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  • Airmen demonstrate ability during ATSO exercise

    Members of the 39th Air Base Wing demonstrated their abilities and knowledge during an anti-terrorism exercise here May 25, 2010. The exercise tested the base's terrorism-response ability. The base was put into 24-hour operations for the duration of the exercise and accomplished a number of

  • Lakenheath, Bulgarian AF firefighters build partnerships

    RAF Lakenheath firefighters here in support of joint-exercise Sentry Gold worked hand-in-hand with their Bulgarian air force counterparts May 25, 2010, to build their partnership capacities.The firefighters provided each other with an orientation on their respective equipment and discussed

  • USAFE working to reduce energy footprint by 2015

    Whether it's electricity to power a computer or fuel used to make a vehicle go, people depend on energy. The Air Force set a goal in 2005 to reduce the energy facilities use by 2 percent. In 2007, it modified these goals to an annual 3 percent reduction through 2015. Likewise, water-use reduction

  • Aviano taps Earth's energy

    As part of Team Aviano's commitment to stay green and conserve energy, construction has begun to build the base's $680,000 geothermal plant, the first of its kind in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe."Aviano is actively leaning forward on numerous utility and energy-saving initiatives," said Lt. Col. Bo

  • Team Ramstein preps for upcoming ORI

    Ramstein Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 86th Airlift Wing are participating in an Operational Readiness Exercise here, May 17-23.This is the third of five OREs conducted by the wings, which are designed to prepare Team Ramstein for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection

  • 510th FS deploys to Afghanistan

    Airmen from the 510th Fighter Squadron, the "Buzzards," deployed to Afghanistan recently in support of overseas contingency operations bringing with them new technological capabilities."This is the first combat deployment for the 510th Fighter Squadron since returning from Iraq in the summer of

  • KMC holds 27th annual Special Olympics

    More than 1,600 helpers and 800 athletes participated in the 27th annual German-American Special Olympics on the mobility police grounds here May 12.Nineteen American schools and 39 German schools for people with disabilities from in State of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as members of the