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  • Multinational wing completes first mission into Iraq

    A recent flight into Iraq marks another unit milestone for the multinational Heavy Airlift Wing based at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.The airlift into Iraq was a first by the wing comprised of 12 member nations and facilitated the deployment for members of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq."Each time we fly

  • Celebrities spend time with RAFL Airmen

    The holidays are a time when people notoriously put their best foot forward. It's a time when everyone's a little nicer, people give a little more and the good will of millions really shines through. That type of holiday goodwill shined through Dec. 11 at RAF Lakenheath, England, when entertainers

  • Sabers participate in 32nd Annual Bastogne Historic Walk

    Cold ears, foggy breath and muscle fatigue that 52nd Fighter Wing and geographically-separated units experienced in Bastogne, Belgium, may have been the only things they had in common with the Axis and Allies who walked through that same location more than 60 years ago.According to Ed Lapotsky,

  • CRG provides nonstop support for off-station training

    "Nonstop, no-off position" is a common phrase used to describe the 435th Contingency Response Group, and these words held true as the group participated in a 10-day training and exercise mission here.The CRG was one of numerous Ramstein units that participated in the exercise, Dec. 1 to 10 to help

  • Ramstein Airmen train in Israel

    It's not every day you get to see an American flag flying next to the Israeli flag, but during a 10-day training and exercise mission here, it was common to see Airmen walking around with not only the American flag on their shoulder but also the Israeli national flag.Members from Ramstein

  • Refueling is lifeline of U.S., NATO air ops

    Cooperation was paramount Dec. 8 as 30 Royal Danish Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons took to the skies over their homeland to rendezvous with a RAF Mildenhall-based KC-135 Stratotanker and perform semi-annual aerial refueling training. The mission fortified both operational readiness and mutual trust

  • ROSC gives joy to servicemembers this holiday season

    Members of the Ramstein Officer Spouses' Club joined cooking forces with members of the Kaiserslautern/Landstuhl Spouses' Association and the Ramstein Enlisted Spouses' Association to bring some holiday joy to the more than eleven thousand servicemembers who call the dorms on Vogelweh Military

  • President signs bill, aids military spouses

    President Barack Obama signed a bill Nov. 11 to help ease a few strains on military families who frequently travel from state to state and country to country.The bill, known as the "Military Spouses Residency Relief Act," is an amendment to the 2003 Servicemembers Civil Relief Act.The MSRRA allows

  • Ramstein welcomes a new Command Chief

    Ramstein servicemembers welcomed the new 86th Airlift Wing Command Chief, Chief Master Sgt. Vernon Butler Nov. 13.Chief Butler will take the lead as principle advisor to 86th AW and Kaiserslautern Military Community Commander Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon with regards to the morale, welfare, discipline,

  • USAFE Airmen awarded Lithuanian medal while building partnerships

    Maj. Daniel Manning, Airpower Capabilities Team - Baltics chief at Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe, received the Lithuanian Armed Forces Medal of Merit for his team's work during the past year with Lithuania, Estonia and Latvia.Major Manning's team, a combination of staff members at HQ USAFE