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  • Flight engineer reaches milestone

    A flight engineer assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron reached a career milestone when his HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter landed here May 21. Master Sgt. Darren Bradley completed his 5,000th flying hour in the Pave Hawk, a rare achievement according to his peers and unit leadership. "I've been in the

  • Senior enlisted leaders strengthen international bonds

    Senior enlisted leaders from nine countries met in the San Antonio area for a closer look at Air Education and Training Command programs and processes during a visit May 12-15. As part of the 2009 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit, international enlisted leaders from Australia, Bulgaria, Japan,

  • Creek Defender trains SF members for deployment

    Moving from building to building, clearing rooms, securing and detaining opposition forces and covering danger zones, security forces members put into practice what they have learned so far at the Creek Defender Regional Training Center. The goal of the two week-long course, which began May 10 and

  • Air Force, Army train with German sister unit

    Most people who fly in a C-130 crew know they are not on the fast-track to become celebrities. But in the skies surrounding Wunsdorf Air Base, Germany, two Ramstein aircrews discovered just what their missing piece to stardom was - a German pilot on board, operating their radios. "Because we had the

  • Senior U.S. military officer in U.K. passes torch

    The senior United States military officer in the United Kingdom, Maj. Gen. Jack B. Egginton, handed over the reins to Maj. Gen. Mark R. Zamzow here Friday, May 15. General Egginton has served as the 3rd Air Force vice commander, which is headquartered at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, since October

  • Air Forces Africa supports U.S.-Moroccan exercise

    Seventeenth Air Force's Airmen and aircraft recently played a key role in the bilateral U.S.-Moroccan exercise African Lion. The ongoing exercise, which runs through June 4, includes a variety of military training events and features humanitarian civic assistance activities across five different

  • Musical ambassadors return to USAFE

    Airmen of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band have returned here after performing 19 public outreach concerts for over 8,000 people in six Eastern European countries. The Direct Hit popular music combo brought the sounds of rhythm and blues, soul and today's pop to audiences in Moldova and Bulgaria.

  • CONTRACT AWARDED FOR KMCC SPORTS LOUNGE

     A recently awarded contract grants a local business owner control and management rights to the sports lounge area of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center here. The contract, awarded April 27, provides Ramstein village based concessionaire Andreas Hausmann the opportunity to hire staff,