News

  • RIAT Media Day launched at RAF Fairford

    From transient alert and air traffic control to fuels and airfield management, the Airmen of the 420th Air Base Squadron provided world-class combat support during the Royal International Air Tattoo Media Day here June 8.RIAT is the world's largest military airshow, drawing more than 170,000

  • Troop bed down, the Lajes way

    On May 28, 2011, during Memorial Day weekend, Team Lajes demonstrated its true capabilities of uncompromising logistical support after a DC-10 broke down with 271 Army and Marine troops on board. The 65th Force Support Squadron accommodated the surge and filled the 73 remaining rooms in base

  • MEDCEUR 2011 kicks off in Macedonia

    Members from seven multi-national forces gathered in Macedonia to kick off the 2011 Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe, or MEDCEUR 11, June 6. MEDCEUR, an annual, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff-sponsored regional and multilateral exercise, is held in the spirit of NATO's

  • Sabers compete for Innkeeper Award

    Members of the Air Force Services Agency Innkeeper Award review team received a warm welcome from Airmen of the 52nd Fighter Wing during an inspection in-brief here today.More than 400 Airmen from around the wing attended the brief to show their support for the staff of the Eifel Arms Inn, who are

  • Food safety notice: tomatoes, cucumbers, lettuce

    Military commissaries in Europe are not selling or receiving lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers from any European sources until further notice, according to a directive from the U.S. Army's European Regional Veterinary Command.The medical command delivered its directive in the face of the current E.

  • Thunderbirds set to kick off 2011 European tour in Turkey

    The U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds are practiced and ready to perform the first official demonstration of their 2011 European Tour. The team brought 78 of its nearly 120 Airmen on the six-week, transcontinental trip, arriving earlier this week at Cigli AB, just outside of the western coastal city of

  • First sergeant earns DoD-level award for meritorious service

    It started in 2005, when she created her own Asian-Pacific American dance group at Travis Air Force Base, Calif. They would perform in front of Air Force, federal and sister-service audiences. Today, the Airman is leading a more than 300-member strong Filipino-American group in the Kaiserslautern

  • Historic Puma mission ends at Lajes

    Another example of extraordinary partnership between the U.S. and Portuguese Air Forces took place here May 23, 2011, through the support of the 65th Air Base Wing and 729th Air Mobility Squadron.The support involved the use of a 60K loader from 729th AMS to help pack spare helicopter blades and