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  • New trainer enhances Liberty Wing F-15 maintenance

    The 372nd Training Squadron, Detachment 16, recently installed a landing gear trainer, which is being utilized in its F-15 hydraulics course. The detachment, which supports aircraft maintenance squadrons on RAF Lakenheath, received the $665,000 trainer - one of three in the Air Force - from Sheppard

  • Nations unite to heighten allied air power

    Pilots from seven nations have been working together since early November with a goal of increasing the effectiveness of allied air forces and strengthening multinational partnerships.This Tactical Leadership Program course, a NATO-based training exercise from Nov. 5-30, encourages interoperability

  • NCO brings PDR classes to Incirlik airmen

    Devon Edwards said his passion for self-defense is a result of one terrifying experience that took place in Phoenix, Ariz., December 1999 when he was 11 years old. Edwards and his dad were headed down to a parking lot to see his dad's girlfriend's new convertible. As most young boys would be, he was

  • New USAFE/AFAFRICA Command Chief Shares Simple Philosophy

    To hear Chief Master Sgt. Craig A. Adams tell it, he's just a simple man. But there is nothing simple about the leadership role he recently assumed.As the new command chief for United States Air Forces in Europe and United States Air Forces Africa, Adams now serves as the senior enlisted advisor for

  • Trip planning, survival kits make difference between life, death

    The Air Force Safety Center's "Safe-n-Sound, All Year Round" campaign is in full-swing and an Air Force flight doctor here says preparing for the worst can make a potential fatal situation survivable. In an effort to help keep safety at the forefront of Airmen's minds as they plan their winter

  • Airmen learn vital combat skills

    Crack, crack, crack.A whirlwind of excitement and confusion spurred around the camp. Gunfire echoed through the tents as the Airmen scrambled to find cover.They peered out from the safety of makeshift bunkers as they searched for the source of the sound.Reports flooded across the radio of a team

  • 65 years after leaving RAF Alconbury, WW II veteran returns

    On a typical day from 1942 to 1945, the Royal Air Force Alconbury flightline would be full of activity as aircrews, maintainers and weapons troops prepared as many B-17 Flying Fortresses as they could for missions in Germany.One of those troops was Ted Penn, a quartermaster in the 685th Air Materiel

  • COMUSAFE, Command Chief address headquarters staff

    United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Commander Gen. Philip M. Breedlove and Command Chief Master Sergeant Craig A. Adams held their first USAFE-AFAFRICA All Call here Nov. 13, to praise personnel for their achievements and address issues impacting the Air Force. The general

  • Holiday mailing deadlines released

    The 2012 recommended holiday mail deadline dates for postal customers assigned to the European theater of operations are now available. These dates are for mail originating in Europe and destined to locations in the United States. Mail originating in the U.S. and sent to European APO/FPO/DPO