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  • 17th Air Force engages with Ugandan Air Force leaders

    As President Barack Obama was signing the Lord's Resistance Army Disarmament and Northern Uganda Recovery Act on May 24, members of U.S. Africa Command's air component, Air Forces Africa, were enroute to Uganda for a senior leader engagement event. Led by Brig. Gen. Mike Callan, vice commander, the

  • Ramstein C-130J receives first active-duty ISO inspection

    The first isochronal inspection on Ramstein's earliest C-130J Super Hercules aircraft kicked off here May 26. A team of about 60 active-duty Airmen from different specialty codes, all familiar with the J-model examined tail number 8601, during the 10-day inspection.An ISO inspection, much like a

  • U.S., French remember America's first combat pilots

    U.S. and French civilian and military leaders paid their respects to America's first combat pilots during ceremony at a memorial outside of Paris, May 27.Gen. Roger Brady, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, U.S. Ambassador to France Charles Rivkin, French Lt. Gen. Paul Fouilland, Strategic Air

  • Airmen demonstrate ability during ATSO exercise

    Members of the 39th Air Base Wing demonstrated their abilities and knowledge during an anti-terrorism exercise here May 25, 2010. The exercise tested the base's terrorism-response ability. The base was put into 24-hour operations for the duration of the exercise and accomplished a number of

  • Lakenheath, Bulgarian AF firefighters build partnerships

    RAF Lakenheath firefighters here in support of joint-exercise Sentry Gold worked hand-in-hand with their Bulgarian air force counterparts May 25, 2010, to build their partnership capacities.The firefighters provided each other with an orientation on their respective equipment and discussed

  • USAFE working to reduce energy footprint by 2015

    Whether it's electricity to power a computer or fuel used to make a vehicle go, people depend on energy. The Air Force set a goal in 2005 to reduce the energy facilities use by 2 percent. In 2007, it modified these goals to an annual 3 percent reduction through 2015. Likewise, water-use reduction

  • Aviano taps Earth's energy

    As part of Team Aviano's commitment to stay green and conserve energy, construction has begun to build the base's $680,000 geothermal plant, the first of its kind in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe."Aviano is actively leaning forward on numerous utility and energy-saving initiatives," said Lt. Col. Bo