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  • 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

  • Build it and they will come

    A young Rwandan boy leaves barefoot on a 3-mile walk to retrieve water for his family who lives in a home with no electricity or running water. The six-mile commute consumes most of his day, keeping him from enrolling into school. The Bugesera region of eastern Rwanda has solved the problem of water

  • Air Force identifies victims in helicopter crash

    Four Airmen were killed and three were injured when a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter attached to the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment crashed at approximately noon Nov. 8, 22 miles southwest of Aviano, Italy. Staff Sgt. Robert D. Rogers, Staff Sgt. Mark A. Spence and Senior Airman

  • Air Force identifies victims in UH-60 crash

    Four Airmen were killed and three were injured when a U.S. Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter attached to the 1st Battalion, 214th Aviation Regiment crashed at approximately noon Nov. 8, 22 miles southwest of Aviano, Italy. Capt. Cartize B. Durham, Staff Sgt. Robert D. Rogers, Staff Sgt. Mark A.

  • Postured to help: 3rd AF ready

    Third Air Force has developed a new, quick-response humanitarian assistance capability to support the European theater, and on Monday, they launched a 36-hour Humanitarian Relief Operation 9-1-1 exercise to test it. The exercise scenario challenged 3rd Air Force's and Team Ramstein's ability to

  • An Airman's take on joint operations

    The following essay, written by one of our best and brightest, Airman Matthew Dale, 3rd Air Force, depicts how important each and every one of us are to the joint fight. He competed for U.S. European Command Servicemember of the Year and I was particularly impressed with the quality of this essay