⓘ
U.S. Pacific Air Forces ⓘ
surface form:
Pacific Air Forces
|
| runwayCount | 2 ⓘ |
| runwaySurface | concrete ⓘ |
| strategicImportance |
key node in U.S. nuclear deterrence posture in the Pacific
ⓘ
power projection platform for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command ⓘ |
| strategicRole | strategic hub for U.S. air operations in the Pacific region ⓘ |
| timezone | Chamorro Standard Time ⓘ |
| usedDuring |
Cold War
ⓘ
Global War on Terrorism ⓘ Korean War ⓘ Gulf War ⓘ
surface form:
Operation Desert Storm
Vietnam War ⓘ World War II ⓘ |
| usedFor |
aerial refueling operations
ⓘ
airlift operations ⓘ humanitarian assistance and disaster relief staging ⓘ intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations ⓘ long-range bomber operations ⓘ |
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Andersen Air Force Base passenger terminal
subject surface form:
James Roy Andersen
this entity surface form:
Andersen Air Force Base, Guam
this entity surface form:
Andersen South training area
this entity surface form:
Pacific Air Forces headquarters
this entity surface form:
Andersen Air Force Base census-designated place
subject surface form:
James Roy Andersen
this entity surface form:
Andersen Air Force Base airfield