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  • Ready 24/7 - Fairford is open for business

    Ready in a moment's notice - it might as well be the motto for U.S. Air Forces in Europe's only forward-operating bomber location known as RAF Fairford.A skeleton crew of U.S. and U.K. civilians consisting of airfield management, base services, maintenance, fire services and fuel support keep RAF

  • Lajes students are military members for a day

    More than 150 Lajes Field students got to work on base doing military and civilian jobs for a day on April 26. The event was for the Job Shadow and Mentor Day. It started out with a briefing by Col. Arch Bruns, 65th Mission Support Group commander, followed by a snack and then students and their

  • 17th Air Force stands down, AFAFRICA mission carries on

    Seventeenth Air Force, the air component to U.S. Africa Command, stood down in an inactivation ceremony here April 20, but dedicated Air Force support to USAFRICOM's mission continues on uninterrupted.During the ceremony, Maj. Gen. Mark R. Zamzow, 3rd Air Force vice commander, accepted the Air

  • Little shadows follow Airmen

    More than 500 students from RAFs Lakenheath and Feltwell schools were given the opportunity to be part of an educational experience during the Department of Defense Dependents Schools' Job Shadow Day April 27, 2012.During the day, a variety of work centers across RAFs Lakenheath, Feltwell and

  • OST Fairford deemed 'successful'

    Members of Team Ramstein participated in a successful off-station training April 23-27 here."This has been a very successful mission, especially in regards to getting out the door in a deployment aspect and being operational within 24 hours," said Capt. Ryan Wilson, 37th Airlift Squadron pilot and

  • Operation Together and Ready a success with children, parents

    Bundled up and soaking wet from head to toe can be expected here, but on April 28, the children participating in Operation Together and Ready were all smiles despite the dreary weather. More than 115 children and their families attended Operation Together and Ready, a deployment event specifically

  • Lt Gen Brown shares spiritual values with Lajes Airmen

    More than 300,000 people are currently answering our nation's call by serving on active duty in the U.S. Air Force.Every year there are Americans around the world who answer another national call: the National Prayer call. The call is answered with various venues from National Prayer Breakfasts to

  • Ramstein Airmen 'deploy' to Fairford, England

    More than 140 personnel and four C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 435th Contingency Response Group arrived to begin off-station training here April 23.This OST was put together to test Team Ramstein's ability to deploy its

  • 603rd AOC demonstrates capabilities with 3rd AF commander

    In the command room overlooking the combat operations division, a computer monitor on the wall suddenly filled with blinking lights and symbols as ballistic missiles from the enemy launched at friendly targets. Communication equipment in the room burst to life as operators identified and tracked