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  • Lajes' own selected for commission

    Every year the Air Force selects the top enlisted members to attend Officer Training School, as well as Commissioned Officer Training for chaplains, lawyers, and medical personnel. This year a technical sergeant from the 65th Medical Support Squadron at Lajes Field was selected to attend COT. After

  • APF 12-2 capstone exercise puts lessons learned to the test

    Ghanaian, Benin, Togolese, Senegalese, Nigerian and U.S. air force members hit the flightline loading, guarding and marshalling aircraft March 21 for the African Partnership Flight 12-2 capstone event here. The capstone gave all nations involved in the partnership building flight the opportunity to

  • Joint training maintains pilots, loadmasters' proficiency

    The 37th Airlift Squadron completed a week-long airdrop training exercise with 10 container-deleviery-system drops at a drop zone near Grafenwoehr, Germany, March 16. The 10 container delivery systems were dropped to support a field-training exercise for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team from

  • 100th ARW flagship KC-135 emblazoned with historic nose art

    From nose to tail, Royal Air Force Mildenhall-based KC-135 58-0100 represents the 100th Air Refueling Wing like no other plane on the flightline here.In addition to the Square D proudly displayed on the 54-year-old aircraft's tail, a new historic emblem adorns the left side of the jet, just below

  • Olympic torch to pass near East Anglia bases July 7

    The Olympic torch will begin its 70-day journey in Land's End, Cornwall, May 19, and 8,000 torchbearers will be carr it until it reaches its final destination at the Olympic Park in Stratford, East London, July 27.The torch will travel throughout England, the Isle of Man, Northern Ireland, Scotland

  • Week one wraps up at APF

    The first week of U.S. Air Forces Africa's African Partnership Flight wrapped up at Ghana Air Force's Camp Burma here March 16, 2012.The African Partnership Flight 12-2 is AFAFRICA's two-week, military-to-military multilateral and regional engagement event. Classroom instruction included courses in

  • CMSAF visits Incirlik, lauds host-nation partnership

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy visited Incirlik Air Base March 15-16, 2012, to meet Airmen performing 39th Air Base Wing missions and discuss current and future Air Force changes. Roy journeyed across the base visiting 39th ABW and tenant unit Airmen, as well as students from the base

  • Successful exercise enhances global bonds, interoperability

    Anatolian Falcon 2012, a bilateral training exercise between the Turkish and the U.S. air forces, ended here March 16.The exercise was designed to strengthen military interoperability between the two nations and test the air forces' abilities to conduct a variety of air missions to include

  • 414th ERS marks 70 years, embraces new mission

    *Editor's note : Last names were omitted to protect identity of Airmen due to operation security measurements.Members of a newly reactivated squadron here recently celebrated its lineage as the members marked the 70th anniversary of the unit's formation throughout the month of February.The 414th