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  • 423rd defenders provide mentorship through action

    Airmen from the 423rd Security Forces Squadron aren't just keeping our installations safe -- they are actively mentoring young British students finishing their 11th year of school.The defenders work closely with a of group students from The Manor, a school in Cambridge, once a week. What started as

  • Lajes' own selected for commission

    Every year the Air Force selects the top enlisted members to attend Officer Training School, as well as Commissioned Officer Training for chaplains, lawyers, and medical personnel. This year a technical sergeant from the 65th Medical Support Squadron at Lajes Field was selected to attend COT. After

  • Joint training maintains pilots, loadmasters' proficiency

    The 37th Airlift Squadron completed a week-long airdrop training exercise with 10 container-deleviery-system drops at a drop zone near Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 16. The 10 container delivery systems were dropped to support a field-training exercise for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team from

  • 100th ARW flagship KC-135 emblazoned with historic nose art

    From nose to tail, Royal Air Force Mildenhall-based KC-135 58-0100 represents the 100th Air Refueling Wing like no other plane on the flightline here.In addition to the Square D proudly displayed on the 54-year-old aircraft's tail, a new historic emblem adorns the left side of the jet, just below

  • Successful exercise enhances global bonds, interoperability

    Anatolian Falcon 2012, a bilateral training exercise between the Turkish and the U.S. air forces, ended here March 16.The exercise was designed to strengthen military interoperability between the two nations and test the air forces' abilities to conduct a variety of air missions to include

  • CMSAF Roy visits Team Ramstein

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy visited team Ramstein March 14, touring various units here. Roy spoke with Airmen, keying in on resiliency, hazing, restructuring, training and the effectiveness of professional Airmen. Resiliency is not only about taking care of yourself, he said, it's

  • US pilots plant SEAD with Turkish counterparts

    The Turkish and U.S. air forces continue to combine their air assets and share tactics in large-force employments during Exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 5-16.During LFE exercises, units oftentimes take advantage of the high number of aircraft participating to test mass communication

  • Anatolian Falcon 2012 builds strength, sharpens skills

    The Turkish and U.S. air forces continue to successfully integrate their capabilities during Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 6.The first four missions of the two-week exercise are through, and the two NATO allies are learning to better communicate with each other and combine their strengths."I

  • Turkey, US unite as Anatolian Falcon 2012 kicks off

    An international weapons-training deployment involving Turkish and U.S. air forces began here March 5 and lasts until March 15.The 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and the Turkish air force's 3rd Main Jet Base combined their efforts during Anatolian Falcon 2012, an exercise

  • USAFE team, senior NCO win national award

    The Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe Command Vehicles Branch and one of its senior NCOs recently proved the USAFE logistics program is among the best the U.S. has to offer by winning two Association of Equipment Management Professionals awards.The branch and Master Sgt. Jeremy Parks, USAFE