News

  • Joint festival honors Turkish and American children

    Airmen and their families celebrated National Sovereignty and Children's Day with an all-day festival April 17 here. The Turkish national holiday falls during the Month of the Military Child and gave American children a chance to experience Turkish culture, officials said. The event, hosted by

  • Stand by or intervene: what would you do?

    If you saw someone being sexually assaulted, would you step up to help or just stand by?Airmen at RAF Lakenheath are stepping up to take a stand against sexual assault by volunteering as interveners during weekend nights as part of the Air Force's new Bystander Intervention Training program. "Airmen

  • Renovated dorm brings quality of life improvements to Incirlik Airmen

    Officials at Incirlik held a ribbon cutting ceremony to officially reopen a newly renovated dormitory here April 6. The dorm was originally constructed in 1963 and had renovations valued at more than $1.7 million to keep up with the quality of life standards set by the Air Force.These renovations

  • AFN Spangdahlem: Getting a new location, equipment

    American Forces Network Spangdahlem was recently given $166,000 of new equipment from Defense Media Activity including high definition television studio equipment, cameras and HD decoders for AFN television services.AFN Spangdahlem is currently located at Bitburg Annex and the equipment received

  • Lajes fuels E-3 in support of NATO operations in Libya

    An E-3 Sentry from the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., stopped at Lajes Field after returning from its mission in support of NATO Operation Unified Protector April 11, 2011.Operation Unified Protector is part of NATO's contribution efforts to protect civilians in Libya, as

  • Emergency fund--plan for the next "big one"

    The recent prospect of a federal government "shutdown" provided a wake-up call that all Airmen (military and civilian) must have an emergency fund. How many of us were really ready for "no pay" or "reduced pay" on April 15, 2011? The scenario of a "no pay due" caused wide-spread alarm, and many

  • Boarders at Spangdahlem have new home

    Airmen around the base, along with the Spangdahlem Outdoor Recreation staff, volunteered their time to build a new skate park in the housing area here in an effort to boost morale."It has taken a couple of years, but finally we have a new park that anyone on the base can use for recreation," Outdoor

  • New 'MoneyU' financial program reduces impact on mission

    Similar to an unending need to stay healthy and be physically fit, many people sometimes wonder if the struggle for total financial success will ever end. There is good news. The Airman and Family Readiness Center's financial advisors, assigned to the 65th Force Support Squadron, here help members