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  • South Carolina Air National Guard hosts Moroccan Air Force officials

    The South Carolina Air National Guard hosted members of the Moroccan Air Force during a week-long tour of McEntire Joint National Guard Base. The two officers visited Sept. 27 through Oct. 1 to get a first-hand look at the F-16, which Morocco will soon fly. McEntire was chosen because the Moroccan

  • U.S., Bulgarian air forces partner for training

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon and a MiG 29 trying to outmaneuver each other in the skies above Eastern Europe was the stuff of legends until this month's combined training exercise between the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and the 1st and 2nd fighter squadrons from the

  • 480th first sergeant comes full circle

    Master Sgt. Michael Patrick has seen the 480th Fighter Squadron from two different perspectives - first as a new Airman during the early 1990s and now as its first sergeant during a weapons training deployment called Operation Thracian Star.Sergeant Patrick was originally assigned to the 480th

  • U.S., Bulgarian Airmen partner to control the skies

    High above the busy work of crew chiefs, security forces and ground equipment maintainers stands a familiar piece of landscape for Airmen all over the world - the tower.On Graf Ignatievo Air Force Base, Bulgaria, the tower is full of U.S. and Bulgarian Airmen working together to keep eyes on both

  • Firefighter Combat Challenge returns to Ramstein after 5-year hiatus

    For the first time in five years, firefighters and emergency responders from throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe came together here Oct. 9 for the 2010 Firefighter Combat Challenge. The return of the event, previously put on hold due to real-world demands, also marked the end of the Kaiserslautern

  • USAF Participates in AAD 2010 Youth Program

    Some of South Africa's best and brightest high school students engaged Maj. Gen. Margaret Woodward, 17th Air Force Commander, while touring the Africa Aerospace and Defense 2010 expo at Air Force Base Ysterplatt, Cape Town, South Africa, Sept. 23.Woodward spoke to the students, who are part of a

  • IUS Children learn from Sparky

    Approximately 250 Incirlik Unit School children visited "Sparky's House" to learn fire prevention here Oct. 3 through 7.Sparky the Fire Dog, the official mascot of the National Fire Protection Association, teamed up with personnel from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department to teach the