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  • Team Aviano welcomes new commander

    Brig. Gen. Barre Seguin took command of the 31st Fighter Wing from Brig. Gen. Jon Norman during a change of command ceremony here, June 9.Presiding over the ceremony, Gen. Frank Gorenc, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, commended Norman's accomplishments during a brief

  • U.S. and Portuguese Airmen team up for Defender Challenge

    U.S. and Portuguese Air Force Airmen compete in the Defender Challenge May 30, 2014, at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. The PoAF held the Defender Challenge in celebration of the 59th anniversary of the Air Police Squadron. The challenge tested the Airmen's strength, endurance and ability to work

  • Icelandic Air Policing rotation ends

    At 6:00 a.m. June 5, the U.S. Air Force's responsibility ended for the spring rotation of the NATO mission for Icelandic Air Policing at Keflivik International Airport, Iceland.For the past month, about 200 Airmen, from seven bases throughout the European and Pacific areas of operation, deployed

  • USAFE-UK hosts spring reception, welcomes new director

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe-United Kingdom's annual 2014 spring reception marked a change in responsibility for the organization May 30, 2014, at Middleton Hall on RAF Mildenhall, England.Brig. Gen. Christopher J. Bence, 3rd Air Force vice commander, introduced Brig. Gen. Douglas A. Cox as USAFE-UK's

  • B-2s arrive at RAF Fairford to train, exercise capability

    Two B-2 Spirit flew to the U.S. European Command (USEUCOM) area of operations June 8 to train and integrate with U.S. and allied military forces in the region.During this short-term deployment, the multi-role heavy bombers will conduct training flights in the USEUCOM area of operations, providing

  • Eighth Air Force honors D-Day and "The Greatest Generation"

    On June 6, 1944 more than 11,000 aircraft, including strategic heavy bombers and fighters from the Eighth Air Force, played a key role in D-Day, supporting Allied troops as they stormed the beaches at Normandy, gaining a foothold in German-occupied Western Europe that would gradually expand and lead

  • D-Day: Veterans relive Operation Neptune

    Hollowed soil, possessed by a war machine denying liberty and freedom; hedgerows lined with hostile weaponry; dreary skies lit by gunfire launched from the ground; two Army Air Corp pilots fly into the face of danger. How different today is from that, though the plane is still the same. William

  • Vice Commander Honors Veterans at Picauville

    A German Army band's music echoed through the air as service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, German and French Armies marched together to the Picauville memorial. The sound of roaring engines from the C-130s filled the sky as they flew overhead, and the D-Day ceremony was officially underway.

  • Ramstein Airmen keep wings flying over Normandy

    The 70th anniversary of D-Day is June 6, 2014, and includes four C-130J Super Hercules and more than 60 Ramstein Airmen who will participate in week-long activities to honor the sacrifice made by the brave veterans who stormed Axis-occupied France.Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing's 37th Airlift

  • The 'Lucky' 40: Vets return to Normandy after 70 years

    Amidst the sea of a mighty applause marched a band of 40 old men, confidently striding through two lines of riflemen as a ceremonial salute was rendered in their honor. It was June 3, nearly 70 years after the 40 left family and friends to embark on one of the most significant battle of the Second