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  • ODC-Turkey personnel contribute time, resources for Syrian Refugees

    Personnel from Department of Defense-Ankara volunteered their time and resources to make lunches for refugees who call Turkey their home.Volunteers worked together to build more than 100 lunches filled with sandwiches, fruit and candy for families who have become refugees. The lunches were delivered

  • AFIMSC activates detachment at USAFE-AFAFRICA

    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated Detachment 4 in a ceremony at Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa May 15.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the ceremony as Col. Andra Clapsaddle assumed command of the newly established

  • 'For you, dad': chaplain honors father at Police Week run

    Carrying a weighted camouflage backpack and sporting a knee-brace over top of his uniform, Chaplain (Maj.) Jack Stanley, ran along the perimeter road around RAF Croughton, England, May 11.Still recovering from a recent surgery, the 422nd Air Base Group chaplain pushed himself onward - uttering a

  • 354th EFS welcomes new commander to TSP

    Lt. Col. Ryan Hayde took command of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Lt. Col. Steven Behmer at Campia Turzii, Romania, May 15, 2015, in the middle of the U.S. Air Force's inaugural European theater security package.Col. Clinton Eichelberger, 355th Operations Group commander,

  • CRC brings NATO assets together in Iceland

    In a secure compound near Keflavik International Airport, a multinational team of NATO personnel monitors Iceland's airspace, ready to respond at a moment's notice to any perceived threat to the region.During Icelandic Air Surveillance and Policing 2015, 11 U.S. Air Force members and one Estonian

  • Pride in training: A security forces Airmen's perspective

    A call comes over the radio directing a Security Forces patrol to check on a disturbance in base housing. The blue lights switch is flipped and the patrol rushes to the address. On arrival, an individual comes out of the house yelling, "I'm going to kill you!" The Defenders move cautiously and as

  • USAFE Band joins Belarus, Russia in WWII Victory Day Parade

    In a show of solidarity, U.S., Belarussian and Russian military forces set aside politics May 9 to honor World War II veterans during a Victory Day Parade in Minsk, Belarus.Thirty-four Airmen from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band marched with more than 5,000 Armed Forces of Belarus and Russian

  • Lakenheath historian receives AF awards for excellence

    Headquarters, U.S. Air Force, has awarded two major awards to a Liberty Airman for exceptional work documenting the events, changes and mission here.Peter Law, 48th Fighter Wing historian, received the Allan S. Major Award for best history program and the Dennis F. Casey Award for excellence in

  • Out with the old: Airmen remove decommissioned antenna

    Airmen from Headquarters Air Force Flight Standards Agency-European Regional Maintenance Center, Kapaun Air Station, Germany, teamed with the 31st Operations Support Squadron ground radar maintenance flight and the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass., to remove a