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  • Ramstein host German counterparts

    In the spirit of partnership, the 37th Airlift Squadron hosted eleven of their counterparts from the German Luftwaffe here Oct. 25 through 29. The German Airmen, along with two C-160D Transall aircraft assigned to the Lufttransportgeschwader 62, traveled from Flugplatz Wunstorf to spend week

  • Author visits KMC to talk about languages of love

    More than 500 men and women from throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community filled the Ramstein Officers' Club's ballroom Oct. 30 to hear from a man who has devoted his life to educating couples about how to improve their relationships. Dr. Gary Chapman, award winning author of "The Five Love

  • Thracian Fall 2010 comes to a close for Team Ramstein

    After two weeks of training with the Bulgarian air force, Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing and 435th Air Ground Operations Wing redeployed home to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 27.More than 60 Airmen including loadmasters, aerial porters, medics and air ground equipment experts loaded two C-130J

  • "Candy Bomber" brings new message of hope to Germany

    An Air Force legend whose role during the Berlin Airlift earned him the nickname "Candy Bomber," visited the Kaiserslautern Military Community Oct. 15 and 16.Retired Col. Gail Halvorsen came to Germany as part of a week-long journey to visit with and motivate Airmen in Europe and Southwest

  • Jet arrival marks start of Golden Lance

    A fleet of 10 F-15Cs from the 493rd Fighter Squadron at RAF Lakenheath, England, arrived here Oct. 21 for the start of Operation Golden Lance.The objective of the exercise is to build partnership capabilities by conducting joint air-to-air combat training operations with the Romanian air

  • Combat Comm wires up Golden Lance

    Operation Golden Lance is a large-scale exercise involving more than 150 U.S. Air Force personnel, 10 fighter aircraft and dozens of pieces of support equipment.Coordinating these assets would be much more difficult if Airmen couldn't communicate with each other.In this relatively austere location,

  • Geothermal plant to save Aviano $35,000 per year

    As Energy Awareness Month comes to a close this week, Aviano Air Base continues to look ahead anticipating savings of about $35,000 per year from energy costs with the completion of its geothermal plant at the Dragon Fitness Center. Now fully operational and the first of its kind in the U.S. Air