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  • Sergeant receives award for heroism

    Staff Sgt. Xanadu Moldenhauer, 555th Fighter Squadron knowledge operator, was awarded the Air Force Commendation Medal on May 30, 2014, during a 31st Operations Group commander's call for saving the life of Staff Sgt. Travis Brown, former 31st Munitions Squadron, armament training monitor. On

  • Impossible rescue remembered 20 years later

    On the remote coastline of Eastern Iceland, inaccessible to ordinary travel, a plaque was dedicated May 30 to commemorate a U.S. Air Force rescue team operation accomplished 20 years earlier. On Jan. 10, 1994, members of the 56th Rescue Squadron, then located at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland,

  • Allied air forces paved way for D-Day

    The mention of "D-Day" immediately conjures iconic images of men storming a beach riddled with barbed wire, smoke and craters created by the German mortar battery aimed at the beach. Men advancing toward machine gun nests and acts of heroism as they made their way inland to secure a foothold in

  • Extending the reach: refueling the air-policing mission

    The U.S. Air Force is executing the NATO mission of Icelandic Air Policing from Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, and a major part of the operation is aerial refueling.Among the Airmen deployed with the 48th Air Expeditionary Group are those specialized in operating and maintaining the KC-135

  • 'Shoulder-to-shoulder,' Israelis, U.S. forces complete Juniper Cobra 14

    Israeli and U.S. service members concluded Juniper Cobra 14, a five-day bilateral computer-simulated defense exercise, May 22.The exercise focused on interoperability between the Israeli Defense Forces and U.S. European Command while enhancing Israel's qualitative military edge. While the defensive

  • Spangdahlem Airmen strengthen partnerships at Berlin Air Show

    Five Spangdahlem Airmen spoke with trade vendors and aviation enthusiasts May 20-25, 2014, at this year's Berlin Air and Trade Show, or ILA, to promote strengthened partnerships with NATO and to discuss aircraft capabilities with attendees here.Two F-16C Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft were on