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  • Good things come in small packages

    Imagine driving home from the base exchange with your spouse and child. It's Christmastime -- the first away from the rest of your family -- and the thought pops into your mind, "What can I do for others who are away from their families as well?"It was at this moment that Project Rudolph was born,

  • Surprise! Santa's sleigh stops by RAF Mildenhall tanker for refueling

              'Twas two weeks before Christmas in the European sky ... I witnessed a Stratotanker pumping fuel so a fighter could fly.A 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 airborne over the Denmark skies refueled 30 Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Falcons Dec. 8.          Team Mildenhall was all busy at work

  • Destinations Turkey: Hieropolis Castabala and Karatepe

    There are so many amazing things about Turkey you find just by walking out the front gate and exploring the alley. However, if you explore a little further beyond the alley, the vast and rich culture of Turkey comes to life in front of you. Recently, members of my office and I took a day trip to

  • Oceans Apart: The College Process

    As we all know, living overseas is a radically different experience than living in the United States. Everything from the food we eat to the languages we hear set us apart from those living in the U.S. For high school students, there is an addition to that list of differences: the college

  • Ramstein celebrates 50 years Air Force chiefs

    Ramstein Area Chiefs Group marked the 50th anniversary of the establishment by Air Force officials of the rank of chief master sergeant with a celebration to honor our enlisted heritage Dec. 1."To those on active duty today, the rank of chief master sergeant is viewed as something that has always

  • Incirlik TMO always on the go

    Hustle and bustle is expected from an office like this -- papers flying from one hand to another; its service representatives calling, "How can I help you?" over the voices of a packed waiting area; constant keyboard tapping and phones ringing off the hook. For this traffic management office, which

  • Incirlik ADC provides Airmen with zealous representation, advice

    Every Airman takes an oath to uphold the Air Force's core values: Integrity first, service before self and excellence in all we do.Sometimes Airmen might find themselves in a sticky situation where they are accused of falling short in the excellence category.Incirlik's Area Defense Council is

  • Italian fishermen net historic 'Jug' at sea

    If you've ever gone fishing or know someone who has, you've probably told or heard your fare share of stories about "The one that got away."On the early morning hours of May 12, 2009, two Italian fishermen aboard the "Padre Pio" returned to the fishing port city of Chioggia, Italy following a day at

  • Waiting Warriors: Fighting battle on home-front

    With the high deployment rates of today's Airmen, it makes sense to find different and more innovative tools to help Airmen and their families during and after deployments.Ramstein Air Base is doing its part to go above and beyond taking care of their Airmen with a new instituted program called

  • EARS extends "gas can" tradition

    On Nov. 12, 1921, a "wing walker" named Wesley May transferred himself to a Curtiss JN-4 airplane from a Lincoln Standard in mid-flight with a can of fuel strapped to his back. He poured the fuel into the gas tank of the JN-4 and performed the first actual mid-air transfer of fuel in what was meant