USAFE RSS says "goodbye"

The U.S. Air Force in Europe Regional Supply Squadron was inactivated during an official unit inactivation ceremony at Sembach Air Base June 7. In the next three years the Air Force will transform the current supply operations by merging them into a Global Logistics Support Center in the United

Nerve Center of Lakenheath garnishes AF-level award

Some would describe the command post as the nerve center of the base. With 24 hour operations, 365 days a year, they are regularly taking in information and setting the base into motion. Whether it is a call to security forces about a threat at the post office or to a call to base commanders about

Good Samaritans lend helping hand to critically wounded accident victim

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany -- A quarter mile of debris; a demolished guardrail on the right side of the road and a shoe in the middle lane; the hood of a car on the left. This was the scene that two Spangdahlem Air Base members drove up on at approximately 6:45 a.m. May 6 on Autobahn A-1 near

Airmen: Building blocks of the Air Force

The men and women of Team Incirlik moved more than 3 million pounds of blankets, stoves, sleeping bags and tents to Pakistan in support of the earthquake relief effort. In a related effort, the C-17 Globemaster III cargo hub here also eliminate the need to send more than 160 trucks on dangerous

USAFE Airmen attend French partnership pilgrimage

Colorful uniforms from 36 different militaries swarmed Lourdes, France, in May for the 48th Annual International Military Pilgrimage -- an event that started with individual excursions at the end of WWII and by 1958 became an official event sponsored by the French Ministry of Defense in May each

USAFE Airmen affected by foreign language pay changes

The Air Force recently announced that the Office of the Secretary of Defense approved new Foreign Language Proficiency Pay rates that will affect entitlements for many eligible military members. The largest change is the number of languages identified as "abundant or surplus." These languages are

USAFE Medics in Morocco: Healing Hands Change Lives

Thirty-three medical members, to include several from U.S. Air Forces in Europe, recently descended upon the Sahara Desert destined to change the lives of citizens near Guelmim, Morocco, for Exercise African Lion ‘06, held May 22 to 31. Exercise African Lion is a regularly-scheduled, bi-lateral

Robbery provokes identity theft measures

Documents containing personal information were stolen from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee in May, representing the largest unauthorized release of social security numbers in United States history. The electronic data files contained the names, birth dates and social security

Closing Ceremony

KMC healthcare takes joint turn

All primary medical care for Airmen and Soldiers of the Kaiserslautern Military Community will soon be located in one place with all specialty care located in another. A joint vision statement signed June 2 by Brig. Gen. Carla Hawley-Bowland, Europe Regional Medical Command commander, and Col. Mark