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  • U.S., Romania conduct joint training, build partnership

    More than 80 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers stationed in Germany came together to take part in the Carpathian Spring 2014 in Bucharest, Romania from May 9 through 23.Carpathian Spring is an annual training opportunity which allows C-130J Super Hercules aircrew to fly in less restrictive airspace, allowing

  • 'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

    During a simulated life-or-death scenario, U.S. and Israeli medical teams completed a medical evacuation exercise May 20 throughout Israel. The exercise -- held in conjunction with the missile defense-related Juniper Cobra 14 exercise -- simulated treating six patients and transporting them to an

  • C-47 Skytrain touches down at Ramstein

    Nearly 70 years after it took part in D-day operations on June 4, 1944, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain plane returned to mainland Europe and landed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 26, 2014.The C-47, known as Whiskey 7, took off nearly two weeks ago from Geneseo, New York, on a 3,600 mile transatlantic

  • Among the trees: Airmen pay tribute to fallen comrades

    It was quiet; the sort of peaceful quiet broken only by the occasional wisp of wind that floated on the air like a sigh from Heaven. "It couldn't have been a more beautiful day," remarked U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force vice commander, as he looked skyward at the banks of

  • 65th CES maintains ability to stop aircraft

    The 65th Civil Engineer Squadron power production office performs a semiannual tape crop and weekly preventative maintenance inspection on an aircraft arresting system at Lajes Field, Azores, Portugal. The crop is to remove the exposed tape that has been damaged by the elements. The power production

  • 'Family well loved, country well served, a life well lived'

    To celebrate the life of one of 31st Maintenance Squadron's own, hundreds of Airmen, maintainers, friends and family gathered during a memorial ceremony May 22 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The memorial was held in honor of Master Sgt. John J. Colpoys Jr., 39. Colpoys passed away in a motorcycle mishap

  • Airmen help their Norwegian partners train

    Airmen from the 426th Air Base Squadron recently participated in training alongside rescuemen from the Royal Norwegian Air Force's 330th Rescue Squadron.Four Airmen volunteered to serve as stranded seafarers in the frigid North Sea May 13, so the Norwegian aircrew could maintain qualifications and