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  • Base personnel honor POW/MIA

    Team Aviano concluded its POW/MIA commemoration week with a retreat ceremony Sept. 29 at the 31st Fighter Wing Headquarters. Base members spent the week honoring the prisoners of war and those missing in action. Brig. Gen. Scott Zobrist, 31st Fighter Wing commander, and Italian air force Col. Luca

  • U.S. pilot remembered after 55 years

    Vincenca Teriaca said she always knew that her father went down with his aircraft. It wasn't until she Googled his name after Father's Day that she realized how much of an impact he still had on people.For the residents of Schopp, Germany -- a village of more than 1,400 residents 12 miles from

  • Exercise Brilliant Arrow hits bulls-eye on international relations

    Germany hosted Exercise Brilliant Arrow, an international multi-service exercise designed as a live flying and command post exercise, Sept. 12 - 23.Exercise Brilliant Arrow 2011 provided force integration and mission readiness training in preparation for NATO Response Force 2012.Military Services

  • Airmen make a special day for St. Martin's school children

    "This day is a bigger day for the children than Christmans," said St. Martin's School teacher, Anne-Marie Heinen of St. Martin's Children's Day hosted by Spangdahlem Air Base Sept. 22.This year 256 Saber Airmen volunteered for the 16th annual German-American partnership building day. "This is a very

  • Wear pink, raise breast cancer awareness

    It's time for people dig out their pink apparel as the start of October also marks the beginning of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. While breast cancer and raising awareness is a year-round battle, October is set aside as the designated month to cover oneself in pink -- the campaign's

  • Defenders train for deployment

    More than 90 security forces members from around U.S. Air Forces in Europe participated in a 17-day course to train and prepare Airmen in the tactics and war fighting methods being used today.Eight - 10 days of the course are spent in Baumholder, Germany, for the Creek Defender course."Creek

  • Tops in Blue scheduled to rock RAF Mildenhall

    The U.S. Air Force's Tops in Blue is offering a free night of family entertainment at the North Side Fitness Center here, Oct. 8 at 5 p.m.The 2011 tour, titled Rhythm Nation, celebrates 55 years of premier entertainment and brings American music ranging from the early 1900s to current hits,

  • New, firmer DODDS school attendance policy

    "Be here," is the theme to the new Department of Defense Dependent Schools attendance policy, which was revamped for the 2011-12 school year to be consistent with public schools throughout the United States.Parents with children attending DODDS schools should familiarize themselves with the

  • Turn Energy Awareness into Action

    This October, the Air Force joins our nation once again to observe Energy Awareness Month.This year's theme, "Power the Force, Fuel the Fight," encourages us to do more than just be "aware." Instead, military personnel and civilians alike should take action."The Air Force is making excellent

  • Sabers deploy with 'Total Force'

     Members of the 81st Fighter Squadron are preparing for their deployment to support Operation Enduring Freedom."We're participating in Operation Enduring Freedom, and we're going to provide world-class close air support to coalition ground forces," said Lt. Col. Josh Ruddell, 81st FS director of