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  • US, BDF provide humanitarian civilian assistance in Malwelwe

    Family and community members from the Malwelwe village gathered to receive medical treatment during a humanitarian civilian assistance (HCA) event Aug. 7.The HCA event was conducted as part of the MEDLITE/SOUTHERN ACCORD 12 exercise, a key element in a broader series of military-to-military

  • COMUSAFE to USAFE Airmen: "We're Honored To Serve With You"

    It is truly a remarkable honor to take the flag as your new commander. Cindy and I cannot be more proud of the team we are joining, and we are ecstatic to continue the amazing progress that General and Mrs. Welsh effected in their tenure here. We are blessed to return for our seventh United States

  • Airmen teach aeromedical evacuation principles during MEDLITE 12

    Airmen from the Air National Guard along with members of the Botswana Defense Force (BDF) got together to kick-start MEDLITE 12 here Aug. 6.MEDLITE 12, a joint exercise between U.S. and Botswana aimed at establishing and developing military interoperability, regional partnerships, synchronization of

  • The benefits of teamwork

    An eight-member jet engine maintenance team from the 169th Fighter Wing, McEntire Joint Air National Guard Base, S.C., has been deployed here since April 9. The Airmen's role is to support their unit, which is currently deployed to Afghanistan, when it has jet engines that need rebuilding."Being

  • U.S., Botswana open MEDLITE 12

    Under a sunny African sky, Airmen from units across the U.S. and members of the Botswana Defense Forces kicked off MEDLITE 12, a two-week Aeromedical-Evacuation exercise, here today.The goal of MEDLITE 12 is to enhance U.S. and Botswana capabilities to work together by introducing the U.S.

  • Bath Salts: not a way to relax

    Recently the dangers of "bath salts" have been in the news, though these bath salts are not the kind that promote relaxation.  These are the ones that destroy lives.According to information on the Drug Enforcement Administration's website, www.dea.gov, synthetic cathinones, better known as "bath

  • Airman nets $10,000 through IDEA program

    The Air Force presented  a check for $10,000 to a 31st Maintenance Squadron Airman July 31 for creating a new process that used less manpower and resources without sacrificing quality.Tech. Sgt. Jesse Swiderek, 31st MXS aircraft metals technology craftsmen, received the money as part of the

  • What private orgs need to know

    If you part of an on-base organization that engages in fund raising activities, it is likely your group is a Private Organization. Private organizations are self-sustaining, special interest groups set up by people acting exclusively outside the scope of any official capacity as officers, employees,

  • Exercise Screaming Eagle IV continues, improves Poland, US, partnership

    Ramstein Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 86th Airlift Wing continue to train together along with Polish military members in exercise Screaming Eagle IV, here July 24th through August 3rd."Poland is one of our strongest and closest allies in the world and is a leader in Europe,"

  • General Breedlove becomes 35th USAFE commander

    Gen. Philip M. Breedlove took command of U.S. Air Forces in Europe from Gen. Mark A. Welsh III July 31, 2012, in a change of command ceremony here.Presiding over the ceremony, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz praised Welsh's past accomplishments and Breedlove's future potential as the