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  • Tops in Blue selects Spangdahlem Airmen for 2012 touring season

    An Airman from the 606th Air Control Squadron here recently earned a position with the Air Force's premiere entertainment touring group. Airman 1st Class Jessica Pitts, 606th ACS cyber systems operations apprentice, leaves March 17 to join Tops in Blue for the group's 2012 touring season.The Tops in

  • Lajes members pay it forward

    Imagine standing in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and watching your 3-month-old baby boy take his last breath. Not only are you now mourning the loss of your child, but you're faced with covering the cost of $7,000 in funeral arrangements.Unfortunately, this was a reality for Master Sgts. Jason and

  • African Partnership Flight 12-2 ready for take-off

    A C-130 from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing stationed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany landed here March 7, 2012 in support of U.S. Air Forces Africa inaugural African Partnership Flight event.African Partnership Flight 12-2 is a two-week military-to-military multilateral and regional

  • US pilots plant SEAD with Turkish counterparts

    The Turkish and U.S. air forces continue to combine their air assets and share tactics in large-force employments during Exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 5-16.During LFE exercises, units oftentimes take advantage of the high number of aircraft participating to test mass communication

  • Dragon Lady wish comes true

    A letter written by a 9-year-old British schoolgirl about her love for the Dragon Lady to the organizers of the Royal International Air Tattoo caught the attention of U-2 pilots from Beale Air Force Base, Calif.Thrilled with the girl's keen interest in their aircraft, the U-2 pilots suggested

  • Operation Global Eagle: USAF, RAF combine forces for lessons learned

    The historical partnership between U.S. and British forces was evident yet again through a combined exercise between U.S. Air Force and Royal Air Force Regiment Feb. 26 through March 2. Defenders from the 820th Base Defense Group and tactical air control parties from the 3rd and 18th Air Support

  • Fallen Liberty Defenders: A memory set in stone

    More than 250 Airmen, civilians, families and friends attended the Liberty's Fallen Defenders Memorial Dedication Ceremony here to honor the memory of fallen 48th Security Forces Squadron members March 2, 2012.The ceremony was held on the one year anniversary of the shooting incident at Frankfurt

  • Air Force to save $336M with regionalized maintenance centers

    The Air Force has implemented a plan to streamline the maintenance of all Air Force air traffic control and landing systems around the globe, saving the Air Force an estimated $336 million by 2025.On March 9, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, in cooperation with the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron,