A Hangar For All Seasons: The new hangar USAF built at Andersen AFB, Guam, is typical of the type of construction being planned for Andersen, according to Lt. Col. Marvin Smith, 36th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron commander. It was built specifically for the B-2 bomber, but it is also being used for other aircraft, in particular the routine phase maintenance conducted on B-52 bombers, which visit the facility after 300 flying hours in a forward location.
A three-month continuing resolution that ended in December inflicted less pain on the Department of the Air Force than it had expected, as procurement and construction continue in the new year. The federal government operated under a stopgap spending measure that stretched from the beginning of the fiscal year on…