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  • Airman nets $10,000 through IDEA program

    The Air Force presented  a check for $10,000 to a 31st Maintenance Squadron Airman July 31 for creating a new process that used less manpower and resources without sacrificing quality.Tech. Sgt. Jesse Swiderek, 31st MXS aircraft metals technology craftsmen, received the money as part of the

  • Exercise Screaming Eagle IV continues, improves Poland, US, partnership

    Ramstein Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 86th Airlift Wing continue to train together along with Polish military members in exercise Screaming Eagle IV, here July 24th through August 3rd."Poland is one of our strongest and closest allies in the world and is a leader in Europe,"

  • General Breedlove becomes 35th USAFE commander

    Gen. Philip M. Breedlove took command of U.S. Air Forces in Europe from Gen. Mark A. Welsh III July 31, 2012, in a change of command ceremony here.Presiding over the ceremony, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz praised Welsh's past accomplishments and Breedlove's future potential as the

  • 728th AMS helps TURAF aerial port soar

    Members of the 728th Air Mobility Squadron here hosted a tour of their aerial port for a group of 16 Turkish air force officers July 25.Officers from the Ankara-based 11th Tanker Command came to Incirlik to get ideas on how to run their aerial port more efficiently by viewing how the aerial port

  • Servicemembers support Team USA during 2012 Olympic, Paralympic Games

    More than 300 members from U.S. Visiting Forces military bases across the United Kingdom volunteered to help the U.S. Olympic Committee in preparation for the upcoming 2012 Olympic Games. Volunteers, including active duty service members, civilian employees and family members, signed up for

  • First lady visits RAF Mildenhall, meets military families

    Military families stationed in the United Kingdom had the opportunity to meet the first lady of the United States July 29, 2012, before she returned home after attending the opening ceremonies of the London 2012 Olympics.Michelle Obama took about 30 minutes here to personally meet more than 150

  • 86th Aeromedical Evacuation mission with the HAW

    U.S. Air Force members from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, flew an aeromedical training mission on a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft from the Heavy Airlift Wing in Papa, Hungary, to Tbilisi, Georgia, July 25, 2012. The mission marked the first aeromedical

  • Tactical training exercise builds partnerships

    Approximately 260 members of the 81st Fighter Squadron along with members of the U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Air Force and Romanian air force's 71st Air Fotilla are training with one another in Exercise Dacian Thunder to strengthen capabilities as combined forces in contingency operations throughout

  • US, Romania train together, improve CSAR

    Her aircraft was downed in a field near Campia Turzii. She was alone with no food or water -- only her survival skills and equipment. She found a safe site in bushes to take cover, made a signal for her rescue and established contact with her comrades in the air.A-10 Thunderbolt IIs pilots of 81st

  • U.K.'s "Friendly Invasion" 70 years on

    During his childhood, Clive Stevens would gaze up in awe at a small B-17 Flying Fortress model that sat on top of a bookcase in his home. "It obviously gave me a deep-rooted interest in the airplane," said Stevens. Over the years, his fascination grew to include not only the U.S. aircraft but the