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  • 435th AGOW and AEW welcome new commander

    Members from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 435th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed their new commander during an assumption of command ceremony here, March 16.Col. Andra Kniep assumed command of the 435th AGOW and 435th AEW during a ceremony that was officiated by Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson,

  • Preventing online exploitation of children

    Child sex crimes and the online exploitation of children are a perpetual problem throughout society and the military is no exception.Because of this, these crimes are routinely investigated by the Air Force Office of Special Investigations., in cooperation with Internet Crimes Against Children Task

  • Squeaky clean F-16

    U.S. Air Force crew chiefs from the 31st Maintenance Squadron washed an F-16 Fighting Falcon, March 17, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Crew chiefs are responsible for washing Aviano's F-16s to help protect the aircraft from corrosion.Washing an aircraft takes approximately 4 to 6 hours for a

  • Liberty Airman rescued allies, earned Airman's Medal

    Flares were shooting from planes, live rounds were whizzing by and fire bottles were exploding.Despite these hazards, a Liberty Airman ran toward the wreckage of the crash site to help pull injured service members to safety.Staff Sgt. Greggory Swarz, 492nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit electrical

  • F-16s depart for Romanian-US exercise

    Airmen and aircraft assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron departed Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, March 13 to participate in Dacian Warhawk 2015, a bilateral flying training deployment with the Romanian air force.The exercise will take place at Campia Turzii, Romania, March 16-27 and aims to

  • Combating common enemies

    Picture this.As the aircrew of a military aircraft, you are in an unfortunate situation where you are forced to eject and survive behind enemy lines.To do so, you have to evade and communicate with the appropriate personnel to be rescued under enemy fire. Training for this type of situation in a

  • Air Force releases investigation results on F-15D accident

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa officials released the results of the accident investigation into the Oct. 8, 2014 crash of a U.S. F-15D Eagle aircraft near Spalding, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom.At the conclusion of the accident investigation, the board president, Col. Russell D.

  • Aerospace medicine summit: Red Baron 'fit to fly?'

    If it has to do with flying, medicine or even if the Red Baron would be qualified to fly today, then there is a good chance it was discussed at the largest U.S. Air Forces in Europe aerospace medicine conference held March 9 to 13.The question of the Red Baron, a famous WWI fighter pilot, flying

  • New music room opens for Airmen to jam, make friends

    The Bob Hope Community Center opened a new music room located in the former Information, Tickets and Travel office, expanding the existing music program in hopes of improving the base community."The idea is to increase the number of people participating in our current music lessons," said David