News

  • Pamphlet eases holiday mail rush

    Mailing packages stateside from Europe involves many prohibitions, restrictions and import duty rules. U.S. personnel can avoid the pitfalls by getting the "International Mail Imports" pamphlet from a military customs office. "Many people do not know that Customs and Border Protection may fine you

  • Stars, singers to perform at Operation Seasons Greetings

    Countdown to OSG: doors open at 6 p.m. and showtime is 7 p.m. in Hangar 1. Operation Season's Greetings is one of the biggest shows of the year for military installations overseas, and it's comin' to town Nov. 30. Country music star Jamie O'Neal headlines the show, which also brings in four New

  • Choice of a new J eneration

    Bigger, faster, stronger. That is what the United States Air Force has in mind with its new C-130J model aircraft, unveiled at Ramstein Nov. 9, and meant to replace the C-130E. With an extended cargo bay and added features, the C-130J is set to attack and execute any mission set in front of it.

  • U.S. Air Forces in Europe command chief master sergeant retires

    After more than 30 years of successful service, USAFE Command Chief Master Sergeant Gary G. Coleman was honored Nov. 16 during a retirement ceremony officiated by Gen William T. Hobbins, commander of USAFE. Chief Coleman will bid farewell to the U.S. Air Force effective May 1, 2008. Special guests

  • Gen. Hobbins honored as 17th recipient of USAFE’s order of the sword

    With all the pomp and circumstance the U.S. Air Forces in Europe enlisted corps could muster, some 800 guests witnessed the induction of Gen. William T. Hobbins, USAFE commander, into the order of the sword here tonight. The order of the sword is the highest honor enlisted Airmen can bestow on an

  • Fallen Airmen, Soldiers honored

    A memorial service was held here today to honor the lives of four Airmen and two Soldiers who were killed when a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter attached to the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment here crashed Nov 8. Friends and family members gathered to pay their respects and celebrate

  • U.S. Air Forces in Europe welcomes Civic Leader Tour

    Fifteen civic leaders were given a rare behind-the-scenes look at U.S. Air Force operations in Europe today as they completed the final stop of a whirlwind tour of global Air Force operations. Randy Harris, president and CEO of The Bank of Clovis in Clovis, New Mexico, and a member of the New Mexico