News

  • Air Force adds more career options to vMPF

    When the Air Force adds more options to the Virtual MPF site on March 31, it will allow servicemembers to take more control of their careers. The program, called personnel services delivery transformation, will allow 24/7 computer access to personnel information from anywhere in the world and will

  • Help desk service to change, move to USAFE

    Change is coming to Aviano. It’s a small change and may not be immediately noticeable to computer users, but the first time someone has a computer problem and they reach for the phone, it becomes noticeable. It’s not cause for wide-spread panic, but the Aviano help desk service will be eliminated in

  • Put it in park: Leave the GOV at work

    Italy’s numerous road signs and narrow streets can make driving a complicated and difficult process at best. But for Aviano members operating a government-owned vehicle, the rules are simple. “Government-owned vehicles are for official use only,” said Staff Sgt. Kory Kearney, 31st Logistics

  • Grandmother makes stress dolls for troops

    When stress levels rise, some turn to exercise at the Dragon Fitness Center, Aviano Health and Wellness Center or mull things over with a chaplain. Now, Aviano has another outlet to turn to – “Dang-it Dolls”– and their official name has been changed to protect the innocent. Because none of the

  • Sabers work smarter, not harder with new LEAN program initiative

    For some members, Air Force Smart Ops 21 is a foreign term that is just being introduced into the field, but for the 52nd Maintenance Group, it is quickly becoming the standard way of doing business. Smart Ops focuses on grouping things together, like tools and engine parts, to eliminate wasted

  • Spangdahlem AB holds inaugural Commander’s Honor Roll ceremony

    Thirteen Bitburg High School students and their families were the guests of honor at an unprecedented recognition event Tuesday in Club Eifel. Col. Dave Goldfein, 52nd Fighter Wing commander, and Col. Sid Banks, 52nd Mission Support Group commander, recognized the distinguished students as part of

  • Airman recalls fatal crash that cost him two friends

    Black sneakers. Boston baseball cap. Black shirt. Boots. “It’s so clear, I can still remember what they were wearing,” recalls Airman 1st Class Skyler Burts, of his friends and fellow firemen who perished in a single-vehicle automobile accident in August 2005. The memories, much like the scar tissue

  • Music in our schools

    “Headwinds,” the U.S. Air Forces in Europe wind quintet ensemble, performed for students in Alconbury elementary and high schools March 21. The ensemble spent the morning with high and middle school band students, performing a selection of musical pieces for about 40 minutes, answering student’s

  • Key Spouse program to become standardized

    Attendees of a three-day workshop here March 14-16 finalized a standard Key Spouses Program for command-wide implementation. The Key Spouse Program is an outreach effort of the family support center that uses commander- or first sergeant-appointed spouses in units to help address concerns and issues

  • Incirlik constructs its own seven wonders

    Two of the Seven Wonders of the World were located within what were once Turkey’s borders – The Temple of Artemis at Ephesus and the Mausoleum of Halicarnassus in Bodrum. Those structures made a name for the areas where they were located – often making them a hot spot for tourists – as they were