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  • Ramstein's Airmen team up to support NASA

    Ramstein's 37th Airlift Squadron, 1st Combat Communications Squadron and the New York Air National Guard teamed up in support of NASA in its launch of the space shuttle Atlantis here May 9. The initial job for the three units began by loading rescue cargo into two C-130 Hercules on the Ramstein

  • The 494th Fighter Squadron returns from Romania

    The 494th Fighter Squadron returned to RAF Lakenheath from Campia Turzii, Romania, where they took part in Strike Lance 2009, a recurring flying training deployment, during which U.S. Air Force Airmen trained side-by-side with their Romanian Air Force counterparts. While there, the 494th FS flew

  • AFAFRICA builds on partnership in Rwanda

    U.S. Air Forces Africa conducted a military-to-military engagement with Rwandan Air Force air traffic controllers April 20-24 to expand on the two nations' existing partnership. Seventeenth Air Force planners (AFAFRICA) from the plans and programs directorate organized the Theater Security

  • First C-130J troop drop deemed success for Ramstein

    As the ramp let down at 3,000 feet and the sunlight slipped into the cargo bay of the new C-130J aircraft, Air Force and Army paratroopers stood ready to execute the first jump from the new Super Hercules. Air Force and Army paratroopers loaded Ramstein's new C-130J Hercules May 4 to take part in

  • U.S. Military Catholic Archbishop Visits Incirlik

    The leader of America's largest Catholic community recently visited Incirlik Air Base. The Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Military Services USA, Timothy D. Broglio, spent four days visiting Incirlik and other parts of Turkey during an extended tour in Europe and the Pacific. The Archbishop

  • USAFE offers tips for preventing identity theft

    Identity theft - we hear about it everywhere: American Forces Network commercials, radio spots and newspaper articles.You may have even completed the phishing computer-based training recently in response to the Network Security Focus Day mandated by Department of Defense. So, why is the

  • Lajes 'Shirt' practices what he preaches -- Fitness

    For some people, preparing for a race sometimes means only staying on the track and running. For a first sergeant here, preparing for his type of run takes a lot more than that; it takes a combination of various training exercises and eating right in order to succeed. As if wearing two hats, as the

  • NCO sentenced for larceny, bomb threat

    A non-commissioned officer pleaded guilty to several violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice April 28 and was sentenced th next day to 24 months confinement, a bad conduct discharge and a reduction in rank to airman. Staff Sgt. Arthur Miller, 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron, who has