Most Valuable Player

LAJES FIELD, Azores, Portugal -- Capt. Brandon Wengert, 65th Air Base Wing, accepts the Martin Luther King Day All-Star Basketball Game "MVP" Trophy from Col. Robert Winston, 65th ABW commander. (U.S. Air Force photo by Eduardo Lima)

Airmen Leadership School class of 2007.

Colonel Earl D. Matthews, 435th Air Base Wing commander, presents certificate to graduate Senior Airman Kerry, Solan-Johnson from the 435th Public Affairs Squadron, during the graduation of Airman Leadership School class of 2007.

Aviano Olympics

Tameneka Armstead, 31 Operation Support Squadron, steps up for a kick during the olympics kickball tournament May 1. The kickball winners were: 31st MOS, first place; 31st FW, second place; and 31st Communications Squadron and Army G Company, tied for third place. Photo by Staff Sgt. Bethann Caporaletti

Aviano Olympics

Monty Brock, 31st Fighter Wing vice commander, pushes Burt Hillman, 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron, out of the ring during a sumo wrestling competition. The Aviano Olympics was designed to create fitness challenges and build Airmen morale. Photo by Staff Sgt. Bethann Caporaletti

Aviano Olympics

Robert Yates, 31st Fighter Wing commander, competes in the horseshoe tournament. The squadron winners were: 31st CES, first place; 31st FW, second place; and 31st MOS, third place. Photo by Staff Sgt. Bethann Caporaletti

No butts about it

From left: Ninth graders Jordan LeBouef, Mark Corpuz, Francis Ledesma and Martin Alexis count the cigarette butts they collected from Areas One and Two April 19. The students cleaned up the areas as part of Earth Day. Photo by Marcie Brock, ninth grade

E-8 Select

LAJES FIELD, Azores, Portugal -- Master Sgt. Shannon Parker, 65th Mission Support Squadron, gets her E-8 stripes tacked on by Col. Robert Winston, 65th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Laten Williams, 65th ABW command chief, during a promotion party in the Top of the Rock Club here March 14, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Marr)

E-8 Select

LAJES FIELD, Azores, Portugal -- Master Sgt. James Britt, 65th Medical Support Squadron, gets his E-8 stripes tacked on by Col. Robert Winston, 65th Air Base Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Laten Williams, 65th ABW command chief, during a promotion party in the Top of the Rock Club here March 14, 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Taylor Marr)

2006 USAFE MILDEC Award Winner

Brig. Gen. Rich Johnston, KMC and 86th Airlift Wing commander, presents Major Jim Nichol, 37th Airlift Squadron, (left), with the 2006 USAFE MILDEC Officer of the Year Award.

Award Winners of the Year

Brig. Gen. Rich Johnston, KMC and 86th Airlift Wing commander, (center) poses with Capt. Lloyd G. Dropps, 86th Operations Support Squadron, (left), for winning the Colonel Derrel L. Dempsey Airfield Operations Officer of the Year, and Tech Sgt. Garry J. Kaufman (right), 86th Operations Support Squadron, for winning the Airfield Management Noncommissioned Officer of the Year.

Direct Hit and General Hobbins

U.S. Air Forces in Europe Commander Gen. Tom Hobbins meets Tech. Sgt. Becky Taylor while aboard a C-17 Globemaster III over Afghanistan. General Hobbins and Sergeant Taylor, a drummer with the USAFE Band Direct Hit, visited with Airmen deployed during the holidays. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chuck Roberts)

Direct Hit and General Hobbins

Aboard a C-17 Globemaster III over Afghanistan, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Commander Gen. Tom Hobbins and USAFE Command Chief Master Sgt. Gary Coleman stand with members of the USAFE Band Direct Hit during their visit with Airmen deployed during the holidays. From left are: Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Saunders, Senior Airman Ryan Manzi, Staff Sgt. Mark Frandsen, Staff Sgt Shane Kibbey, Staff Sgt. Brian Kinnaman, General Hobbins, Chief Coleman, Staff Sgt. Craig Bowman, Tech. Sgt. Vincent Dublino, Tech. Sgt. Kimberly Lively and Tech. Sgt. Becky Taylor. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chuck Roberts)