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  • 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

  • CJCS visits Ramstein, addresses future concerns

    Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey visited Airmen at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, today as part of a five country, six-day-tour that included the mission completion ceremony in Iraq.During part of his first USO holiday tour as chairman, the general presented a Purple

  • Airmen showcase fighter-wing mission to SACEUR, EUCOM commander

    The commander of U.S. European Command and NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe visited with Airmen here Dec. 14 as part of a familiarization tour. U.S. Navy Adm. Jim Stavridis saw the unique capabilities the 52nd Fighter Wing provides to the European theater of operations and learned about some of

  • AFN says goodbye to military's first overseas TV station

    It was the year the Soviet Union stopped demanding war reparations from East Germany, Marilyn Monroe married baseball player Joe DiMaggio, the U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, and the war with Vietnam was

  • El Toro Rojo Dos a success

    More than 85 Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing, the 435th Contingency Response Group, and five Soldiers from the 5th Quartermaster Company traveled here for El Toro Rojo Dos, Dec. 11.The two-week off-station training began Dec. 12, and is scheduled to end Dec. 22. This is the first time in two years