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  • MOH recipients take time to visit NCOs, wounded warriors

    As part of an Armed Forces Entertainment tour, two Medal of Honor recipients visited wounded warriors and the current class of the Kisling Noncommissioned Officer Academy Oct. 23. Retired Army Col. Robert Howard and Command Sgt. Maj. Gary Littrell flew to Germany at the invitation of the Department

  • USAFE Band tours Poland after months of planning

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band played six concerts in Poland Oct. 20-25 to celebrate and commemorate 90 years of Polish-American cooperation. This concert series took Staff Sgt. Meredith Healy about two months of planning to pull it all together. The most labor intensive part of her job

  • 17th Air Force gives HQ ultimate makeover

    17th Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier may have put it best when he described the new unit in its first year of operation as "like building an airplane while in flight." The General was referring to conducting operations and engagement in Africa while tailoring the unit to suit the evolving

  • Spouse program a "Key" to communication

    As part of the July 2009 - July 2010 Year of the Air Force Family initiative, the Air Force launched a revised and standardized Key Spouse program - a program Incirlik has embraced. "The program is a very effective tool for communication," said Laura Hobbs, the Airman and Family Readiness Center Key

  • USAFE Band plays six concerts in Poland

    WROCLAW, Poland - Forty-one Air Force musicians from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band are playing six concerts Oct. 20-25 in Poland to celebrate and commemorate 90 years of Polish-American cooperation. This concert series supports the commander's international outreach program in partnership with

  • 86th VRS shop enhances warrior care with new vehicle

    The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron special purpose shop here recently reconfigured the generation two high deck patient loading platform vehicle, or HDPLP, in a record six days to make it operable for the 86th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility. Receiving the vehicle Sept. 29, the shop had to

  • Civil engineer earns USAFE recognition

    One 31st Fighter Wing Airman received some exciting and surprising news recently when he was informed of his selection as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Outstanding Military Airmen Dorm Leader of the Year. Staff Sgt. Robert Gamboa, a 31st Civil Engineer Squadron unaccompanied housing manager, was

  • Airman awarded AF Combat Action Medal

    An Airman from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing was awarded the Air Force Combat Action Medal in a ceremony here Oct. 14. Tech. Sgt. Robert Scheel, currently with the 7th Weather Squadron at Wiesbaden, Germany, was a staff sergeant serving as a battlefield weather forecaster with the 18th