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  • U.S., Romanian Air Forces discuss aircraft maintenance

    A U.S. Air Forces in Europe Maintenance NCO Training Program Traveling Contact Team met with Romanian Air Force instructors and aircraft maintainers during a visit to Bucharest, Romania Aug. 25-28.The primary purpose of the four-day visit was to discuss the U.S. Air Force's cradle-to-grave concept

  • 435th AGOW deploys team, equipment for first time

    Thirty-two members of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived here Aug. 25 in support of the Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2009, better known as MEDCEUR 2009. More than 600 people representing 15 nations will participate in this year's

  • Painting to be centerpiece of Ramstein's 2009 Air Force Ball

    To celebrate the Air Force's birthday, Ramstein Air Base has held many Air Force Balls, but for the first time in two years the 86th Airlift Wing is hosting the event Sept. 26. "A Night to Remember" is this year's theme for the ball, and part of what will make the event memorable is the unveiling of

  • Multi-national team prepares for MEDCEUR 2009

    Members of the U.S. Air Force arrived in Nis, Serbia, Aug. 25 to set up for a 15-nation military medical training exercise in Central and Eastern Europe - MEDCEUR 2009. Additional forces will continue arriving through Sept. 2 when the exercise officially begins. More than 600 people will flood the

  • Incirlik defender receives preventive surgery

    A 39th Security Forces Squadron defender is a little safer after completing preventive surgery Aug. 27 at the Veterinary Clinic here. The defender, Suli, is a 9-year old German shepherd Military Working Dog who received prophylactic gastropexy, also referred to as stomach tacking, to prevent gastric

  • 17th Air Force discusses air operations organization with Botswana

    What is the best way to organize an Air Operations Center? That is the question a delegation of officers from the Botswana Defense Force is seeking to answer with the help of 17th Air Force, also known as U.S. Air Forces Africa, and U.S. Air Forces Europe's 603rd Air Operations Center. Lt. Col.

  • 17th Air Force enhances Ugandan humanitarian airlift capability

    During crises around the world, the U.S. Air Force is often called upon to assist with humanitarian relief efforts. That may mean the evacuation of people from the path of destruction, or it could be simply air dropping food and medical supplies to those who have been cut off from life's