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  • 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

  • 1-1-8: suicide prevention hotline goes live

    United States Army Europe and U.S. Air Forces in Europe have launched a toll-free suicide prevention hotline available throughout the European theater.The National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and Military Crisis Line-Europe can now be reached by dialing DSN 118 on any Air Force or Army installation

  • 748th AMXS turns two

    The 748th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron celebrated their second anniversary on Nov. 10.Two years ago, the 56th and 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Units merged to become the 748th AMXS after splitting away from the 48th AMXS. The 748th AMXS mission is primarily focused on providing safe and reliable F-15

  • Liberty Wing maintains friendship, trains with Swedish Air Force

    A Swedish JAS-39 Gripen jet takes off from the Royal Air Force Lakenheath flight line followed directly by an F-15 Eagle. The two aircraft engage in simulated combat to train and learn from each other. Swedish Air Force crews participated in a week-long squadron exchange program with the Liberty

  • US assists with Turkish earthquake relief

    United States Air Forces in Europe sent a C-130J Super Hercules loaded with arctic relief supplies to southeastern Turkey, Nov. 13 to aid victims of recent earthquakes here.The C-130J, assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, departed Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to deliver supplies