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  • F-16 pilots shave 'craniums' to support late-pilot's son

    While most Airmen at the end of March were parting ways with the hair above their upper lip; a dozen pilots from the 510th Fighter Squadron were parting ways with the hair on their head. The F-16 pilots joined nearly 180 others to show support for a young boy who's battling kidney cancer and has

  • President Obama visits wounded warriors at Ramstein

    Air Force One touched down at Ramstein Air Base bringing President Barack Obama, to meet with some of America's heroes March 29.After a week of traveling through Europe and stopping in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the president made a short trip to Germany to meet with wounded warriors from the Landstuhl

  • Av-Det keeps U.S.-Polish training running smoothly

    "All the expectations you have for a normal assignment -- throw those out the window. We have to analyze who we have, what our guys bring to the table and what we can do to overcome any challenges thrown our way," said Maj. Micah Chollar, 52nd Operations Group, Detachment 1 director of operations.

  • Exercise Tonnerre Lightning 14-1: Refining the language of war

    British, French, and U.S. Airmen wrapped up the inaugural Exercise Tonnerre Lightning 14-1 here and other operating locations Friday. The tri-lateral exercise, which replicates a coalition response to a contingency operation, developed as a method for the U.S., the United Kingdom and France's air

  • African Partnership Flight Angola 2014 concludes

    African Partnership Flight Angola 2014 came to a close after a full week of events including Airmen from the Angolan, U.S. and Zambian air forces, March 28. U.S. participants included Airmen from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, as well as the 818th Mobility Support Advisory Squadron

  • Water survival training provides life-saving skills for aircrew

    As a mayday signal crackled over the radio, thunder sounded, rain poured down heavily and 6-foot waves crashed in their faces, aircrew from Team Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath's Liberty Wing battled their way through water, slowly making their way over to a life raft rocking back and forth in the

  • Training continues, pilots reunite in Poland

    Two F-16 Fighting Falcon captains walked out to the flightline, joking and reminiscing about their days spent at undergraduate pilot training at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss. -- embracing the opportunity to train together once again, this time in the skies over Poland.Capt. Jordan Wilkie, 555th

  • USAFE-AFAFRICA commander talks force management at NATO base

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander visited the 470th Air Base Squadron at NATO Air Base Geilenkirchen, March 24, 2014.The visit gave Gen. Frank Gorenc a chance to experience firsthand the squadron's community and mission of supporting the NATO E-3A Sentry Airborne Warning