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  • Common interests, challenges discussed at African Air Chiefs Conference

    Shared interests and common challenges topped discussions between African Air Chiefs and their U.S. counterparts during the 2011 African Air Chiefs Conference, held April 26-28 in what was the largest meeting of such a group to date with 24 African nations in attendance.Aimed at fostering

  • Navy P-3 transits Lajes

    A Navy P-3 Orion and its crew stopped at Lajes for a "gas-n-go" May 3, 2011, on their way to Naval Station Rota, Spain.The P-3, assigned to Fleet Air Reconnaissance Squadron Two, commonly referred to as VQ-2, was coming from Curaçao, an island in the southern Caribbean Sea, off the Venezuelan coast,

  • U.S. Air Force & Congolese military complete MEDLITE 11

    After months of careful planning and after two weeks of execution, MEDLITE 11, a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical evacuation, to improve the readiness of U.S. Air Force and Democratic Republic of the Congo personnel, has drawn to a close here at the Centre Superior Militaire

  • Photo Essay: U.S. Air Force and Congolese conduct mass casualty exercise

    U.S. Air Force active duty, National Guard and Reserve members along with members of the Congolese military participate in the mass casualty training scenario as the final event for MEDLITE 11 at the Kinshasa Airport, May 5, 2011. MEDLITE 11 is a joint medical exercise focused on aeromedical

  • Spangdahlem Airmen prepare for Eifel Thunder

    Airmen from the 606th Air Control Squadron here are preparing for Eifel Thunder May 9-16. Eifel Thunder is a field exercise in which Airmen take all of their equipment to a simulated deployed location to live and work as if they are on a real deployment."This is getting our experience level way up

  • Aviano children experience deployment line

    Children from the Aviano elementary and middle schools experienced a simulated deployment line May 5 at the Personnel Alert Holding Area, here. "It's something we do so we can help the kids understand what their mom and dad go through before and during a deployment," said Master Sgt. Jamie Kitchen,

  • OSI agents support diverse medical exercise in the Congo

    Starting April 25 and ending May 5 more than 60 U.S. Air Force active duty, National Guard and Reserve members along with 150 members of the Congolese military had been working hand-in-hand in the aeromedical evacuation exercise titled MEDLITE 11 here. This joint endeavor, located in the unstable

  • Aviano Airmen participate in the Electronics Expo

    The 31st Fighter Wing participated in a three-day Electronics Expo to enhance partnerships between the men and women of Aviano Air Base and the local community April 29 to May 1 in Pordenone, Italy.Airmen assigned to the 31st Communications Squadron, 31st Security Forces Squadron, 603rd Air Control