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  • Military faithful make annual pilgrimage

    More than 15,000 worshippers descended upon this village in southern France May 21 through 23. They had at least two things in common; their Catholic faith, and an affiliation with military service.Military delegations from England, France, the United States and even from as far away as South Korea

  • Aviano taps Earth's energy

    As part of Team Aviano's commitment to stay green and conserve energy, construction has begun to build the base's $680,000 geothermal plant, the first of its kind in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe."Aviano is actively leaning forward on numerous utility and energy-saving initiatives," said Lt. Col. Bo

  • Team Ramstein preps for upcoming ORI

    Ramstein Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 86th Airlift Wing are participating in an Operational Readiness Exercise here, May 17-23.This is the third of five OREs conducted by the wings, which are designed to prepare Team Ramstein for an upcoming Operational Readiness Inspection

  • 510th FS deploys to Afghanistan

    Airmen from the 510th Fighter Squadron, the "Buzzards," deployed to Afghanistan recently in support of overseas contingency operations bringing with them new technological capabilities."This is the first combat deployment for the 510th Fighter Squadron since returning from Iraq in the summer of

  • KMC holds 27th annual Special Olympics

    More than 1,600 helpers and 800 athletes participated in the 27th annual German-American Special Olympics on the mobility police grounds here May 12.Nineteen American schools and 39 German schools for people with disabilities from in State of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as members of the

  • 48th FW trains, builds partnerships at Sentry Gold

    Almost 200 Airmen filled the flightline and 10 F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing took to the skies in Bulgaria when Sentry Gold started here.The exercise is designed to provide the U.S. Air Force and Bulgarian air force the opportunity to learn from each other and increase their respective NATO

  • U.S. ANG members partner with African nation

    U.S. Air National Guard members traveled to Africa for two weeks in March to develop a construction project-training engagement in the capitol of the Central African Republic, Bagui. The project came in response from a State Department request to U.S. Africa Command to develop a positive interaction

  • 86th AW supports AFAFRICA in Flintlock 10

    Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) puts a strong emphasis on building relationships between the U.S. military and African nations.Flintlock 10, a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored exercise running through May 23, does just that. Air Forces Africa has partnered again with the 86th Airlift Wing to

  • Premier Exercise Creates Firsts for European Airmen

    More than 1,600 multinational servicemembers at more than a half-dozen locations throughout Europe came together to participate in U.S. European Command's annual premier exercise which concluded May 7. But what made this year's exercise different was not its size and scope, but three "firsts" for