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  • A team of 11 active-duty members from the 76th Airlift Squadron and four civilian maintenance contractors stand in front of one of Ramstein Air Base’s C-20H aircraft. The team completed 144 sorties within the two-month period with flights throughout Europe and Southwest Asia. (Courtesy photo)

    76th AS aids OCO through DV airlift support

    Many people think the 76th Airlift Squadron only flies distinguished visitors around Europe and the United States, but that is not always the case. A team of 11 active-duty members and four civilian maintenance contractors recently returned from a 67-day deployment, flying DVs in and around Iraq and Afghanistan in support of Overseas Contingency
  • Dr. Gary Chapman, author of the The Five Love Languages, speaks during, A Growing Marriage conference, Oct. 10, 2009, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 500 members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community attended the conference with the nationally recognized author, conference speaker and radio host. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Nathan Lipscomb)

    The language of love: Ramstein couples improve relationships

    More than 500 men and women from throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community filled the Ramstein Officers' Club's ballroom Oct. 10 to hear from a man who has devoted his life to educating couples about how to improve their relationships. Dr. Gary Chapman, award winning author of "The Five Love Languages - How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to
  • Chaplain's Assistant Badge. U.S. Air Force graphic. Image is 7x3.25 inches @ 300 ppi.

    Chaplain assistants celebrate 100th anniversary

    Sixty years ago Chaplain Charles Carpenter, the first U.S. Air Force chief of chaplains, saw the need to designate a career field for chaplain assistants. He envisioned the assistants as more than clerk-typists, as they were known for the last few decades, and recommended a specialized duty title for enlisted Airmen working for the

  • Combat survival training essential to mission

    There may be a time when 52nd Fighter Wing aircrew members' duty to "Seek, Attack and Destroy" take an unanticipated twist. A pilot and his crew may be forced to eject from an aircraft and parachute into a hostile environment due to aircraft failure or enemy missile attacks. This is why all 52nd FW pilots and crew are required to attend Combat
  • SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- Senior Airman David Frost, Staff Sgt. Sergio Mejia and Airman 1st Class Christian Davey, 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion journeymen, inspect parts on an engine to prepare it for re-installation at the propulsion flight maintenance shop Sept. 24. The 52nd CMS Propulsion Flight repairs and ships an average of eight to 10 engines to Afghanistan every month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Nathanael Callon)

    Propulsion flight picks up Bagram mission

    When F-16s can't take off downrange because of engine failures, it's up to about 90 Airmen here to fix them. Keeping F-16s aloft at Aviano Air Base, Italy, Balad Air Base, Iraq, and here has been the 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron Propulsion Flight's responsibility for almost a decade. Another downrange location added engines to the inventory
  • U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr,) Jonathan Evan, 86th Medical Group general dentist, flosses Hayden Voss's teeth during his first trip to the dentist. Dentists at the 86th Dental Squadron see hundreds of children each year from the Kaiserslautern Military Community. For the initial visit, Doctor Evans emphasizes the importance of parental involvement and the child's overall dental well-being. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Michael Voss)

    86th Dental Squadron emphasizes early preventative care

    Cleaning, flossing and repairing teeth is nothing unusual for the dentists and technicians at the 86th Medical Group here. Each year they see thousands of active duty members, civilian employees and family members. But family members, especially young children, are really where the dentists get the bang for their proverbial buck. Preventative care,
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jirayu Wisutapayak, a precision measurement equipment laboratory technician, with the 86th Maintenance Squadron, fills a portion of equipment with liquid nitrogen as part of the start-up process of testing the accuracy of heat seeking missiles. Wisutapayak, originally from just south of Bangkok Thailand, is only one of two active duty Airmen who are certified to use the Graseby IR Systems MK-III Radiometer. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)

    Technically sound:One-of-a-kind Ramstein Airman ensures on, off duty success

    Ramstein Air Base, Germany- - Many are fascinated by high-technology equipment, but only few understand the complexity of maintaining and repairing them. The Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory technicians from the 86th Maintenance Squadron are one of the few who do understand. Ramstein's PMEL is the largest out of three in U.S. Air Forces

  • NATO Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein goes on alert

    Readiness is the ability of forces, units, weapon systems and other equipment to deliver the outputs for which they were designed. For the past 12 months, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein, or CC-Air Ramstein, has been focused on that ability, as it prepared for increased
  • Senior Airman Raymond Mitchell, a 39th Operations Squadron weather technician, uses a handheld weather gauge capable of measuring basic weather information Thursday, Aug. 13, 2009 at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Airman Mitchell and other 39th OS weather technicians provide the base with daily weather information. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Alex Martinez)

    OS shop decodes weather, keeps base safe

    To most people, a rain shower is nothing more than that. It evokes no further thought other than maybe a disgruntled sigh. But to one shop at Incirlik, a rain shower means serious business. They know the sometimes unknown. When rain falls here, they work hard at decoding mountains of weather data. They are Airmen of the 39th Operations Squadron
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Travis Rayman, 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron vehicular equipment journeyman, works on a vehicle on Aug. 14, 2009, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The 86th VRS squadron has the biggest fleet in the Air Force with about 2,100 vehicles to maintain. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Grovert Fuentes-Contreras)

    Squadron keeps KMC moving: Airmen keep wheels going 'round and round'

    If it has four wheels, an engine and runs on gasoline, the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron is most likely responsible for the means to get behind the wheel. The Ramstein VRS has one mission -- to keep the Kaiserslautern Military Community moving, through rain, snow and sunshine. From the smallest matter such as getting your driver's license, to
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