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  • 100th ARW celebrates 20 years at RAF Mildenhall

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing celebrated its birthday Feb. 1, marking 20 years since the wing returned to East Anglia.The 100th arrived in England Feb. 1, 1992, after being out of the U.K. for 47 years, and was redesignated the 100th Air Refueling Wing. Its new home, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, is

  • Airman saves a life from across the world

    Talking with an Airman from his previous assignment at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., a maintenance squadron Airman stationed here noticed something was wrong."I was on the (instant messaging) communicator talking to a friend back at Minot, and I was really cheery, and she wasn't cheery back. I asked

  • 'A-Team' A-10s, Apaches hone CSAR, CAS skills

    A joint close air support and combat search and rescue exercise involving U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots took place for the first time at the Baumholder Major Training Area here Jan. 23 - 26. A-10 pilots who participated in this joint training

  • AF Surgeon General visits with 86th MDG, talks mission focus

    Lt. Gen. Charles B. Green, Air Force Surgeon General, and Chief Master Sgt. Charles Cole, Chief of Medical Enlisted Force, visited the 86th Medical Group at Ramstein Monday.During their visit, Green and Cole spoke with Airmen and toured various offices within the 86th MDG and saw first-hand their

  • Eurocorps deploys from Ramstein

    Troops from Eurocorps deployed from Ramstein Air Base, using the capability of the Joint Mobility Processing Center Tuesday.Eurocorps is a multinational standing army corps available for the European Union and the Atlantic Alliance. Headquartered in Strasbourg, France, the force was created in May

  • Liberty Defender honored by German government

    Staff Sgt. Trevor Brewer, 48th Security Forces Squadron NCO in charge of vehicles, received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in a ceremony Jan. 16, 2012.The Order of Merit is the highest tribute the Federal Republic of Germany can pay to individuals for services to the German

  • U.S. Postage prices increase

    On January 22, 2012 it will cost a penny more to mail letters to locations in the United States. The new price increase will affect First-Class Mail, Standard Mail, Periodicals, Package Services and Extra Services. The new single-piece First-Class Mail pricing, effective Jan 22, 2012, include:-

  • Ambassador visits CRSF

    The U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, his Deputy Chief of Mission, representatives from the Logistics Readiness Group and the Logistics Readiness Division of U.S. Air Forces in Europe visited the Central Regional Storage Facility in Sanem, Luxembourg Tuesday.Robert A. Mandell, appointed as the

  • Airlift wing hits 70 year anniversary

    Friday, the 86th Airlift Wing hit its 70 year mark at Ramstein Air Base.The wing originated as the U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Bombardment Group (Light) during World War II and has gradually evolved from a Bombardment wing in 1942, to a tactical Fighter Wing in 1969, into the 86th Airlift Wing July

  • Living up to their motto

    Few things are more heroic than a person who steps up in a crisis and saves the life of a complete stranger. That's exactly what Senior Airman Cody Cerny did recently while training in Alaska, Dec. 16, 2011. Cerny, a pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron, and several of his teammates went to