TDY Dynamic Force Employment - Nov '22

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ALCON, this will be our first TDY as a group - and although we are primarily focusing on training - in a friendly airspace corridor of the pacific, it is important to note very-real potential threats in the region. Dynamic force employment “is designed as a way for Pacific Air Forces to exercise their ability to generate combat air power from dynamic force elements while continuing to move, maneuver, and sustain these elements in geographically-separated and contested environments”.

Our current objectives for this TDY as as follows:

To continue range training and proficiency over the Naval environment.
Ensure Freedom of Navigation in international waters.
Force Projection and Deterrence of Chinese PLA forces in the region.
Other humanitarian Missions of support as may be directed by PACAF.

Now with that said, there have been reports this past year of Chinese propaganda targeting Andersen AFB.
Pacific Air Forces is pushing back against a Chinese military propaganda video depicting an H-6K bomber targeting Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, calling it attempted intimidation in the region.

The video, (source: https://www.stripes.com/theaters/as...ck-on-pacific-island-resembling-guam-1.645861) released Sept. 19, shows the bombers flying alongside fighter aircraft, and firing a missile at a Google Maps-style picture of Andersen’s flight line.

“It is yet another example of their use of propaganda in an attempt to coerce and intimidate the region,” PACAF said in a Sept. 23 statement. “Maintaining the safety of our personnel and resources, as well as our allies and partners, is of the utmost importance and we remain committed to ensuring a free and open Indo-Pacific for all nations.”

The 36th Wing is the key for security in the region, 11th Air Force commander Lt. Gen. David Krumm told the troops during the ceremony.

China has been ignoring international norms, borders and sovereignty for years. It wants to replace the international system that undermines a peaceful and prosperous Indo-Pacific, Krumm said.

“Today a free and open Indo-Pacific is under threat by China,” he said. “China only recognizes its own self-interest.”

China is expanding its military presence in the Pacific, including building up airstrips on contested islands in the South China Sea to extend the reach of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force. The Pentagon, in its annual report on China’s military power, says the PLAAF is increasing the precision and numbers of air-based cruise missiles, similar to what is portrayed in the propaganda video.

The H-6 bombers have been modernized, with aerial refueling capability and a larger munitions capacity. The PLAAF and the People’s Liberation Army Navy have the third-largest aviation force in the world, and the largest in the Indo-Pacific region, the report states.

The U.S. military must prepare to fight decisively if China challenges America, its allies or partners, the new commander of Andersen Air Force Base on Guam.

We are ultimately being sent to this location for a new training environment, but also keep in mind that there is a very real Force Projection and Deterrence mission at play as well during EVERY sortie that you launch. Our presence alone, is a force projection on the Chinese PLA efforts and we will continue to show of force whenever the possibility arises.

Within this thread, every single one of you as Aircrew, has the responsibility to share any new Intel reports, (TGP footage, summary of findings, strange events ect.) if they occur during our training missions in November. Please feel free to post if something should occur while you are out flying over the Pacific.

New lore, and intel updates will continue to be posted here if the requirement arises.
Good luck with your training missions, and fly safe!

Andersen AFB

13°35'N 144°55'E

Some backstory of this location,

Andersen Air Force Base is home to Pacific Air Forces' 13th Air Force and the 36th Wing, Air Mobility Command's 634th Air Mobility Support Squadron and several other tenant organizations. Andersen has always been, at its heart and soul, a bomber base - even when there were no bombers present.

Andersen is one of four Bomber Forward Operating Location [BFOL] in the Air Force. These locations provide forward support to bomber crews deploying overseas in Europe, Southwest Asia and in the Pacific. The Air Force is establishing forward-deployed bomber beddown support at key locations throughout the world and Andersen is one of two critical bases in the Asia Pacific region. The other location is Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Six B-52s and about 300 support people from Minot Air Force Base, ND, were the first to deploy in February 2004, following the decision to station a rotating bomber force at Andersen. Over the previous two years, B-52s had frequently deployed as part of the air and space expeditionary force bomber rotation cycle. The 23rd Expeditionary Bomb Squadron was the first squadron to deploy to Guam following US Pacific Command officials' decision to station a bomber force at Andersen. The continuous bomber presence is aimed at enhancing regional security, demonstrating United States' commitment to the Western Pacific and providing training opportunities that integrate bombers into joint and coalition forces in the Pacific.

Guam's almost unrestricted airspace and the close proximity of the Farallon de Medinilla Island, a naval bombing range about 150 miles north of here, makes this an ideal training environment, officials said. Each training sortie averages about eight-and-a-half hours from takeoff to landing. About an hour after takeoff, the fighters or bombers hook up with tankers to practice air-refueling. After two hours of refueling training, the fighter or bomber crew heads to the training range to conduct live bomb drops using M-117 munitions. On the way back here, the crew practices low-level runs over the ocean.

Andersen made Air Force history 09 August 2000 when it became the first installation outside the continental United States to store 3,000-pound conventional air-launched cruise missiles. The CALCM is capable of flying approximately 600 miles to strike targets while keeping the launch aircraft and crew out of harm's way. The storage of CALCMs at Andersen is part of a continuing effort to build up the base's role as a bomber forward operating location. The significance of placing the CALCMs at Andersen is that they are forward deployed and immediately accessible.

Andersen Air Force Base (AFB), Guam is located on the north end of Guam, approximately 15 miles from the capital, Agana. Andersen AFB is in the village of Yigo, pronounced "Geego." There are plenty of recreational and travel opportunities which make Andersen a popular tour among the adventurous. Most tours are 24 months (accompanied) and 15 months (unaccompanied).

The heritage of Andersen Air Force Base began as North Field in 1944, and was primarily used as a B-29 staging base in the Pacific during WWII. Later it was renamed after Brigadier General James R. Andersen, former Chief of Staff for the Army Air Force, Pacific, who was lost at sea returning to Honolulu in 1945. The base continues to support strategic operations in the region, and serves as a staging base for activities in Asia and the South Pacific. The bulk of Andersen's duties since WWII have been as a Strategic Air Command (SAC) base, supporting activities in Korea and Vietnam.

Andersen Air Force Base has been the focal point of United States Air Force strength in the Pacific Far East for more than 50 years. During the early years of World War II, U.S. military leaders formulated a strategy to defeat Japan by invading its homeland. However, the production of the B-29 Superfortress significantly altered those plans. Army Air Force leaders then envisioned long-range, very heavy bombardment missions carried out by the B-29 over Japan, thus precluding the need for a large-scale invasion of the Japanese homelands.

TDY Dynamic Force Employment - Nov '22

Andersen AFB

13°35'N 144°55'E

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TDY Dynamic Force Employment - Nov '22

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13°35'N 144°55'E​

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Andersen AFB

13°35'N 144°55'E