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  • AFN says goodbye to military's first overseas TV station

    It was the year the Soviet Union stopped demanding war reparations from East Germany, Marilyn Monroe married baseball player Joe DiMaggio, the U.S. Congress and President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorized the founding of the United States Air Force Academy in Colorado, and the war with Vietnam was

  • Wreaths Across America commemorated in U.K.

    This year marks the first occasion upon which members of the 48th Fighter Wing and American Battle Monuments Commission have combined to hold a formal ceremony for Wreaths Across America at Madingley American Cemetery.The event on Dec. 10, 2011, coincided with similar ceremonies across the U.S.

  • Personnel recovery more than single tactical event

    Headquarters United States Air Forces in Europe and HQ Third Air Force hosted a Joint Personnel Recovery Agency mobile training team here Dec. 5 through Dec. 14 to prepare service members for personnel recovery missions.More than 175 people from a variety of specialties and backgrounds took part in

  • El Toro Rojo Dos a success

    More than 85 Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing, the 435th Contingency Response Group, and five Soldiers from the 5th Quartermaster Company traveled here for El Toro Rojo Dos, Dec. 11.The two-week off-station training began Dec. 12, and is scheduled to end Dec. 22. This is the first time in two years

  • 48th MDG trains to maintain readiness

    The 48th Medical Group took part in a week-long mobile Expeditionary Medical Support [EMEDS] training at RAF Feltwell Dec. 5 - 9 to maintain and test readiness capabilities. Sixty seven members were trained by 11 EMEDS instructors on how to care for patients under emergency scenarios and to set up a

  • USAFE releases AIB report on F-15E crash in Libya

    United States Air Forces in Europe officials released the results of their investigation into the March 21 crash in Libya of an F-15E Strike Eagle as it performed combat operations enforcing the United Nations mandated no-fly zone established for Operation Odyssey Dawn. At the conclusion of the

  • Three USAFE bases combine forces in name of flight safety

    Airmen from RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath converged at Lajes Field, Azores, Dec. 9 to assist the mid-Atlantic base in maintaining a crucial element of flight safety.A KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing and two F-15 Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing flew to the tiny island to

  • Air Force MQ-9 crashes in Seychelles

    A U.S. Air Force remote-piloted MQ-9 crashed at the Seychelles International Airport in Mahe at 10:22 a.m. today. The MQ-9 was not armed and no injuries were reported. The Government of Seychelles was immediately notified, and the U.S. military and the Civil Aviation Authority of the Seychelles are

  • Airmen share Lajes goodness after crew's emergency landing

    An AC-130 Gunship crew from Cannon AFB, N.M., heading to a deployed location was very grateful for Team Lajes' assistance and hospitality as they made an emergency landing here just before the Thanksgiving holiday.The crew safely landed Nov. 22 after discovering a propeller malfunction. As they