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  • LEAD program is Airman's path to U.S. Air Force Academy

    Two U.S. Air Forces in Europe Airmen were recently selected to attend the U.S. Air Force Academy Prep School through the Leaders Encouraging Airmen Development Program. Airman 1st Class Willie Gilbert, 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, and Airman Joshua Hartle, 52nd Aircraft

  • Malian medics train for worst-case scenario

    Malian medics, doctors and nurses put their skills to the test during their first-ever mass casualty exercise July 18, 2008, in the village of Kati. Medics received a call late Friday morning of a simulated bus crash - with an actual bus and a vehicle on its side, blocking a roundabout. Patients

  • USAFE bases get standardized Eagle Eyes access number

    "Everybody is in the force protection business. We need a system that allows all Airmen and family members to participate and help to identify possible threats." That statement was made by Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Vice Commander, at a Force Protection Executive Council

  • OEF war veteran overcomes odds, shares story with Aviano Airmen

    It has been almost two and a half years since Tech Sgt. Israel "DT" Del Toro woke up in a hospital bed at Brooke Army Medical Center from a medication-induced three-month coma. Having sustained severe burns to about 80 percent of his body from an improvised explosive device detonation, it was there

  • Pharmacist dispenses much-needed medicine for Malians

    Boxes filled the small supply room-turned pharmacy as servicemembers painstakingly sorted through more than 30,000 pills destined for thousands of Malians July 15, 2008. More than 90 doctors, nurses and medical technicians deployed to Mali for MEDFLAG 08, a multi-national medical training exercise

  • Airmen donate clothes, sports equipment to Malian communities

    Months of hard work came to fruition for Airmen from Aviano Air Base, Italy, when they delivered boxes of clothing to a local orphanage July 16, 2008, in Mali. When Airmen from Aviano found out they were going to Mali for a medical mission, they joined efforts with the local community to gather more

  • 48th EMS member gives someone a second chance at life

    Staff Sgt. James D. Kelley, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron repair and reclamation journeyman, is saving a life by donating peripheral blood stem cells at Fairfax Hospital July 18. The PBSC transplant consists of shots for five days to increase the stem cells in the bloodstream. On the fifth

  • Malians learn life-saving techniques during MEDFLAG 08

    In a dimly lit, dusty classroom, 32 Malian medics and nurses received their first-ever mass casualty training July 15, 2008 in Kati, Mali, 15 kilometers outside the capital city of Bamako. More than 90 servicemembers deployed to Mali for MEDFLAG 08, a multi-national medical training exercise

  • Command leadership is focused on your Quality of Life

    As the senior enlisted member in USAFE, one of my primary concerns is ensuring that we maintain high quality of life standards for all of our Airmen. It's my job to advise the USAFE commander on QOL issues, so he can make sure you and your family have what you need so you can continue to focus on

  • Indian air force stops at Lajes on their way to Red Flag

    Eight fighters landed at Lajes Field Sunday morning on their way to a multi-national exercise hosted in the United States. The fighters, Sukhoi-30MKI fighter aircraft, belong to the Indian air force who will participate in Red Flag Aug. 9-25 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev., for the first time