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  • Atlantic Stripe Conference: deliberately developing NCOs

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa held the second annual Atlantic Stripe Conference at the USAFE-AFAFRICA conference room on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 15-18, 2018.Sixty-four participants, including one member of the U.S. Army and five coalition partners, attended the four-day

  • Honoring the fallen in France

    U.S. Air Force Gen. Tod D. Wolters, U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa commander, delivers a speech during a Memorial Day Ceremony at the Suresnes American Cemetery and Memoriall near Paris, France, May. 27, 2018. Wolters spoke at two locations in Paris this year in order to honor and

  • USAFE hosts staff talks with German air force

    Senior leaders from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa met German air force senior leaders during the second Headquarters USAFE – HQ GAF Staff Talks, May. 22 - 23.

  • Mildenhall hosts 5th annual European Tanker Symposium

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing hosted 13 NATO nations during the 5th annual European Tanker Symposium, May 14-18.The symposium, held every year since 2012, allows NATO allies to share their experiences, discuss mixed tanker formation standards, and build on tanker integration.

  • Airmen splash into survival training

    Non-aircrew personnel assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing conquered the survival, evasion, resistance and escape Water Survival Course at East Coast College, May 4, 2018.

  • Mildenhall AFE Airmen talk shop

    When an in-flight emergency happens, the last thing anyone wants to question is the condition of an oxygen mask, which could be the barrier between life and death. The 100th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop makes it their goal for that question never to be asked. The AFE

  • 492nd FS hosts P-47 heritage day

    Airmen and their families from the 48th Fighter Wing came together for a heritage and fundraising event hosted by the 492nd Fighter Squadron featuring a World War II era P-47 Thunderbolt and a Supermarine Spitfire here, May 7.

  • US, Iceland remember WWII heroes with monument dedication

    May 3, 2018, marked the 75th anniversary of the death of, Lt. Gen. Frank Maxwell Andrews, and the crew of the B-24 Liberator “Hot Stuff,” the first heavy bomber in the 8th Air Force to complete 25 missions.“Their sacrifice and commitment to a cause far greater than themselves represents the proud

  • German-American partnership on display during air show

    When boarding U.S. aircraft during an air show, it is natural for people to expect a U.S. pilot or crew member to greet them.This wasn’t the case when a group of German school children visited a C-17 Globemaster III during the Berlin Air and Trade Show on April 27. Instead, they were greeted by a