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  • Airmen work with partner nations to improve proficiency during APF Kenya

    LAIKIPIA AIR BASE, Kenya—Participants of African Partnership Flight Kenya concluded classroom training this week here June 24, 2016. Several of the course topics included personnel recovery command and control, combat search and rescue terminal planning, survival and evasion tactics, tactical combat

  • 352nd SOSS Airman stepped-up, stepped-in

    Mostly all military members go through the annual bystander intervention training and learn strategies to prevent various sorts of violence. “Say Something” was a six-month initiative created by Airmen from Mildenhall. The intent of the initiative was to promote positive bystander intervention

  • B-52s conclude deployment at RAF Fairford

    After flying numerous sorties, multiple airshows and missions with NATO allies, two B-52H Stratofortresses headed home to Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, June 23. The bombers were deployed to Royal Air Force Fairford, United Kingdom, along with approximately 250 personnel from Air Force Global

  • Remember the past for prosperous future

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band’s Ambassadors Jazz Ensemble traveled to the Khatyn Memorial outside Minsk, Belarus, to pay respect for the lives that were lost here during the Great Patriotic War.    The bandsmen toured the memorial and placed flowers at the feet of the Unbowed Man statue that

  • NATO partners close out Saber Strike 16

    More than 200 NATO service members gathered at Tapa TrainingBase, Estonia, for the closing ceremony of Saber Strike 16 June 21. U.S. service members were only one component of thelarge-scale theater security-cooperation exercise that began June 12. Participating nations included Estonia, Latvia

  • Fatigue Risk Management System: What it’s all about

    Earlier this year, COMUSAFE directed units throughout the command to implement the Fatigue Risk Management System (FRMS) and Fatigue Avoidance Scheduling Tool (FAST). This article explains the intent behind the system.

  • US Airmen make history with highway landing

    An A-10C Thunderbolt II from the 107th Fighter Squadron, takes off from a highway June 21, 2016, in Tallinn, Estonia. U.S. forces are in Europe participating in Saber Strike 16; a long-standing, U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff-directed, U.S. Army Europe-led cooperative-training exercise, which has been

  • 106th Rescue Wing supports Saber Strike 16

     The 106th Rescue Wing from F.S. Gabreski Airport in Westhampton Beach, New York, deployed June 8 through 25 to Amari Air Base to take part in Saber Strike 16. Saber Strike is a multinational exercise meant to increase the interoperability of NATO allies and complete tactical training objectives

  • African Partnership Flight Kenya kicks off

    The opening ceremonies for the first African Partnership Flight in Kenya commenced here, June 21. More than 50 U.S. Air Force Airmen along with participants from the Kenyan and Ugandan defense forces were welcomed by Robert Godec, U.S. Ambassador to Kenya and Raychelle Omamo, Kenyan Cabinet

  • KC-135s wrap up BALTOPS operations in Poland

     Aircrew, maintenance and support personnel from the 100th and 434th Air Refueling Wings wrapped up operations June 17, 2016 at Powidz Air Base, Poland, after supporting Baltic Operations 2016."Although it's a maritime exercise, aircraft from all over Europe participated in this exercise to provide