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  • Multi-national team prepares for MEDCEUR 2009

    Members of the U.S. Air Force arrived in Nis, Serbia, Aug. 25 to set up for a 15-nation military medical training exercise in Central and Eastern Europe - MEDCEUR 2009. Additional forces will continue arriving through Sept. 2 when the exercise officially begins. More than 600 people will flood the

  • Incirlik defender receives preventive surgery

    A 39th Security Forces Squadron defender is a little safer after completing preventive surgery Aug. 27 at the Veterinary Clinic here. The defender, Suli, is a 9-year old German shepherd Military Working Dog who received prophylactic gastropexy, also referred to as stomach tacking, to prevent gastric

  • 17th Air Force discusses air operations organization with Botswana

    What is the best way to organize an Air Operations Center? That is the question a delegation of officers from the Botswana Defense Force is seeking to answer with the help of 17th Air Force, also known as U.S. Air Forces Africa, and U.S. Air Forces Europe's 603rd Air Operations Center. Lt. Col.

  • 17th Air Force enhances Ugandan humanitarian airlift capability

    During crises around the world, the U.S. Air Force is often called upon to assist with humanitarian relief efforts. That may mean the evacuation of people from the path of destruction, or it could be simply air dropping food and medical supplies to those who have been cut off from life's

  • Safety-- more than just 101 critical days

    Just because you fly a "desk job" in an administrative work area, doesn't me you don't have to worry about safety. In fact, according to the 86th Airlift Wing Safety officials, one of the more extreme mishaps that happened this year took place in an administrative environment. One unlucky person

  • Sponsorship key to mission success

    All my life I've dreamt of seeing Europe, but as I stepped off the plane at Heathrow International Airport in London ... I couldn't have been more frightened. Not only was I worried about my wife and children and our 18 pieces of luggage, I was worried about what to do once I arrived on base. After

  • Vaccines: more than just a one-time deal

    With the beginning of the school year right around the corner and flu season starting in October, there is no better time than now to get vaccinated. That is why the U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention recognizes August as National Immunization Awareness Month. But awareness doesn't stop

  • Sembach clinic customers to move to Ramstein

    Members of Team Ramstein will soon be seeing some new faces at the medical clinic when the Sembach Annex Medical Clinic closes. Military members and their families assigned to the Sembach clinic for care will be transferred to Ramstein Sept. 1 upon closure. The Air Force continues to find ways to