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  • Airmen support sister services transiting

    More than 300 Soldiers, Sailors and Marines stopped here May 14 on their way to Africa for a training exercise that will help improve bilateral relations between the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco.The U.S. service members were on their way to Exercise African Lion 2011, a U.S. Africa

  • Candy bomber visits Spangdahlem, imparts wisdom

    Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen visited here May 18 and spoke to a diverse audience of Airmen, civilians and family members about his involvement with the Berlin Airlift.Colonel Halvorsen spoke about the history of Berlin Airlift and how he became involved in one of the most important morale missions

  • C2-Forward concept enhances combat capability

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe will showcase a new concept designed to enhance the Joint Force Commander's combat capability as part of the Combat Air Forces/Mobility Air Forces conference here May 23 to 24The concept stemmed from the 2009 Joint Forces Exercise Austere Challenge, when 3rd Air Force was

  • Civic leaders take road trip to understanding

    Local civic leaders returned to the passenger terminal here, May 13, after a four-day tour of several stateside Air Force installations.Seventeen representatives from German federal, state and local governments were escorted to the states, May 9-13, by Lt. Gen. Stephen P. Mueller, U.S. Air Forces in

  • Plans in place to spend $1 million IEA winnings

    Thirty-one active-duty service members, U.S. and German national civilian employees, and family members from here went to Washington, D.C., May 2-6 to receive the Commander in Chief's Installation Excellence and Special Recognition Award.It was during this trip that Undersecretary of the Air Force

  • Spandahlem Airmen set up deployed radar site

    Airmen from Spangdahlem's 606th Air Control Squadron deployed to Gerolstein, Germany, to participate in Eifel Thunder 2011 May 9-16. Eifel Thunder is an operational readiness exercise testing the ability of Airmen to go to a remote location, bring their equipment and set up a deployed radar and

  • Spangdahlem revamps root bracket replacement process

    The 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight Aircraft Structures Maintenance shop has a new process that makes aircraft repair more efficient and timely.The repair involves the root bracket on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, which connects the wing to the fuselage. According to the technical