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  • Ambassador visits CRSF

    The U.S. Ambassador to Luxembourg, his Deputy Chief of Mission, representatives from the Logistics Readiness Group and the Logistics Readiness Division of U.S. Air Forces in Europe visited the Central Regional Storage Facility in Sanem, Luxembourg Tuesday.Robert A. Mandell, appointed as the

  • Airlift wing hits 70 year anniversary

    Friday, the 86th Airlift Wing hit its 70 year mark at Ramstein Air Base.The wing originated as the U.S. Army Air Forces 86th Bombardment Group (Light) during World War II and has gradually evolved from a Bombardment wing in 1942, to a tactical Fighter Wing in 1969, into the 86th Airlift Wing July

  • Living up to their motto

    Few things are more heroic than a person who steps up in a crisis and saves the life of a complete stranger. That's exactly what Senior Airman Cody Cerny did recently while training in Alaska, Dec. 16, 2011. Cerny, a pararescueman with the 56th Rescue Squadron, and several of his teammates went to

  • Ferry pilot makes emergency landing at Lajes

    The men and women stationed at Lajes Field are used to helping all branches of service; from the control tower to beddown support, they've mastered the undertaking of restoring, renewing, and reenergizing troops landing here so they can focus on their mission.But Lajes Field doesn't just take care

  • Third time command chief offers philosophy for Airmen

    When Chief Master Sgt. Craig Adams graduated from high school in 1985 in Tiffin, Ohio he spent a little more than a year deciding his job opportunities and college options. Then one day a friend came to his house and asked if he wanted to go to the Air Force recruiter. His brother had already been

  • Bulgarian doctors visit Team Ramstein

    Team Ramstein prides itself on building partnerships, learning from each other, and developing bonds that will last long after we have put away our uniforms and the next generation picks up theirs. Recently, four doctors from the Bulgarian Military Medical Academy came to Ramstein to observe the

  • 'Please, Mr. Postman:' Post office delivers aircraft weight in holiday mail

    The post office here delivered more than 423,000 pounds of mail -- the combined weight equivalent of more than two C-17 Globemaster III aircraft -- for Spangdahlem Airmen and their families during the holiday season Nov. 1 to Dec. 31.For December alone, the weight was 241,000 pounds with 63,000

  • Air Forces Africa Commander visits Ugandan Air Force

    U.S. Air Forces Africa Commander Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward led a senior leader engagement to this east African nation Dec. 12-14, emphasizing the importance of supporting a "regional leader and valued partner.""Uganda is one of our key partners in Africa and has established itself as a regional

  • That's a wrap for 603rd AOC in 2011

    It was a 2011 blockbuster. Space shuttles launch, earthquakes rock Turkey, and violence erupts in Libya. It had all the makings of a Mission Impossible sequel, but Tom Cruise was not involved and this was no movie. These were events the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center responded to in 2011. It

  • That's a wrap for 603rd AOC in 2011

    It was a 2011 blockbuster. Space shuttles launch, earthquakes rock Turkey, and violence erupts in Libya. It had all the makings of a Mission Impossible sequel, but Tom Cruise was not involved and this was no movie. These were events the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center responded to in 2011. It