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  • Airmen represent USAF on international level

    Under the blues skies at Wembley Stadium, approximately 140 Airmen assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing raced onto the field to proudly hold the U.S. and U.K. national flags on Oct. 4 to kick off the first of three international football games this NFL season.The first NFL game at Wembley featured a

  • USAFCENT personnel recovery aircraft, support Airmen arrive in Turkey

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command has begun staging small detachments of aircraft and airmen at Diyarbakir Air Base in southeast Turkey to enhance Coalition capabilities to support personnel recovery operations in Syria and Iraq.Diyarbakir Air Base is a Turkish base home to the Turkish air force's 8th

  • Pushing Freedom

    After 21 difficult stages covering a grueling distance of 3,360 kilometers, this year's Tour de France came to a conclusion as competitors from 22 teams crossed the finish line. The teams rode 225 kilometers daily for three weeks over both flat and exceedingly mountainous and challenging

  • KC-135 crew chiefs dedicated to nonstop mission

    As the temperature drops and the sideways rain worsens night time visibility, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs zip up their rain gear and head out to the flight line.Airmen 1st Class Ethan Jones and Erroll James Ponio, both 100th AMXS KC-135 Stratotanker crew chiefs, are dedicated to

  • RAF Mildenhall joins 100th BG Veterans in New Orleans reunion

    Aug. 17, 1943, nine aircraft, 90 men lost at Regensbuerg, Germany.Oct. 8, 1943, seven aircraft, 72 men lost in Bremen, Germany.Oct. 10, 1943, 12 aircraft, 121 men lost in Munster, Germany.March 6, 1944, 15 aircraft, 150 men lost in Berlin, Germany.May 24, 1944, nine aircraft, 90 men lost in Berlin,

  • Survey grants chance to impact COLA payments

    In the next few weeks, service members will get a chance to help shape their overseas cost of living allowance payments.In October 2015, the Department of Defense will ask members stationed in Germany to participate in a living pattern survey, which captures where and how non-housing goods and

  • 74 EFS Weapons bring thunder to Estonia

    When a pilot locks in on a target and fires - the mission is complete. Whether that mission takes place during training at home or in a deployed location, the Airmen responsible for loading those weapons know it's all about teamwork, trust and cohesion.It is that mentality the 74th Expeditionary