Smart Ops 21: 39th LRS streamlining processes for the better

INCIRLIK AIR BASE, Turkey -- Staff Sgt. Raja Beckles (left), 39th Logisitics Readiness Squadron material management flight NCOIC of outbound cargo, and Tech. Sgt. Chad Steele, 39th LRS material management flight NCOIC of storage and issues and hazardous materials, inventory boxes in Building 252 June 21. (Photo by Staff Sgt. Oshawn Jefferson)

Pumped and ready

CHIEVRES AIR BASE, Belgium (USAFENS) --Senior Airman Bradley Fear (front) and Staff Sgt. Nathan Ahl conduct an operational check of the pump and turrets on a P-19 Airport Rescue Fire Fighting vehicle. (Photo by 1st Lt. Elizabeth Culbertson)

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)

In case of emergency

LANDSTUHL REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, Germany (USAFENS) -- Maj. Daniel King, Sembach Air Base family practice clinic commander, instructs 2nd Lt. Sarah Parker and Army Private 1st Class Alan Steele during an Advanced Cardiac Life Support class Sept. 7. ACLS is one of the courses offered under the U.S. Air Forces in Europe University umbrella. USAFE University has been the nerve center for professional training courses and programs available within the command since April 2004 and offers courses for a wide variety of career fields, such as personnel, security forces, civil engineering and medical. (Photo by Airman Laura Cirksena)