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  • Lajes honors Portuguese employees, hosts 400 at luncheon

    The 65th Air Base Wing honored its Portuguese employees at a luncheon here, today. Approximately 400 Portuguese employees attended the luncheon as part of a month-long celebration of Lajes Field's Portuguese workforce. Col. Chris Bargery, 65th Air Base Wing commander, recently designated each

  • 493rd Fighter Squadron Trains at TLP 2014

    Members from the 48th Fighter Wing along with six NATO nations, are participating in the 2014 Tactical Leadership Program which kicked off here Jan. 13, 2014.The purpose of the TLP is to increase the effectiveness of Allied Air Forces through the development of leadership skills, mission planning

  • Command Chiefs visit Luxembourg

    Chief Master Sgt. James Davis, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa command chief, and Chief Master Sgt. James Morris, 86th Airlift Wing command chief, visited the Central Regional Storage Facility site in Sanem, Luxembourg, for an immersion tour, Jan. 14.The immersion tour gave the

  • 423rd ABG community supports family fighting cancer

    Getting a cancer diagnosis can thrust a person into uncertainty and a world full of unknowns and new experiences.Some people react with shock, numbness, fear, sadness or anger -- these are all normal experiences. Some find comfort in talking to other people who have been diagnosed with cancer; a

  • 422nd ABG family takes care of their extended family

    When their phone in Washington, D.C., began ringing on the early morning of Aug. 15, Senior Airman Ryan Cureton's parents' life suddenly changed as the voice on the other side told them their son was in the critical care unit at John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford, United Kingdom, after a car

  • Uganda supports US airlift missions

    As U.S. airlift missions operating at the request of the French government and African Union authorities continue, Uganda maintains their role as a key U.S. strategic partner.In just two months, the Ugandans allowed the U.S. military to stage at least three essential missions out of Entebbe."The

  • Congress members visit hometown heroes at the 'Lik

    U.S. delegates and their spouses from Oklahoma, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida and New Mexico visited Incirlik Air Base, Jan. 18.Service members from the 39th Air Base Wing and from the 1st Netherlands Ballistic Missile Defense Task Force welcomed congressional leadership with a tour of Incirlik AB.

  • US airlifts Rwandans to Central African Republic

    Two U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III aircraft operating at the request of the French government and African Union authorities continued airlifting a Rwandan mechanized battalion Jan. 19.The joint operation with personnel from the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force is in support of an African Union

  • 56th RQS Memorial Service: That others may live

    More than 2,000 people paid tribute to four fallen Airmen of the 56th Rescue Squadron at a memorial service in Hangar 7, Jan. 17. Capt. Sean Ruane, Capt. Christopher Stover, Tech. Sgt. Dale Mathews and Staff Sgt. Afton Ponce were killed during an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter crash while performing a