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  • Ramstein C-130J receives first active-duty ISO inspection

    The first isochronal inspection on Ramstein's earliest C-130J Super Hercules aircraft kicked off here May 26. A team of about 60 active-duty Airmen from different specialty codes, all familiar with the J-model examined tail number 8601, during the 10-day inspection.An ISO inspection, much like a

  • U.S., French remember America's first combat pilots

    U.S. and French civilian and military leaders paid their respects to America's first combat pilots during ceremony at a memorial outside of Paris, May 27.Gen. Roger Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin, French Lt. Gen. Paul Fouilland, Strategic Air

  • 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