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  • A RAT helps 493rd EFS get home

    After completing their NATO Baltic air policing mission rotation, the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Airmen only have one thing left to do - get home.According to Senior Airman Scott Knight, an air transportation journeyman with the 493rd EFS Redeployment Action Team, that is where the 493rd

  • 37th AS takes to the water

    Ramstein Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron recently participated in a two-day over-water category 1 training mission which took place over the Atlantic Ocean Jan. 7 and 8. Pilots upgrading to aircraft commander must participate in these types of missions while flying without available navigation

  • USAFE commander visits Aviano

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe's top brass visited Aviano Air Base Jan. 10 to 11 to learn firsthand about the base's mission, vision and priorities as well as to meet with its Airmen.This was Gen. Mark A. Welsh III's first official visit to a USAFE wing since his assumption of command Dec. 13 at

  • HAW, Ramstein team up for training

    Airmen from the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary and Ramstein personnel are coming together Jan. 10 to 13 for aerial port training that is scheduled to be conducted near Ramstein and Grafenwoer, Germany.The training will consist of two personnel airdrop flights and two heavy equipment

  • Air Guard officials prepare for new medical mission

    Air National Guard members will begin flying a newly assigned critical care air transport team mission from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 10, the air surgeon said in an interview here Jan. 4.The CCATTs, which consist of a physician specializing in critical care, pulmonology, anesthesiology or

  • Aviano becomes first USAFE base to begin AMT

    Aviano Air Base is the first base in U.S. Air Forces in Europe to begin the new, revolutionary asset marking and tracking system being implemented at Air Force installations around the world. Once fully integrated, the new AMT system will provide 100 percent accountability for all Air Force

  • 52nd FW hosts, attends Red Flag

    It has been said time and time again: a mind is a terrible thing to waste. This fate can be easily avoided, however, with just one simple concept that keeps the mind sharp: practice. From the moment Airmen first enlist to the last day of technical training, they are bombarded and reinforced by the

  • Spangdahlem, Travis compete for $1 million

    In less than three weeks, Spangdahlem AB will host the Installation Excellence Selection Board. The board's members will conduct a two-day visit to determine the Air Force's Installation Excellence and Special Recognition Award winners. Spangdahlem AB is competing against Travis Air Force Base,

  • Give 45 minutes, save up to three lives

    Over the past two months, most of us can think of 45 minutes of spare time we had that could have been used more wisely.This January, members of Team Ramstein are encouraged to put that extra 45 minutes to good use and save lives by donating blood during National Blood Donor Month.Giving blood in

  • Barrier maintainers support NATO Baltic air policing mission

    When an aircraft loses its capability to brake due to a system failure, there is only one thing saving the pilot and their aircraft from crashing off the end of a runway. That one thing is an aircraft arresting system. Luckily for the aircrafts and pilots of the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron,