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  • Safety Investigation Board convenes for A-10 crash

    Thirteen individuals from various locations, along with three Spangdahlem Airmen aiding with administrative tasks, convened at Spangdahlem Air Base April 5 to form a Safety Investigation Board tasked with investigating the A-10 Thunderbolt II crash that occurred April 1 in a field outside Laufeld,

  • Former COMUSAFE awarded highest Latvian honor

    A former commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe was presented the highest honor given by the country of Latvia in a ceremony in Washington D.C. on April 1. Retired Gen. William Tom Hobbins, USAFE commander from 2005 to 2008, was awarded the Order of Viesturs, First Grade, by Latvian president Valdis

  • Spangdahlem Earth Month 2011 events

    The following events will be held in recognition of Earth month:· German-American stream clean-up will take place 10 a.m. on April 16 in the Spangdahlem village. To participate in this event, meet at the Scheuermuehle.· An Earth Day 5K fun run will be held at noon and 4 p.m. on April 20 at the

  • Drop it like its art

    When most people hear the word "art," they imagine a canvas hanging on a wall in a museum. Senior Airman Sarah Hathaway's art is displayed in a different manner -- falling from 800 feet in the air. As part of the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron aerial delivery section, Airman Hathaway and her

  • 31st Operations Squadron units earn 2 USAFE awards

    The 31st Operations Group's Airfield Management and Air Traffic Control Facilities were recently named the 2011 United States Air Forces in Europe Ronald D. McCarthy Airfield Management Facility of the Year and the Ray D. Hardin Air Traffic Control Facility of the Year, respectively."Airfield

  • Weather Airmen see whether Unified Protectors fly

    Even the perfectly planned mission cannot be executed if the weather does not cooperate.Aircrews supporting Operation Unified Protector, a NATO-led operation designed to protect the civilian population of Libya, look to the Airmen in the weather office here to make sure they have a smooth

  • Air Force on Deck

    The joint operational capabilities of the United States armed forces are on display in the middle of "the Med" as amphibious transport dock USS Ponce (LPD 15) acts as a staging platform for a detachment of HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters from the U.S. Air Force's 56th Rescue Squadron on March 27,

  • Hungarian soldiers return, HAW reaches 4,000 flight hours

    More than 118 Hungarian soldiers returned home to Pápa Air Base from their ISAF mission in Afghanistan on April 1 and on that same redeployment flight the Heavy Airlift Wing reached 4,000 flight hours.The HAW had an intense winter - it reached 3,000 flight hours in early December 2010, so a thousand