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  • CrossFit boosts fitness, readiness for KMC members

    People frequenting the Ramstein Air Base North Side Gym might occasionally notice a group of individuals walking on their hands, throwing around medicine balls and performing other seemingly odd workouts at all hours of the day. Those people are part of a growing group of Ramstein athletes who

  • 11 European nations, U.S. activate ground-breaking Heavy Airlift Wing

    Senior diplomatic and defense officials representing 12 nations as well as NATO witnessed today the official activation of a first-of-its-kind multinational strategic airlift unit at Pápa Air Base, Hungary. "I want to extend my thanks to all of the nations that chose to participate in SAC," said

  • 48th Fighter Wing command chief awarded the Bronze Star Medal

    Chief Master Sgt. James Lucas, 48th Fighter Wing command chief, was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for his actions during a recent deployment to the 732nd Air Expeditionary Group. According to the award citation, Chief Lucas had a number of outstanding accomplishments including orchestrating

  • 'Brew Crew' has one of coolest jobs in Air Force

    It's the middle of summer at Incirlik, so any temperature below 72 degrees is hard to fathom, let alone sub-zero temperatures. For one section here, their business is sub-z cold every day. They literally have one of the coolest jobs in the Air Force. A crew-of-three known as the "Brew Crew" make up

  • Women's club donates to charity organizations

    The German-American and International Women's Club recently hosted a ceremony at the Casimirsaal in Kaiserslautern to distribute donations from the proceeds of their annual 2009 Pfennig Bazaar. The Pfennig Bazaar, which took place Feb. 27 to March 1, is known as the biggest flea market in the West

  • C-130E gets last tune-up at Ramstein

    The 86th Maintenance Squadron completed its final isochronical inspection on the C-130E Hercules aircraft here July 22, as they continue to add the C-130J Super Hercules models to their fleet. The final C-130E model, tail number 7897, was the last of its kind to go through the 10-day inspection

  • SENTINEL FOCUS improves intelligence support

     Members of the 693rd Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Group here will observe and learn how the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System enterprise operates worldwide during SENTINEL FOCUS '09 held Aug. 2 to 6. At Ramstein, the 693rd ISR Group uses the DCGS to support Operation

  • Officials set date for 3rd Annual Aviano Marathon

    The 31st Force Support Squadron is partnering with the Aviano Road Runners, a group of U.S. and Italian runners, to co-host the 3rd Annual Aviano Marathon in conjunction with the group's annual volksmarch. The marathon is set for Sept. 13. This year's event will start and finish off-base at the Area

  • Family support, youth programs benefit from CFC-Overseas generosity

    Generous donations by military and civilian employees to U.S. Air Forces in Europe Family Support and Youth Programs through the Combined Federal Campaign-Overseas meant more than $95,000 will benefit USAFE's overseas communities. Ms. Renee Acosta, President and CEO of the Dept. of Defense's CFC-O

  • 12 nations’ first C-17 gets first aerial refueling

    With Swedish and U.S. Air Force pilots in the cockpit, the first C-17 Globemaster III to belong to a 12-nation strategic airlift initiative topped off its gas tank in flight for the first time Friday while over the Atlantic. "It was cool," said Swedish Air Force Maj. Niclas Akesson, the C-17