Av-Det NCO serves country on, off the court

They say the third time's a charm; however, for one NCO assigned to Aviation Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group, six seems to be his lucky number.Six is the number of times Tech. Sgt. Marico Gray, a contracting NCO, was selected for the Air Force basketball team, and six is the number of times he

First rotation of U.S. Air Force personnel, aircraft arrives in Poland

The first rotation of aircraft to the Poland Aviation Detachment (Av-Det), Detachment 1, arrived at Powidz Air Base, Poland, on Feb. 22. For this first rotation, a number of U.S. Air Force 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Hercules and personnel from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will train with the Polish

Supply Airmen meet maintainers' demand

For deployed aircraft maintainers, a warehouse full of the spare parts necessary to keep their planes in the air isn't an option, but neither is waiting several days for parts to be shipped from their home station.Fortunately, the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Supply Airmen know how to pack for

RAF Mildenhall Airmen support REAL THAW

Intel team provides up-to-date situational awareness for deployed servicemembers

When a KC-135 Stratotanker aircrew takes off and points the aircraft toward a potentially hostile environment, they need all the information they can get to ensure they come home safe.That responsibility falls on the shoulders of the military intelligence professionals assigned to the 351st

One-million-pound pass complete

Somewhere over Africa during a mission Feb. 16, 2013, an aircrew from the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron reached a milestone.More than 1 million pounds of fuel have now been passed from KC-135 Stratotankers, operating from a deployed location in southwest Europe, to French fighter

2 million pounds of cargo delivered

The U.S. Air Force reached a major milestone Feb. 12 when the service hit the 2 million pounds of cargo transported mark during airlift operations from Istres, France to Bamako, Mali and other partner nations in support of French military operations in Northern Africa. At the request of the French

COMUSAFE addresses USAFE-AFAFRICA staff

Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, addressed hundreds of USAFE-AFAFRICA staff members during two all calls here Feb. 4.During each all call, Breedlove, accompanied by Chief Master Sgt. Craig A. Adams, USAFE-AFAFRICA command chief, covered numerous

Recovered debris thought to be wreckage of missing aircraft

Italian search teams have recovered debris in the Adriatic Sea believed to belong to an F-16 Fighting Falcon which went missing during a nighttime training mission Jan. 28.The fighter jet, assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, was performing a training mission when the base lost contact with the pilot

Search and rescue effort continues for missing aircraft

U.S. military officials are coordinating search and rescue efforts with Italian military and civilian teams following the loss of communication with an Aviano F-16 fighter jet Monday evening.The aircraft, assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, was performing a training mission over the Adriatic Sea when