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  • Bystander intervention training: Take a stand against sexual assault

    Bystander Intervention Training, or BIT, is the Air Force's direct strategy to provide Airmen with knowledge to recognize potentially harmful situations and take action to mitigate possible harm to their fellow wingman. Bystander intervention training is mandatory for all military personnel and for

  • Pounding pavement: fighting cancer one step at a time

    "Ready. Set. Go!"Those were the magic words said by the children of Tech. Sgt. Rob Murphy, 86th Communications Squadron, to kick off the 10K run held in his honor here July 7."Rob was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive kind of sarcoma earlier this year," said Krissie Murphy, Rob's wife. "He loved

  • 603rd ACS strikes for final time at Aviano

    Another chapter of Air Force history came to a close July 3 at Aviano Air Base as the 603rd Air Control Squadron called "Primo," the unit call sign, for the last time before the unit is inactivated.The 603rd ACS, one of two Air Force theater air control systems in Europe, is being inactivated as

  • French Air Force: Immeasurable support to OEF, ISAF

    Drawings and mural paintings line the walls of the French operations area on the flightline here - remembrances from every French Air Force group deployed to Kandahar Airfield over the last five years.French jet fighters were originally deployed to Manas, Kyrgyzstan, in 2002, then to Dushanbe,

  • 31st FW nears 60th anniversary of pioneering operation

    Sixty years ago, the 31st Fighter Wing was a young wing in a young Air Force, and the technologies taken for granted today were in their infancy. Sixty years ago this week, the wing was directly involved in pioneering the use of aerial refueling to fly masses of fighter aircraft over the Pacific

  • New USAFE vice commander arrives

    Maj. Gen. Noel T. Jones officially assumed his new position as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe vice commander here today.Jones has been selected for promotion and will pin on the rank of lieutenant general in August. "It is a privilege and an honor to be selected as the vice commander for USAFE,"

  • Air and space ops continue as leadership changes

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- As its Airmen maintained their 24-hour vigil at their terminals while ensuring a constant overwatch of air and space operations over Europe and Africa, the 603rd Air and Space Operations center changed its leadership in a ceremony today here at Hangar 1.Col. Jeffrey

  • Polish AF flies in Red Flag for first time

    Imagine boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and making the flight across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where they speak a language that isn't your native language. This isn't your normal U.S. Air Force deployment, but actually a Polish Air Force deployment to Alaska to participate in Red