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9:40 p.m. Guam - Air Force officials are investigating the collision of a B-1 Bomber with emergency vehicles on the taxiway up at Andersen Air Force Base. Air Force Spokesman Capt. Joel Stark confirms that the B-1 Bomber was in transit from Singapore to Ellsworth Air Force Base, South Dakota and had landed at AAFB for an inflight emergency. Capt. Stark couldn't disclose what the emergency was but did say the B-1 Bomber apparently had rolled while on the taxiway and collided into the vehicles just after 12 p.m. Friday. Capt. Stark says there were no injuries since the crew...

Andersen Air Force Base public affairs spokesman Tech Sergeant Mike Boquette confirms that a B-1 bomber slid off the runway at the Yigo base this afternoon at around noon, crashing into a group of emergency response vehicles. The military reports that there were no injuries and no fatalities as a result of the accident. This is the third incident involving the crashing of a military aircraft in less than a month. A Navy Ea-6b Prowler attached to the U.S.S. Kittyhawk strike group went down about 20 miles to the north of AAFB on February 12; and then just 11 days...

Fighting Terror War Means Making Choice Between Freedom, Fear By Kathleen T. RhemAmerican Forces Press Service TOKYO, Japan, Nov. 14, 2003 – American and other coalition military forces fighting the war on terrorism are making a choice between living in freedom and living in fear, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld told a crowd of service members in Guam today. Rumsfeld was visiting U.S. troops on the Western Pacific island as part of a weeklong trip through Pacific Rim countries. He arrived in Tokyo later in the day. Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld speaks to troops at the Magellan Inn dining...