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  • Air Force 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' repeal training detailed

    Air Force officials will soon begin training Airmen in anticipation of the repeal of the law and policy commonly known as "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." This training will help Airmen understand what is expected in a post-repeal environment, said Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz."I know our

  • 8th ASOS conducts coalition training with Slovenian TACPs

    Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, partnered with members of the Slovenian army from Jan. 31 to Feb. 4 to conduct a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek A-G Range in Postojna, Slovenia. The exercise consisted of Close Air Support training between nine 8th Air Support

  • Lajes supports Ramstein C-37 training mission

    Planes land here at Lajes Field weekly for fuel and crew rest. Lajes Field Airmen provided 1,919 gallons of fuel and aided in a training mission for C-37 crew members Feb. 4.Crew members from the 76th Airlift Squadron at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, conducted flight training here with a C-37

  • AFSO21 event helps plan fuel conservation initiatives

    Members from the 100th Operations Group, the 100th Maintenance Group and the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron recently used the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century process to help design fuel conservation initiatives here.The goal of these initiatives is to help achieve the Secretary

  • Aviano Post Office wins USAFE award

    The Aviano Post Office recently earned the 2010 U.S. Air Forces in Europe John P. Jumper Award for Outstanding Large Postal Facility. "We had challenges that no other USAFE post office had," said Senior Master Sgt. George Flaig, Aviano Post Office postal superintendent. "Our unit worked hard as a

  • Computer tool enhances work efficiencies

    "If I only had more hours in the day, I could get so much more accomplished," is a statement many people often say to themselves. U.S Air Forces in Europe Airmen have the "power at their desktop," said Tim Gowens, USAFE Communications Directorate Knowledge Operations team lead.A seemingly simple

  • Top chaplain speaks at Lajes National Prayer Luncheon

    Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the priest and the two Protestant ministers who went out for a cruise late one night?One wouldn't typically expect to hear this kind of question asked at a national prayer luncheon, but at the one held at Lajes Field here Feb. 7, Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil

  • Red Flag 11-2 provides Belgians realistic training

    Belgian air force C-130 Hercules aircrew members from Melsbroek Air Base are taking advantage of training in a large force exercise with real aggressor squadrons during Red Flag 11-2."We can train airdrops at home, but what we cannot do at home is integrate with a large force exercise and integrate

  • Incirlik Airman receives AFCAM

    An Airman from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently received the Air Force Combat Action Medal.Senior Airman Nicholas Karpenko, 39th CES EOD journeyman, was awarded the AFCAM Jan. 13 for his combat actions while assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil

  • NATO senior enlisted leader briefs Incirlik chiefs

    The senior enlisted leader at Allied Air Component Command Izmir visited Incirlik for a professional development seminar with the 11 chief master sergeants and chiefs-select here Jan. 28.OR-9 Sandrine Vidal, of the French air force, traveled to Incirlik to conduct the professional development