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  • The 494th Fighter Squadron returns from Romania

    The 494th Fighter Squadron returned to RAF Lakenheath from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they took part in Strike Lance 2009, a recurring flying training deployment, during which U.S. Air Force Airmen trained side-by-side with their Romanian Air Force counterparts. While there, the 494th FS flew

  • AFAFRICA builds on partnership in Rwanda

    U.S. Air Forces Africa conducted a military-to-military engagement with Rwandan Air Force air traffic controllers April 20-24 to expand on the two nations' existing partnership. Seventeenth Air Force planners (AFAFRICA) from the plans and programs directorate organized the Theater Security

  • First C-130J troop drop deemed success for Ramstein

    As the ramp let down at 3,000 feet and the sunlight slipped into the cargo bay of the new C-130J aircraft, Air Force and Army paratroopers stood ready to execute the first jump from the new Super Hercules. Air Force and Army paratroopers loaded Ramstein's new C-130J Hercules May 4 to take part in

  • U.S. Military Catholic Archbishop Visits Incirlik

    The leader of America's largest Catholic community recently visited Incirlik Air Base. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Military Services USA, Timothy D. Broglio, spent four days visiting Incirlik and other parts of Turkey during an extended tour in Europe and the Pacific. The Archbishop

  • USAFE offers tips for preventing identity theft

    Identity theft - we hear about it everywhere: American Forces Network commercials, radio spots and newspaper articles.You may have even completed the phishing computer-based training recently in response to the Network Security Focus Day mandated by Department of Defense. So, why is the

  • Lajes 'Shirt' practices what he preaches -- Fitness

    For some people, preparing for a race sometimes means only staying on the track and running. For a first sergeant here, preparing for his type of run takes a lot more than that; it takes a combination of various training exercises and eating right in order to succeed. As if wearing two hats, as the

  • NCO sentenced for larceny, bomb threat

    A non-commissioned officer pleaded guilty to several violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice April 28 and was sentenced th next day to 24 months confinement, a bad conduct discharge and a reduction in rank to airman. Staff Sgt. Arthur Miller, 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron, who has

  • Communicators "tune-in" on heritage

    Twenty personnel from the 48th and 100th Communications Squadrons traveled to the Imperial War Museum Duxford April 24 to meet with a World War II veteran who served as a wireless radio operator. Denis Willis, flew 17 combat missions in the Lancaster Bomber while he served in the Royal Air Force

  • Hercules takes another step into history

    After a pre-flight briefing, a ride from the 37th Airlift Squadron to the flight line, firing up four Allison T56-A-15 turboprop engines and a short flight from Ramstein to Grafenwoehr Army Airfield, the mighty C-130 Hercules and the 86th Airlift Wing took another step into history. For the last