Airmen participate in Exercise Carpathian Spring

More than 80 Airmen from Ramstein participated in Exercise Carpathian Spring in Romania April 12 through 21.The exercise was designed for aircrew to receive upgrade training and build partnership capacity with Romanians."Sequestration has forced us to be more efficient with our training funds and

423rd ABG presented with ancient honor allowing them privilege of marching into English cities

Members of the 423rd Air Base Group at Royal Air Force (RAF) Alconbury and RAF Molesworth marched through the streets of Huntingdon when the Huntingdonshire District Council granted the group the Freedom of the District of Huntingdonshire April 20. This is the first time a U.S. Visiting Forces unit

480th Fighter Squadron deploys to Afghanistan

Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base's 480th Fighter Squadron deployed to Kandahar Airfield, Afghanistan, in support of contingency operations April 7, 2013.The 480th FS is deploying for approximately six months to provide air-to-air combat and air-to-surface attack capabilities."I'm looking forward to

USO brings all-stars to Ramstein

351st EARS maintainers keep tanker cool

Base medics, Italians team up for region's first international medical simulation

Members of the 31st Medical Group at Aviano Air Base and the local Italian hospital in Pordenone, Italy, came together April 17 to discuss the results of the region's first international patient care simulation.The collaboration, which took place in early March, encompassed all levels of care needed

USAFE-AFAFRICA considers Reduction in Forces actions

Air Force officials announced Wednesday that approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement the service's civilian Reduction in Force authority effective through about September 2013 to assist in the placement of employees not assigned against funded positions (termed "surplus

Confirmation of Next US European Command Commander and Supreme Allied Commander Europe

Philip M. Breedlove was confirmed by the United States Senate as the next U.S. European Command Commander and NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe (SACEUR) and will assume command from the current EUCOM commander and SACEUR,Adm. James Stavridis.General Breedlove is currently serving as Commander,

39th ABW Safety office provides support to TURAF during exercise

Members of the 39th Air Base Wing Safety office provided support to the Turkish air force10th Tanker Base Command during an aircraft emergency exercise April 11, at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. Incirlik Air Base is a Turkish air force installation run by the 10th Tanker Command. The U.S. Air Force's

U.S., Portuguese contain fuel spill in joint exercise

U.S. and Portuguese Air Force and civilian personnel participated in a fuel spill response exercise April 18, to test their ability to respond quickly and effectively in the event of a fuel spill on the island of Terceira, Azores, Portugal."The fuel spill exercise highlighted the importance the 65th