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  • Read Across America shows children power of reading

    Read Across America week kicked off Monday at Ramstein Elementary School and concludes Friday.Entering its 16th year, Read Across America is a national event, also held at overseas military installations, to educate children of all ages about the importance of reading. It is normally held on or near

  • First rotation of U.S. Air Force personnel, aircraft arrives in Poland

    The first rotation of aircraft to the Poland Aviation Detachment (Av-Det), Detachment 1, arrived at Powidz Air Base, Poland, on Feb. 22. For this first rotation, a number of U.S. Air Force 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Hercules and personnel from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will train with the Polish

  • Supply Airmen meet maintainers' demand

    For deployed aircraft maintainers, a warehouse full of the spare parts necessary to keep their planes in the air isn't an option, but neither is waiting several days for parts to be shipped from their home station.Fortunately, the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Supply Airmen know how to pack for

  • Sailors, Airmen wrap up aircraft salvage operation

    U.S. Navy and Air Force personnel completed salvage operations Feb. 22 to recover the wreckage of an Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon which crashed off the coast of Italy Jan. 28.Navy divers from Mobile Diving Salvage Unit 2, Company 4, and Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, worked aboard the USNS

  • Ceremony held for New Horizons Wounded Warrior graduates

    The New Horizons Wounded Warrior Support Program held its first-ever graduation ceremony at the Strike Eagle Complex Feb. 19, 2013.Fourteen Airmen from the 48th Fighter Wing and the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall were recognized for their completion of the five-week course.At the

  • Wing Safety recognized as 'best' in Air Force

    The 86th Airlift Wing safety office won the Air Force Chief of Safety Achievement Award for ground safety, Category 2 Feb. 4.The unit was recognized for the outstanding achievement in ground safety program management for maintaining the largest and most complex base in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and