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  • Civil engineers battle ice and snow on the flightline

    When the temperature outside drops below freezing and rain turns to ice and snow, the Spangdahlem Snow Control team is ready to respond.More than 90 members of the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron make up Snow Control, with 66 active-duty engineers solely responsible for the snow and ice removal of more

  • Operation Provide Hope supports Ukrainian medical facilities

    The Humanitarian Assistance Program located in Pirmasens, Germany, recently completed an Operation Provide Hope project in Simferopol, Ukraine, where medical supplies and training were provided to help increase their medical capabilities. Operation Provide Hope is a State Department humanitarian

  • Airmen celebrate Thanksgiving in the UK

    For many Americans in the U.S. celebrating Thanksgiving consists of a Thanksgiving service at their place of worship on the Thanksgiving Eve and Thanksgiving dinner on Thanksgiving Day. It was no different for Americans in the UK, as Airmen from Royal Air Forces Lakenheath, Mildenhall, Feltwell and

  • Turkish, American partnership keeps Incirlik safe

    At most bases, only American forces join together to patrol the base and keep the community safe. Here at Incirlik Air Base, the 39th Security Forces Squadron has a unique way of doing things.Members of the 39th SFS and the Turkish air force (also referred to as THK) partner together to patrol the

  • New radar systems unveiled at Lakenheath

    The 48th Fighter Wing became the first unit in U.S Air Forces in Europe to receive new radar systems for air traffic control.The Digital Airport Surveillance Radar and Standard Terminal Automation Replacement System became operational Nov. 18 as part of a project by the Air Force Electronic Systems

  • Incirlik medical group earns AF Best Practice

    Air Force officials recently named a financial tracking tool created here as an Air Force Best Practice. Serdal Gurses, a budget analyst for the 39th Medical Support Squadron, created the Financial Contracts Management Tracking Tool, which was approved by the Air Force Best Practices Administration

  • Turkish air force Senior Communicator visits Incirlik

    Turkish air force Brig. Gen. Mehmet Argun visits Airmen of the 39th Communication Squadron here Nov. 12, 2010. General Argun, the Turkish air force Communications Branch commander, visited Incirlik to gain insight into the ways the 39th CS and the Turkish Communication Squadron accomplish their