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  • USAFE Band back on the road

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band is making final preparations for their upcoming tour across Germany and France.The week-long tour which begins Nov. 7, will feature performances from the Band's jazz ensemble, The Ambassadors, as well as the Concert Band. The tour will also include a Veteran's Day

  • WWII bomber crew honored almost 70 years later

    November 30, 1943, started out as a typical English day in Helmdon, United Kingdom - dark, damp, cloudy and the sun was just starting to break over the horizon - but all of that changed at 8:19 a.m."My father left our cottage, at Astwell Castle Farm, after breakfast to continue the day's work," said

  • Lajes radio techs maintain weather system

    U.S. Air Force Airmen perform an 84-day preventive maintenance inspection on a Mark IVB weather system Oct. 31, 2013, at Lajes Field, Azores. The weather system provides real-time, mid-Atlantic weather imagery and services to more than 2,000 users at more than 250 locations.

  • Incirlik AB proves evacuation preparedness

    The 39th Air Base Wing conducted a Noncombatant Evacuation Operation exercise here Oct. 28 to 30 that tested the wing's command and control, notification and passenger processing functions.The exercise validated the ability of Incirlik AB Airmen to conduct a NEO, while at the same time provided

  • Welsh focuses on pride, people, respect during Academy visit

    Air Force Academy cadets get so fired-up about their chief of staff; they show up 15 minutes early and sit in the front row of Arnold Hall -- voluntarily.When Gen. Mark A. Welsh III comes to talk, "people want to sit up front," said one cadet, who, with a group of friends from Cadet Squadron 22,

  • U.S. Air Force units arrive to Iceland in support of NATO exercise

    Airmen from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, RAF Mildenhall, Spangdahlem Air Base, Ramstein AB, Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Tinker AFB and Robins AFB arrived at Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland, Oct. 28, 2013, to complete an air surveillance exercise in support of a bilateral agreement between the

  • Joint Honor Guard shines on international TV

    When most people go to an NFL game, they are excited to see their favorite team or have good seats to see the game, but for four servicemembers from RAF Alconbury and RAF Molesworth their excitement came from standing at attention on the sideline at the 50-yard line of the 8th International Series

  • Aviano F-16 accident report released

    Release Number: 011013U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa officials released the results of their investigation into the January 28 crash over the Adriatic Sea of an F-16 Fighting Falcon resulting in the death of the pilot on board.At the conclusion of the investigation, the board