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  • USAFE medics bring expertise to Liberia

    A team of eight medics from five U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases recently arrived in Liberia as part of a technical training initiative for the new Armed Forces of Liberia. The country, which was ravaged by nearly 15 years of civil war before it held its first democratic election in November 2005,

  • Coming and going postal: APO down-low

    With more than 1,900 APO zip codes scattered across the globe, APO mail is a colossal system the Department of Defense manages, giving U.S. government employees working overseas a system that allows them to mail items as if they were in the U.S. In 2006, the APO mail system moved approximately

  • Congressional group visits LRMC, Ramstein

    A bipartisan group of lawmakers, including New York Senator Hillary Clinton, spent three days in Afghanistan and Iraq before stopping at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Monday to assess that facility's care of wounded servicemembers. "What we've seen here is beyond positive," Senator Clinton said.

  • Control tower gets makeover

    Ramstein air traffic controllers left their 10-story tower for a one-story MSN-7 mobile control tower Jan. 10. During the next two months, the air traffic control tower will receive approximately $313,000 in upgrades that will transform the 1952 tower. "My pledge is to provide our outstanding Airmen

  • Buzzards deploy, land safely

    More than 240 maintainers and pilots from the 510th Fighter Squadron and 510th Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 10. To prepare for a large-scale deployment such as this one, both units underwent extensive preparation and training. "We actually started about a year out

  • AFSO 21: 31st OG discusses ways to save time

    With the upcoming force reduction cuts in the maintenance career fields base officials held a week-long Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century meeting to determine how to save manpower in the 31st Operations Group. The meeting focused on combining the two aircraft maintenance units and

  • Operation Yellow Ribbon supports troops

    Operation Yellow Ribbon volunteers demonstrated their support Saturday and Sunday for hundreds of troops deploying both from and transiting through Aviano, with snacks, beverages and a friendly face. About 70 Aviano members were at Hangar Four preparing to deploy and about 210 troops deploying from

  • Squadrons share tips for DUI prevention

    At least four 31st Fighter Wing squadrons have gone more than 1,000 days without a DUI. As of press time, the 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron has gone 2,148 days - or almost six years - without a DUI; the 31st Dental Squadron has gone 2,131 days- or nearly six years - without a DUI; the 31st

  • Farewell to the Jet 48

    As the years go by, many things change. Compact discs have made way for mp3 players, floppy disks have been replaced by memory sticks and the majority of households now have internet wired into their homes. Many people across the globe are turning to the internet as a more convenient way to shop,