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  • Military Saves campaign kicks off

    Military Saves Week kicks off Sunday through March 7. The Military Saves program is a Department of Defense campaign adopted by the U.S. Air Force to promote personal financial readiness among all Airmen and their families to enhance mission readiness. Information and events are available during

  • Multi-service team provides presidential support in Africa

    Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines from the United States and Europe are arriving in Africa to provide support for a series of country visits by U.S. President George Bush. The military is providing an array of mobile support functions for the president's five-nation visit to the continent. For

  • Radar system receives overhaul, upgrades

    The 1st Combat Communications Squadron's TPN-19 tactical radar system recently completed a three-year deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The transportable radar system is the only one of its kind assigned to U.S. Air Forces in Europe and consists of an airport surveillance

  • Free computer protection, just a few clicks away

    Frozen computers, slow moving functions or even worse -- the blue screen of death -- all of these problems may be avoided by simply taking a few minutes to download free anti-virus software. The Defense Information Systems Agency offers government employees and armed forces personnel access to the

  • Moron participates in Job Shadow Day

    This year, the local students conducted a half-day visit to their assigned sponsors and had a unique opportunity to explore different career fields. The participating career fields were airfield operations, air traffic control, logistics, civil engineering, knowledge operations and communications,

  • Use care when calling: the hidden cost of phone calls

    No one person is responsible for the staggering $80,000 phone bill for Ramstein Air Base each month, but hold the phone: many are contributing to it. At stateside bases, communications squadrons purchase service from a telecommunications company to handle non-DSN off-base calls. Since local non-toll

  • AFSO21 office broadens scope to include support functions

    The facilitators at RAF Mildenhall's AFSO21 office are broadening the spectrum of improvements to encompass the entire 100th Air Refueling Wing mission in 2008. In 2007, process improvement focused mainly on operations and maintenance, resulting in raising the 100th Air Refueling Wing's mission task

  • AF Aid Society provides alternative to pay-day loans

    The Air Force Aid Society is pleased to announce its new Falcon Loan available to Air Force members beginning on March 3, 2008. The Falcon Loan is an interest-free loan of $500 or less that can be used for emergency needs such as basic living expenses (rent, utilities, and food), car repairs,