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  • Liberty Wing ready for Energy Awareness Month

    Summer has come to a close, which means that the temperature is dropping and the available daylight is decreasing. This means that everyone will have to do their part to conserve energy, but if you think you pay a lot for energy, imagine paying RAF Lakenheath's bill of nearly $850,000 for the month

  • U.S., Bulgarian air forces partner for training

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon and a MiG 29 trying to outmaneuver each other in the skies above Eastern Europe was the stuff of legends until this month's combined training exercise between the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and the 1st and 2nd fighter squadrons from the

  • 480th first sergeant comes full circle

    Master Sgt. Michael Patrick has seen the 480th Fighter Squadron from two different perspectives - first as a new Airman during the early 1990s and now as its first sergeant during a weapons training deployment called Operation Thracian Star.Sergeant Patrick was originally assigned to the 480th

  • U.S., Bulgarian Airmen partner to control the skies

    High above the busy work of crew chiefs, security forces and ground equipment maintainers stands a familiar piece of landscape for Airmen all over the world - the tower.On Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base, Bulgaria, the tower is full of U.S. and Bulgarian Airmen working together to keep eyes on both

  • Firefighter Combat Challenge returns to Ramstein after 5-year hiatus

    For the first time in five years, firefighters and emergency responders from throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe came together here Oct. 9 for the 2010 Firefighter Combat Challenge. The return of the event, previously put on hold due to real-world demands, also marked the end of the Kaiserslautern

  • IUS Children learn from Sparky

    Approximately 250 Incirlik Unit School children visited "Sparky's House" to learn fire prevention here Oct. 3 through 7.Sparky the Fire Dog, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association, teamed up with personnel from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department to teach the

  • Alley workers remain vigilant

    A package with wires and cables protruding from it sat unattended outside a store frequented by U.S. personnel from the base across the street. Unsure of what was in the box, who left it there or why it was left behind, the store owner reported the suspicious package to the Turkish National