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  • Members of the Serbian media interview Dragan Sutanovac, Republic of Serbia minister of defense, and Maj. Gen. Robert Bailey, Air National Guard assistant to the commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, at the MEDCEUR 09 distinguished visitors' day in Nis, Serbia, Sept. 10, 2009. MEDCEUR is an annual joint and combined medical exercise with a focus on major disaster response and mass casualty situations. More than 700 exercise participants from 15 countries are taking part in this year’s exercise, which is hosted by Serbia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Markus M. Maier)

    MEDCEUR 09 hosts distinguished visitors

    Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2009 participants welcomed more than 200 visitors to the Nis military airport Sept. 10 as part of distinguished visitors' day. MEDCEUR 2009 is an annual joint and combined medical exercise with a focus on major disaster response and mass casualty situations. More than 700 exercise participants
  • SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany – Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Cunningham, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, uses the buddy system to practice drinking through his chemical-biological mask using a canteen during a chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear class Sept. 9. Airmen learn how to drink water with their masks on to stay hydrated should they have to wear mission oriented protective posture 4 for a long period of time. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Staci Miller)

    Sharpening skills

  • Staff Sgt. Melanie Hernandez, 458th Expeditionary Medical Squadron, briefs Airmen on the plan to set up tents for a mobile hospital Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, in Nis, Serbia. The 458th EMEDS stood up in support of the 2009 Military Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe Sept. 2 – 13. The exercise, hosted by Serbia, provides a joint medical learning environment and assists host nation civilian and military services; international, private and volunteer organizations; and other participating nations in enhancing disaster response actions. Fifteen nations participated in the exercise. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Senior Airman Alex Martinez)

    458th EMEDS stands up, provides support for MEDCEUR 2009

    NIS, Serbia -- It took one day for U.S. military medical practitioners to build and set up the 458th Expeditionary Medical Squadron here. One day's work enabled the squadron to support a multi-national medical exercise, and provide all of its personnel with knowledge to last a lifetime. U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Alfred Flowers Jr., 458th EMEDS deputy
  • NIS, Serbia – Milan Jovanovic, medical student at Dr. Milenko Hadzic Medical School here, shows off a mock open fracture to his classmates Sept. 8 during moulage training conducted by members of the 86th Medical Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Fifty students from the school participated as “casualties” in the live exercise portion of the military medical training exercise in Central and Easter Europe, or MEDCEUR 2009. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kali L. Gradishar)

    Airmen teach moulage to medical students

    Approximately 50 students from Dr. Milenko Hadzic Medical School in Nis, Serbia, received moulage-application training from Airmen assigned to the 86th Medical Group at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 8 in preparation for a mass casualty and natural disaster exercise scheduled for Sept. 9-11. The students, ranging in age from 15 to 18 years old,
  • Billy Harris, 48th Fighter Wing historian discusses several heritage displays at the newly opened 48th Operations Group Heritage Center with Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, 3rd Air Force commander Sept. 8, 2009, at RAF Lakenheath, England. General Gorenc visited Lakenheath to discuss issues Airmen have in today’s Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Kristopher Levasseur)

    3rd Air Force CC visits RAF Lakenheath

    Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, 3rd Air Force commander, visited the Liberty Wing and its Airmen Sept. 8 to discuss hot-button issues about today's Air Force. General Gorenc started his visit with breakfast attended by Liberty Warriors of various ranks and organizations across the base. He discussed the changes the Air Force has gone through in his 30 years
  • NIS, Serbia – Capt. Radcliffe Myers, 86th Medical Operations Squadron clinical nurse at Ramstein Air Base, Germany; and Staff Sgt. Brayan Jimenez, 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron medic, also from Ramstein AB; practice applying dressing and bandages to a simulated burn victim played by Stefan Krstic, Serbian Armed Forces soldier, while Capt. Roslyn Thomas, Landstuhl Regional Medical Center nurse in Landstuhl, Germany, and Senior Sgt. Nenad Stevanovic, SAF medical support commander, discuss the process during a military medical training exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, or MEDCEUR 2009, trauma nursing training course taught by members of SAF medics Sept. 4. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kali L. Gradishar)

    Nations provide medical response training

    Members of 15 nations gathered Sept. 4-7 to conduct and participate in the military medical training exercise, or MEDCEUR 2009, in-class training segment of the exercise. Various classes offered to participants included the Trauma Refresher Course for Surgeons, Mortuary Affairs - Collection Point Operations, Management of Burns in Mass Casualty
  • Staff Sgt. Josh Woolrich gives a tour of the U.S. Air Force C-130 to members of the Uganda Peoples Defense Force during a theater security cooperation event Aug. 26 at Entebbe Air Base, Uganda. (USAF photo by Maj. Paula Kurtz)

    Air Forces Africa shares airdrop expertise with Ugandan Forces

    Today's scenario: Heavy rains have caused the Nile River to overflow its banks and flood a village in central Uganda, cutting off citizens from food and medical supplies. The mission: To plan and execute a humanitarian airdrop mission of relief supplies for the village. Theater Security Cooperation is one of those broad, strategic terms that, in
  • World War II British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain

    Sept. 3 marks 70 years since day of dark news

    As someone in the business of telling the news, I tend to take for granted the multitude of means we have available to get the word out. Between the Internet, 24-hour news networks, radio and the everlasting newspaper, a person can pick how and when they want their news and usually get all the top stories of the moment in the time it takes to drink
  • U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Grovert Fuentes-Contreras, 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs photographer, prepares to hit the ball while playing racquetball at the Southside Fitness Center, Aug. 25, 2009, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Racquetball is one of the many ways Airmen are keeping in shape. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexandria Mosness)

    Fast-paced sport keeps Airmen fit-to-fight

    With the recent news of fitness testing changes, Airmen are trying to find new and innovative ways to help keep their health and fitness up to par year round. One of the sports Airmen on Ramstein are playing to keep up those high intensity workouts is racquetball. "Racquetball helps me keep up my fitness level," said Airman 1st Class Grovert
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Eugene Rinaldi (left), Air Force Reserve Ammunition Team member, and Airman 1st Class Ritchlyn Fryman, 86th Munitions Squadron precision guided munitions crew member, remove the guidance control section of an AGM-65 Maverick missile system for upgrades Aug. 11, 2009, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. More than 70 missiles were enhanced with a new software circuit card which allows for more accuracy and adds an abort code for pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jocelyn Rich)

    Missile retrofit provides better accuracy, saves AF money

    As part of the Air Force effort to modernize its air and space inventories, the 86th Munitions Squadron recently upgraded their AGM-65 Maverick H-and-K-model missile systems here. With the help of an Air Force Reserve Ammunition Team and a Maverick Systems Program Office team from Raytheon Missile Systems, the company who created the missile, the
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