Story by Senior Airman Brenden Beezley | 86th Airlift Wing | 07.30.2024
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently announced new requirements for dogs entering the United States, effective August 1, 2024....
Story by Staff Sgt. Suzanna Plotnikov | 36th Wing | 09.19.2023
Following the landfall of Typhoon Mawar, the devastating destruction could be seen by all. Roofs were destroyed, vegetation and the once green trees were bare of leaves and many buildings were flooded, including the passenger terminal on Andersen Air Force Base....
Story by Karen Abeyasekere | 100th Air Refueling Wing | 08.22.2022
Starting Sept. 20, 2022, the Patriot Express flight, also known as the rotator, is scheduled to start flying into Royal Air Force Mildenhall for U.S. military and civilian members and their families permanently changing station to the United Kingdom. It will fly to and from Baltimore/Washington International only, and the first flight out of RAF Mildenhall, for those PCSing back to the States,......
Story by Tech. Sgt. Eric Summers | 36th Wing | 04.09.2021
Patriot Express flights to Andersen AFB have been extended for an additional year. The flight service initially started as a six-month test period, but was extended 12 months due to COVID-19 impacts to ridership. U.S. Transportation Command and U.S. Indo-Pacific Command validated the mission and it will now be programmed into next year’s budget, meaning it will continue until 2022 when it......
Story by Senior Airman Christopher Quail | 436th Airlift Wing | 02.02.2021
On November 1, 2020, U.S. Transportation Command and Air Mobility Command implemented mandatory rapid, on-site testing for military and civilian passengers traveling aboard Patriot Express flights departing from Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport as well as Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, Washington. Additionally, all Patriot Express travelers must complete a......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Transportation Command | 10.15.2020
U.S. Transportation Command (USTRANSCOM) released the results from its Commercial Aircraft Cabin Aerosol Dispersion Test showing the overall exposure risk from aerosolized pathogens, like coronavirus, is very low on the type of aircraft the command contracts to move Department of Defense personnel and their families....
Story by Stephenie Wade | U.S. Transportation Command | 09.01.2020
USTRANSCOM conducts test to reduce risk of COVID exposure on aircraft
Story by Tech. Sgt. Tricia Topasna | 624th Regional Support Group | 03.07.2020
ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam --Air Force Reserve Airmen from the 44th Aerial Port Squadron here worked with the active duty's 734th Air Mobility Squadron here March 7 to support the first Patriot Express mission to land in Guam. The chartered Patriot Express “rotator” aircraft, which provides a significant cost savings to the military community, flew from Seattle-Tacoma International......
