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  • Dental squadron gives veterans reason to smile

    Just days after Veteran's Day, active-duty service members provided dental care for Aviano's veterans for Retiree Appreciation Day, Nov.15.More than 50 veterans living in Italy were scheduled to use the free services offered by the 31st Dental Squadron. The annual event helped save veterans more

  • World War II veteran makes final journey

    For many members of the military, there is that one base or one assignment you really enjoy or will remember for the rest of your life -- for retired Tech. Sgt. Emil Dihlmann, that place was in the Royal Air Force Alconbury. Dihlmann enlisted in the U.S. Army Air Corps when he was 25 years old and

  • Honoring those who gave their lives

    On the site liberated by the U.S. Army's 1st Infantry Division Sept. 11, 1944, more than 40 U.S. service members paid tribute to their sacrifice as part of a Veterans Day service at the Henri-Chapelle American Cemetery and Memorial Nov. 11. U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 52nd Fighter Wing in

  • Mission Spotlight Armament: Arming Aviano's mission

    A day-to-day operation for the 31st Munitions Squadron's armament section includes one of the final step in preparing the F-16 Fighting Falcon for the 31st Fighter Wing's flying mission.The armament Airmen are responsible for loading all weapons onto the aircraft, performing function checks and

  • France, US remember men of Lafayette Escadrille

    Representatives of the U.S. Air Force and the local French community came together to honor the members of Lafayette Escadrille during a Veteran's Day ceremony in Marnes-la-Coquette, France, Nov. 11, 2013.Lafayette Escadrille was a French Aviation Service squadron during World War I, comprised

  • Veterans honored during ceremony at WWII cemetery

    Members of the 501st Combat Support Wing, Mission Partners and local English towns, villages and cities gathered at Cambridge American Cemetery, in Cambridge, United Kingdom, Nov. 11 to honor past and present veterans from the United States and United Kingdom.Standing in front of the Portland stone