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  • 1st Combat Comm joins 17th Air Force in supporting presidential visit

    Setting up forward communications is the bread and butter of the 1st Combat Communications Squadron. The unit routinely deploys to remote and bare-base environments to set up communications from scratch. On arrival at Accra, Ghana June 30, the team was met with their standard challenges - austere

  • 17th Air Force supports presidential visit to Ghana

    Before President Barack Obama could land to an unprecedented reception in Accra, Ghana, Friday evening, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines were on the ground days in advance, preparing. More than 150 troops in Accra and over 1000 Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) came together in the

  • Controllers pick up NATO training mission

    Liberty Wing air traffic controllers set the standard for training to meet NATO and EUCOM mission requirements recently when they trained eight Spanish air traffic controllers prior to their upcoming NATO deployment. The Spanish controllers were here for two weeks, and they will be followed by

  • USAFE First Sergeants’ Conference provides venue for change

    "I am a First Sergeant. My job is people-Every One is my Business. I dedicate my time and energy to their needs; Their health, morale, discipline and welfare." - First Sergeant Motto First sergeants from across U.S. Air Forces in Europe represented their bases at the 2009 USAFE First Sergeants'

  • Fire Camp offers unique summer experience

    Base children received an up-close look into the world of firefighting as they graduated from the Aviano Fire Department's first Fire Camp on July 3. The week-long summer camp armed 28 aspiring firefighters with a basic knowledge of the career field and taught them how to protect themselves and help

  • 65th Security Forces Airman remembered

    The American and Portuguese Flags were flown at half staff today at Lajes Field as members mourn the loss of an Airman assigned to the 65th Air Base Wing who died here Tuesday. Senior Airman Amber Finnell, 65th Security Force Squadron, collapsed Tuesday and was taken to Angra Hospital where she was

  • Twelve-nation consortium ready for first C-17

    Officials of the12-nation Strategic Airlift Capability Program, or SAC, consortium will celebrate the activation of its operational unit, known as the Heavy Airlift Wing, and recognize the unit's first C-17 Globemaster III aircraft at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, in a ceremony on July 27. The wing's

  • Vice president visits RAF Mildenhall, greets Airmen

    Several Airmen here got a chance to shake the hand of the United States vice president July 2 during a stop at the base en route to an undisclosed location. Airman 1st Class Victoria Smith, 100th Security Forces Squadron, said when she arrived at RAF Mildenhall a month ago, she never imagined she'd