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  • UK community dedicates memorial to fallen US Airmen

    Three years ago, the U.S. Air Force lost four Airmen from the 56th Rescue Squadron who made the ultimate sacrifice, Jan. 7, 2014.When an HH-60G Pave Hawk, crashed on the Norfolk coast during low-level training, it claimed the lives of two pilots, Capt. Sean Ruane and Capt. Christopher Stover, and

  • New green belt course encourages innovation in USAFE

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa launched the first iteration of an updated green belt training to the command last week. This green belt won’t certify your skills as a karate master, but it will give you the tools needed to improve processes and and reduce waste in your work center.

  • Santa brings Christmas joy to Ramstein, its children

    At 5:30 p.m. the dark skies of Germany engulf the flightline here, with the only noise coming from within the dual-bay hanger. There, hundreds of families gather around waiting for the impending arrival of a very jolly man.Suddenly, the door of a C-130J Super Hercules opens. The sight of a black

  • 3rd AF leaders salute Spangdahlem

    The commander and command chief of the 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force completed their first tour of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Dec. 14, 2016.

  • Life after loss: One Air Force family’s journey to recovery

    Nine months ago, Air Force Lt. Col. Melchizedek “Kato” Martinez, a career tactical communications officer, was welcomed home from another combat deployment, a constant in the Martinez family. His wife, Gail, along with their four children, had planned a family retreat to their second home, the one

  • Air Mobility Command enables delivery of Israel’s first F-35s

    SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE, Ill. -- Air Mobility Command Airmen worked around the clock to ensure Israel’s first two F-35 aircraft were delivered Dec. 12, making the U.S. ally the only country in the Middle East flying a fifth generation fighter aircraft. The 618th Air Operations Center, based out of

  • AFCEC engineer works to bring clean water to rural Uganda

    Chlorine production through salt water, electrodes and a car battery. It’s a simple technology that one AFCEC engineer hopes will soon have a life-changing impact on a people.Six months ago, April Whitbeck, a program manager at AFCEC’s European Store Front at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, took a