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  • Spangdahlem Airmen train with new high-tech weapon

    The sound of gunfire ricocheting off concrete walls is an everyday occurrence for the troops at the combat arms training and maintenance unit here. One of the few indoor Air Force firing ranges, the range features a target retrieval system and a hard gel backstop, which will soon be replaced by a

  • Tony's story: A brother's lesson in drug abuse

    It was Saturday morning, May 5, 1995, when the police told me my brother was dead. They told me over the telephone and were very cavalier about it. But I understand why they were so callous. My brother had died of a heroin overdose, and they probably figured I was junkie too. I came from a normal

  • A life less ordinary: AF family opens arms to autism

    The walls in the Dallas’ home aren’t festooned with art, but with boards. There are boards with schedules, with charts, with pictures to guide 4-year-old Liam, and establish routines for every-day tasks such as washing his hands (turn on water, wash hands, turn off water and dry hands) or going

  • Chatting on Air Force Portal requires decorum

    Airmen are chatting it up in growing numbers using the Air Force Portal’s instant messaging service. But recent inappropriate comments made by some Airmen in chat rooms led officials to clarify responsible communication over the service. “The majority of the 7,000 plus Airmen using (Air Force

  • Command names services award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials recently announced the command’s 2005 Services individual award winners. The winners are: Services Field Grade Officer of the Year – Lt. Col. Jeffery Linskens, Izmir Air Base, Turkey Services Company Grade Officer of the Year – Capt. Alyson Miller, Spangdahlem AB,

  • Commander invites all to USAFE Idol finals

    The commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, invites all military members, civilians and their families to attend the USAFE Idol Talent Show at 7 p.m. April 23 in the Ramstein Officers’ Club. The event will be a great opportunity to see and hear the tremendous vocal talent from across the command, said

  • COMUSAFE presents ACE coins

    Two members of Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe were presented with Airmen Committed to Excellence coins here recently. Mandy Smith-Nethercott, USAFE Services chief of marketing, and Stephen Mulligan, Air Forces Europe senior intelligence analyst, were presented with the coins by Gen. Robert

  • Managing explosive workplace earns captain Bronze Star

    Capt. Matthew Brennan has numbers. Five million pounds of ordnance removed; more than 100,000 projectiles, rockets and mortars disposed of and a 39,000 square-mile area of responsibility are just a few. For these numbers, Captain Brennan was awarded the Bronze Star for his “meritorious achievement”

  • RAF, USAF aim for Atlantic Challenge trophy

    After two years of cancelled matches, the best marksmen in the U.S. Air Force’s security forces went head-to-head against Royal Air Force Regiment service members at RAF Bisley April 4-15. The Atlantic Challenge Shooting Competition has brought Airmen from the United States to England to compete and

  • PHASE dock crew achieves zero discrepancies during quarter

    Focusing on excellence, the F-16 inspection section here performed 39 mandatory aircraft inspections and time changes during the past quarter and achieved a 100 percent pass on all mandatory quality assurance evaluations. The section, consisting of 19 Airmen, is responsible for the completion of