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  • MEDCEUR 2010 kicks off with community day

    U.S. servicemembers and Montenegrin armed forces members kicked off MEDCEUR 2010 today by planting trees and paying a nearby river some extra attention.More than 100 servicemembers from U.S. Air Forces in Europe, U.S. Army Europe and Marine Forces Reserve arrived Sept. 7 in Podgorica, Montenegro to

  • Spangdahlem firefighters compete in European FFCC

    Six firefighters from Spangdahlem Air Base's 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron recently went to Berlin, Germany, to compete in the fourth annual Berlin Firefighter Combat Challenge.The Berlin competition is the European championship and counts as a qualifying round for the World FFCC in Myrtle Beach,

  • Emergency managers visit German operations center

    Twenty-three emergency management coordinators from various U.S. installations in Rheinland-Pfalz traveled to Trier, Germany, Sept.1, to meet some of their German counterparts at the Rheinland-Pfalz Supervision and Service Administration - the state-level emergency operations center.Representatives

  • Europe's communication needs keep 1st CBCS busy

    Airmen assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron here have become accustomed to being busy -- after all, they support the communication needs of the entire European theater. In recent months in fact, nearly half of the squadron's more than 300 members have been busy supporting operations in

  • Firefighters receive specialized rescue training

    The 31st Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters received specialized rescue training Aug. 16 to Sept. 3, to increase their mission capability and readiness.The 80-hour training course included classroom education and 73 hours of practical application consisting of automobile extrication, technical

  • U.S. supports Canadian post in Germany

    American Airmen aren't the only North Americans stationed here executing missions that support NATO partners downrange.Bordering the outskirts of the base nearly at the edge of the 52nd Fighter Wing and 726th Air Mobility Squadron's flightline, four Canadian military and two civilians serve as

  • Vogelweh CDC renovation enhances facility

    Walking into the classroom, eyes immediately swarmed to my direction as tiny voices started asking 20 questions from who I was to why I was there. As they continued to ask questions, each child pointed out what pictures they were drawing -- some cutting out horses and dogs colored in blue or red to

  • 493rd EFS stands up in Lithuania

    The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron, deployed from RAF Lakenheath, England, assumed command of the NATO Baltic air policing mission from the Polish air force at Lithuania Air Force Air Base on September 1, 2010.The squadron, comprised of approximately 125 people, is responsible for ensuring the