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  • USAFE retools to enhance long tradition of Building Partnerships

    The Airmen of U.S. Air Forces in Europe are charting new territory in tackling one of the Air Force's newest core functions: Building Partnerships.The lesson that international partnerships are essential to success in war and peace is not new. The U.S. has fought as a member of a multinational team

  • Serving holiday dinner

    In an effort to help boost morale, Master Sgt. Robert Powers, the 39th Medical Group first sergeant, serves food to Incirlik Airmen and their families Friday, Dec. 25, 2009 at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey. The base dining facility offered a special dinner to base members including holiday favorites,

  • Heritage committee preserves enlisted legacy

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Enlisted Heritage Committee is dedicated to preserving the history of enlisted Airmen and recently presented its accomplishments and plans for the future to Gen. Roger A. Brady, USAFE commander.The committee's primary goal is to collect and preserve enlisted information

  • RAF Mildenhall makes a stand, saves money, man-hours for Air Force

    What started as an idea by a former maintenance group commander has saved RAF Mildenhall, and consequently, the Air Force, at least 600 man-hours and hundreds of thousands of dollars since its inception earlier this year.The process of isochronal inspections - periodic aircraft inspections- was

  • Ramstein ends ORE, heads into new year, new exercise

    Team Ramstein members recently completed operational readiness exercises here to test the 86th Airlift Wing and 435th Air Ground Operation Wing's combat capabilities.The Phase I and Phase II exercises, held Dec. 7 through 10 and Dec. 14 through 17 respectively, focused on two priorities."We had two

  • YTL conversion to TL almost complete

    Beginning Jan. 1, 2010, the "New Turkish Lira" and "New Kurus" currencies will no longer be accepted. On Jan. 1, 2009, the Government of Turkey changed the name and look of its paper and coin currencies to simply the "Turkish Lira" and "Kurus," allowing one year before the "New Turkish Lira" and

  • 100th ARW commander, chaplain deliver holiday cheer to deployed Airmen

    He may not have travelled in a big red sleigh pulled by reindeer, but when the 100th Air Refueling Wing commander landed in Southwest Asia Dec. 16, he was carrying a sack full of holiday surprises for Airmen who can't be home for the holidays.Col. Chad Manske, along with Chaplain (Lt. Col.)

  • 'Cuzzie Cares' kits to help children cope with deployments

    Can one person's experience change the way the Air Force handles deployments? Each year, thousands of military children are affected by either a mother, father, or in some cases a sibling, deploying. One such case happened to the Choate family, sparking an idea that may just change the way the