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  • Submit your claim for retroactive Stop Loss today!

    Airmen, veterans, and beneficiaries who were involuntarily extended under Stop Loss between Sept. 11, 2001 and Sept. 30, 2009 are eligible for Retroactive Stop Loss Special Pay (RSLSP). If your enlistment was involuntarily extended due to Stop Loss, and you have yet to file a claim for RSLSP, then

  • Spangdahlem first active DOD base to test integrated security forces system

    Smart Car-sized robots, cameras and motion sensors may seem like technology reserved for a prime time investigative TV series, but they made their debut on Saber soil this week. That's because Spangdahlem is the testing site for the Joint Force Protection Advanced Security System, an integrated

  • Ramstein Airmen, C-130s deliver supplies to Russia

    Two U.S. Air Force C-130Js flew missions into Russia from Ramstein Aug. 13 delivering firefighting supplies promised by President Barack Obama. The aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron here delivered equipment from Army, Air Force, Marine and Navy units throughout the U.S. European Command

  • Dedicated Crew Chief Ceremony recognizes some of Spangdahlem's F-16 experts

    Twenty-nine of the wing's dedicated crew chiefs were each assigned an F-16 Fighting Falcon during a ceremony today, recognizing them as the maintenance experts on their respective aircraft assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron.The ceremony also paired each crew chief with a pilot assigned to the

  • 480th activated as Spangdahlem's newest F-16 squadron

    The 480th Fighter Squadron is the 52nd Fighter Wing's newest F-16 Fighting Falcon squadron as of 1:48 p.m. today at an activation ceremony held in a hangar here. The new squadron comes after the Combat Air Forces Restructuring plan transitioned 21 F-16 Fighting Falcons assigned to the 22nd and 23rd

  • Fighting Falcons return from joint exercise in Sweden

    Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron, known as the "Triple Nickel," and 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pack up their tool boxes and set their jets on a return course to Aviano Air Base, Italy, today, after spending two weeks here conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground exercises with the

  • Lajes firefighters give Lisbon scout troop a glimpse of mission

    The mystic behind the timeliness of Lajes firefighters during emergencies, so-to-speak, was unveiled to a scout troop of students from the Mainland Lisbon during a visit to Lajes Field's Fire Department Aug. 2.The visit, which began with a tour of the fire building, culminated with a real-world

  • Refueling, fighter pilots provide umbrella of safety

    For many it starts early in life, as they conquer their junior high and high school years, and for some it culminates at an elite campus tucked in the Rocky Mountains.Though it's difficult to put one's thumb squarely on what "it" is, it's clearly a mentality that drives Air Force pilots to

  • Airman receives top honors from American Bar Association

    The 3rd Air Force-United Kingdom director of legal services here was named the top Air Force judge advocate by the American Bar Association.Col. James Durant III accepted the 2010 Outstanding Military Service Career Judge Advocate Award from Lt. Gen. Richard Harding, The Air Force Judge Advocate