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  • Ask Mehmet: Do the Turks celebrate Christmas?

    You may have already noticed that shops throughout Turkey decorate their windows with pine trees, snow balls, red stockings, and statues and pictures of St. Nicholas. Turks, who are Moslem, may seem like they're observing Christmas like Christians; but, they aren't celebrating Christmas, they're

  • Aviano Air Base Hospital receives EPA's ENERGY STAR rating

    The Aviano Air Base Hospital recently received the Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR rating, the national symbol for superior energy efficiency and environmental protection. The base hospital is the first U.S. facility overseas to receive this distinction, and joins 96 other hospitals in

  • Incirlik exceeds CFC goal, still accepting donations

    Team Incirlik exceeded its goal for the 2009 Combined Federal Campaign that began Oct. 5 and officially wrapped up Dec. 11. "The men and women of the 39th Air Base Wing rose to the challenge during this campaign and surpassed our expectations with their generosity," said Col. Lawrence Gray, the 39th

  • Multinational wing completes first mission into Iraq

    A recent flight into Iraq marks another unit milestone for the multinational Heavy Airlift Wing based at Pápa Air Base, Hungary.The airlift into Iraq was a first by the wing comprised of 12 member nations and facilitated the deployment for members of the NATO Training Mission-Iraq."Each time we fly

  • Celebrities spend time with RAFL Airmen

    The holidays are a time when people notoriously put their best foot forward. It's a time when everyone's a little nicer, people give a little more and the good will of millions really shines through. That type of holiday goodwill shined through Dec. 11 at RAF Lakenheath, England, when entertainers

  • Sabers participate in 32nd Annual Bastogne Historic Walk

    Cold ears, foggy breath and muscle fatigue that 52nd Fighter Wing and geographically-separated units experienced in Bastogne, Belgium, may have been the only things they had in common with the Axis and Allies who walked through that same location more than 60 years ago.According to Ed Lapotsky,

  • A&FRC briefing + spouse = deployed spouses parking spots

    The Airman and Family Readiness Center has many services for spouses on RAF Lakenheath, and they just added another to the list. The new program is designed to provide convenient parking spaces at some designated locations for spouses of deployed Airmen."This idea came from brainstorming about ways

  • Eagle scout help fitness levels soar

    One local boy scout's vision, some brand new equipment locked away in a store room for more than 13 years, a passion for fitness, and love for the RAF Lakenheath community. This is the recipe for the base's new outdoor fitness stations and a member of Boy Scout Troop 219 being one step closer to