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  • Aviano defender returns, performs with TIB

    Returning to Aviano after nine months, a 31st Security Forces Squadron journeyman set off to perform as a member of the elite Air Force entertainment group, Tops in Blue.Senior Airman Jeffrey Ellis and his 35 coworkers brought entertainment in the form of singing and dancing to more than 500 Team

  • Gen. Dempsey visits Airmen during USO holiday tour

    U.S. Army Gen. Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff visited Incirlik Air Base during a United Service Organization holiday troop visit Dec. 8, here.The general, joined by singers, actors, sports icons and a comedian is on his fourth and final USO tour to visit armed forces members

  • Fit to fight in, out of ring

    A boxing team was established May 2013 by two Team Mildenhall Airmen.Tech. Sgt. Duane Vandross, 100th Communications Squadron installation spectrum manager from Bronx, New York, and Capt. Sean Mitchell, 100th Operations Support Squadron chief of wing scheduling, from Montgomery, Alabama, established

  • Teamwork leads to innovative radar repair

    Located approximately 50 feet above the ground is Spangdahlem's Digital Airport Surveillance Radar system which monitors the sky 24/7 to maintain air superiority. The feed from the radar is sent to the air traffic controllers and allows them see inclement weather conditions and guide the aircraft to

  • Congratulations to 2014 USAFE/Air Force award winners

    Congratulations to the following 2014 award winners:A1 Annual AwardsForce Support Field Grade Officer of the Year--------Maj. Michael D. McGrath, 52nd Force Support SquadronSpecialist of the Year--------Krista J. Mann, 52nd Force Support SquadronFlight Chief of the Year--------Ms. Angela

  • Tool to safeguard PII scheduled for December rollout AF wide

    The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool is scheduled for Air Force-wide integration Dec. 5, providing Microsoft Outlook email users with an interactive, automated virtual assistant to help ensure the security of personally identifiable information"I can't overstate the operational importance of

  • How to save the world

    Americans recycled only 87 million of the 251 million tons of trash generated in 2012, according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.The amount of garbage increases every year, making it easy to see how the distant, but not so unrealistic, future world from the movie WALL-E can come to

  • Innovate or Bust: egress gets a makeover

    "I'm about to break your egress shop, sir. Is that okay?"Master Sgt. Kenneth Kelly, 48th Component Maintenance Squadron accessories flight superintendent, admitted it was nerve-racking asking Maj. Mark Gray, 48th CMS commander, about implementing innovative, yet radical, changes to maximize the

  • Lajes Airmen experience unique deployment

    Even though personnel at Lajes are ready to deploy at a moment's notice, it is not something that happens regularly. Currently, seven members of the 65th Security Forces Squadron are deployed to Kosovo tasked to protect an intelligence hub.According to Maj. Carlos Hernandez, 65th SFS commander, this