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  • US, Latvian air forces partner for Saber Strike 16

    Pilots from the 37th Airlift Squadron fly over Riga, Latvia, June 10, 2016. U.S. armed forces and Latvian airmen will participate 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 conducted annually since

  • 14 aircraft, 4 nations, 1 alliance

    A U.S. Air Force B-52 Stratofortress leads a formation of aircraft including two Polish air force F-16 Fighting Falcons, four U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcons, two German Eurofighter Typhoons and four Swedish Gripens over the Baltic Sea, June 9, 2016. The formation was captured from a KC-135

  • Minot AFB B-52s begin BALTOPS 16 flying operations

    B-52H Stratofortress aircrew members from Minot Air Force Base, North Dakota, conducted their first flying training mission in support of the multi-national exercise BALTOPS 16 June 7, from RAF Fairford, United Kingdom.BALTOPS 16 is an ongoing cooperative training effort with participants from

  • AFOSI emphasizes online safety for children, teenagers

    The Air Force Office of Special Investigations identified individuals who were recently convicted of online exploitation of children during the time frame of December 2014 to February 2015 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Through the Internet Crimes Against Children program, five military members were

  • Air Force increases access to behavioral health care

    Nearly half of people with a treatable behavioral health disorder do not seek help from behavioral health professionals, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. However, 80 percent of this population does visit a primary care manager at least once a year. The Air Force

  • Team Mildenhall Airman performs heroic act to save a life

    Superman, Batman and Spiderman are a few names that come to mind when asked who is a hero. For one man, that hero’s name is Nathan Rhoden. On February 27, 2016, like any normal day, a British student pilot was flying in a Microlight aircraft for the first time on his own at the Peterborough

  • KC-135s arrive in Poland for BALTOPS 2016

    A Polish air force service member marshals a KC-135 from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, England, in preparation for exercise Baltic Operations 2016 at Powidz Air Base, Poland, June 2, 2016. Fifteen NATO and two partner nations will participate in the 44th iteration of the multinational maritime