Ready for winter

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) – Senior Airman Heidi Pyper and Senior Airman Adam Simmons tighten the wheel hub cover on a snowblower at the 435th Vehicle Readiness Squadron’s Special Purpose Shop. Airmen Simmons and Pyper are vehicle and vehicular equipment maintainers working performing seasonal maintenance. Seventy one vehicles are receiving seasonal repairs such as dump trucks with plows, snow sweepers, de-icers, and snow blowers. (Photo by Master Sgt. John E. Lasky)

African Union mission

KIGALI, Rwanda (USAFENS) -- Senior Airman David O'Leary, 86th Air Mobility Squadron (left), and Master Sgt. Scott Windsor, 37th Airlift Squadron, load equipment for the Rwandan peacekeepers that departed here Sept. 30. Upon request by NATO, U.S. European Command tasked the more than 150 Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to set up operations here in support of the African Union's airlift mission. (Photo by 1st Lt. Elizabeth Culbertson)

Patriot Express lands at Ramstein

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) -- Staff Sgt. Mike Hannahs, quality assurance branch chief inspector with the 723rd Air Mobility Squadron, marshals in the first Patriot Express aircraft here Oct. 1. The chartered air service was transferred to Ramstein as part of the Rhein-Main Transition Program. (Photo by Capt. Jonathan Friedman)

Riot control

TBILISI, Republic of Georgia (USAFENS) -- Marines with the 4th Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion demonstrate riot control techniques for members of the Georgian army during the RESCUER/MEDCEUR 2005 exercise at Vaziani military base here. (Photo by Erin Zagursky)

Cake cutting

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) -- Gen. Tom Hobbins and Airman 1st Class Buddy Rodgers cut a cake Jan. 19 in celebration of U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s 64th Anniversary. Traditionally, Airmen with the longest time on active duty and the least time on active duty are selected for the honor. General Hobbins is the USAFE commander and began his Air Force career December 1969, while Airman Rodgers, a graphics journeyman assigned to USAFE Headquarters, entered the Air Force in December 2003. (Digitally altered photo by Staff Sgt. Rasheen Douglas)

Handing over the keys

RHEIN-MAIN AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) -- Brig. Gen. Mike Snodgrass, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Director of Plans and Programs, hands the keys of the base to Prof. Manfred Schölch, Frankfurt International Airport executive board vice chairman, here Dec. 30 as the last official function of the U.S. air base. After 60 years as the Gateway to Europe, the base will be officially handed back to the Federal Republic of Germany midnight of Dec. 31. (Photo by Capt. Jonathan Friedman)