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  • COMUSAFE discusses budget cuts, future plans during visit to Turkey

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, travelled through Turkey visiting service members of the 39th Air Base Wing and the 425th Air Base Squadron, ageographically-separated unit in Izmir, Turkey.  Welsh, an enthusiastic proponent of ensuring Airmen are well cared for, visited

  • Local youth semi-finalist in national contest

    The daughter of a 48th Fighter Wing Airman has been named a semi-finalist for the 2012 Military Child of the Year.Alexandra DeYonke, daughter of Lt. Col. John DeYonke, 48th FW Wing Plans chief, is currently a high school senior attending the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics."When I

  • 501st CSW guest speaker sets expectations

    The 501st Combat Support Wing blended the heritage of the wing and the future of the Air Force through an unexpected guest speaker at the Annual Awards Ceremony Feb. 3.In his introduction of the guest speaker, Col. Brian Kelly, 501st CSW commander, spoke of the heritage displayed in the wing's logo,

  • SECDEF visits Air Force wounded warrior care facility

    The Secretary of Defense visited Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 3, to show his appreciation for the dedicated and hard-working service members who ensure wounded warriors receive world-class care.Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta started his visit at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility

  • Fake bodies save lives

    As the old saying goes, practice makes perfect; the 48th Medical Group has taken this concept to a new level by creating a Simulation Center of Excellence, an education and training program for medics located on the hospital campus. The center uses a wide variety of scenarios, including life-like

  • Joint-service partnership efficiently brings home equipment

    Twenty-six Airmen from the 435th Contingency Response Group traveled to Romania in partnership with the 21st Theater Sustainment Command to re-deploy the 170 th Brigade Combat team's equipment from Afghanistan to their home unit in Baumholder, Germany.The operation took less than a month with the

  • 100th ARW celebrates 20 years at RAF Mildenhall

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing celebrated its birthday Feb. 1, marking 20 years since the wing returned to East Anglia.The 100th arrived in England Feb. 1, 1992, after being out of the U.K. for 47 years, and was redesignated the 100th Air Refueling Wing. Its new home, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, is

  • Airman saves a life from across the world

    Talking with an Airman from his previous assignment at Minot Air Force Base, N.D., a maintenance squadron Airman stationed here noticed something was wrong."I was on the (instant messaging) communicator talking to a friend back at Minot, and I was really cheery, and she wasn't cheery back. I asked