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  • 48th Fighter Wing Captain, family escape bombing in Lebanon

    What started as a dream vacation for an RAF Lakenheath captain and her family rapidly turned into a nightmare full of explosions and narrow escapes in Beirut, Lebanon. Capt. Jennifer Tay, 48th Medical Operations Squadron audiologist, her husband and her 3-month-old son, traveled to Lebanon July 8.

  • Departure efforts through Incirlik continue

    More than 1,600 American citizens displaced from Lebanon continued to process through Incirlik Air Base today. The group boarded the USS Trenton in Beirut Sunday at 5:10 p.m. headed for the port city of Mersin in Turkey. After arriving in Turkey, they traveled by bus to Incirlik. “Many of the people

  • LRS keeps the gas flowing for Immediate Response 2006

    The fuels technicians of the 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron’s petroleum, oils and fuels flight keep the F-15E Strike Eagles on the flightline full of gas and ready to do their part in the tri-lateral Exercise Immediate Response 2006. Immediate Response is a joint Exercise between Air Forces from

  • Bulgarian and U.S. air traffic controllers perfect teamwork

    One of the busiest places on an airfield during missions is the control tower. During Exercise Immediate Response 2006, the control tower is not only a hot spot of activity, it is where Air Force controllers from the 48th Operations Support Squadron have the opportunity to pass on experience and

  • Airmen continue to build friendships with Bulgarian counterparts

    GRAF INGNATIEVO AIR BASE, Bulgaria—The Airmen of the 492nd Fighter Squadron from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, continue to build international friendships with the Bulgarian Air Force during exercise Immediate Response 2006. The purpose of the exercise is for the Air Forces from multiple

  • Airmen work 'round the clock to assist in humanitarian crisis

    Where am I flying? What is a C-17? Where is McGuire Air Force Base? Finding the answers to these simple yet difficult questions is the responsibility of four 352nd Special Operations Group members recently deployed from Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England to Larnaka, Cyprus. The four were sent to

  • Air Force crew diverted to help Americans departing from Lebanon

    After being in the desert for two months, C-17 loadmaster Senior Airman Kyle Williams expected the day to be just like every other. It was his 21st birthday and he and his fellow aircrew members from the 816th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron already knew they'd be making five stops along a classified

  • Ramstein Passenger Services aids U.S. citizens displaced from Lebanon

    Shortly after 2 a.m. July 23, the senior 435th Air Base Wing representative at the base passenger terminal surveyed the scene before him as more than 200 Americans displaced from Lebanon were stretched across seats, the floor and cots as they awaited transportation back to the United States. Then he

  • USAFE Supports Americans Leaving Lebanon

    Smiles, handshakes and hugs were exchanged as 130 Americans and family members of American citizens transited through Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, July 21 and today. The authorized departees disembarked a C-17 Globemaster aircraft for a few hours at each of the U.S. Air