The 36th Operations Group at Anderson AFB, Guam, has just been reactivated to establish a permanent command structure for deployed Air Force units assigned there. Col. Damian J. McCarthy formally took command of the 36th OG during a ceremony inside the base’s Hangar One this week. McCarthy said that standup of the 36th OG, which is replacing the 36th Expeditionary Operations Group, will “provide greater stability and longer-range planning for our mission.” That mission is to oversee operations for bomber strike forces that now make regular rotations to the Pacific region.
Air Force Gen. Alexus G. Grynkewich assumed command of U.S. European Command on July 1, taking over the key assignment as the U.S. and its allies contend with a resurgent Russia and a grinding war in Ukraine.
