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  • Arizona wide receiver visits The “Lik”

    Running routes in 94-degree heat is nothing new to Arizona Cardinals wide receiver Larry Fitzgerald. He does the same thing every summer in Tempe, Ariz., for training camp. But Tempe is a long way away from Incirlik, where Mr. Fitzgerald was running routes Wednesday afternoon with a bunch of

  • Smart Ops 21: 39th LRS streamlining processes for the better

    In a letter to Airmen, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Wynne wrote that Air Force Smart Operations 21 signifies a shift in our thinking. It is centered on processes (groups of tasks) rather than tasks alone, which allows us to gain insights into the value, or lack of value, in each task we

  • Spouses receive funding to pursue degree

    Diane Rhinehart is ready to compete in the job market once her and her active-duty husband return to the United States next summer. During her stay here, the mother of four has completed her master's degree in education from the University of Phoenix with the help of the Air Force. Mrs. Rhinehart is

  • Liberty Wing welcomes new mission, aircraft

    The first two HH-60G Combat Search and Rescue helicopters from the 56th Rescue Squadron arrived at RAF Lakenheath from Naval Air Station Keflavik, Iceland via C-17 Monday and Tuesday. Five aircraft and many operators and maintainers are moving to RAF Lakenheath as part of the reallocation of the

  • 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