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  • Maintaining the defense of Iceland

    Aircraft maintainers are the backbone of the U.S. Air Force. Their job is to simply keep one of the world's largest fleets of aircraft flying. The maintainers assigned to the 493rd Fighter Squadron, proved their worth to an international audience during a recent deployment to Iceland. The squadron

  • Tanker crews gain valuable experience over Iceland

    Flying high over the waters just southwest of Iceland, a Norwegian F-16 slowly creeps up on the boom of the U.S. Air Force KC-135, while the racket of the tanker prevents any hope of hearing the approach of the one-engine fighter. The concentration in Airman 1st Class Danny Ingram's eyes grows more

  • Extreme summer 2008 grand prize winners announced

    More than 11,500 USAFE community members participated in the 2008 Extreme Summer program. Extreme Summer is a points-for-participation program geared towards getting USAFE Airmen and their families out and having fun during the summer time frame. The program featured over $150,000 worth of prizes

  • Commander’s Perspective: USAFE – who we are, where we are going

    I recently passed the six month point of my command of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, and I must say it is an inspiration to see USAFE Airmen and our allies and partner nations in action. I spent almost half my time logging more than 72,500 miles across three continents and 12 countries talking to

  • Mildenhall SFS Airman to represent base, USAFE at AF Marathon

    Trasy Rincan is a tiny little bundle of fizzing energy. A senior airman in the 100th Security Forces Squadron Pass and Registration Flight, she has a handshake that would make a grown man cry (probably due to all the weight training she does) and is extremely passionate about all kinds of fitness -

  • Multinational exercise sustains international readiness

    The 2008 Northern Viking exercise, which began with a ceremony here Sept. 1, aims to reinforce the resolve of the U.S. and its NATO partners in assisting in the defense of Iceland. Approximately 150 Airmen from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe have joined forces with more than 300 U.S. Navy Seamen, as

  • USAFE selects team to compete in AF Marathon

    United States Air Forces in Europe Services is proud to announce the following military members representing USAFE in the twelfth annual United States Air Force Marathon taking place Sept. 20 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. The USAFE team will compete in both the marathon and the

  • Team KMC works together to deliver aid to Georgia

    Ramstein C-130 Hercules aircraft continue to fly out of Ramstein bound for the Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia to deliver crucial humanitarian supplies. The joint military effort supports coordination by the U.S. State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development with the