News

  • USAFE announces enlisted PME winners

    U. S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the 2004 Enlisted Professional Military Education awards. The winners are: Airman Leadership School Instructor of the Year: Staff Sgt. Billie M. Baber, 435th Mission Support Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Noncommissioned Officer Academy Instructor

  • Liberty Wing aircrew employs new Sniper targeting pod

    A Liberty Wing aircrew assigned to the 494th Fighter Squadron employed a Sniper Advanced Targeting Pod on their F-15E Strike Eagle Jan. 7, a flight that marked an evolution in weapons technology. The F-15E Weapons System Officer can now independently execute satellite-guided weapon attacks on

  • USAFE selects nominees for Flemming Award

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the command nominees for the 2004 Arthur S. Flemming Award. The nominees are: Staff Sgt. Octavius L. Toliver from the 786th Security Forces Squadron, Ramstein Air Base, Germany and 1st Lt. Levi C. Torkelson, 435th Communications Squadron, Ramstein AB.

  • Busy medical unit celebrates success

    Members of the 435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility celebrated the one-year anniversary of the opening of their facility here Dec. 29, 2004. The CASF, originally established in one of the fitness centers here at the beginning of Operation Enduring Freedom, saw its first patients Dec. 29,

  • Postal rates to see first increase in four years

    The U.S. Postal Service has announced that rates and fees will increase by approximately 5.4 percent, effective Jan. 8.This increase is the first since 2002. Among the adjustments, the 1-ounce, single-piece rate for first-class mail will increase from 37 cents to 39 cents, and the postcard rate will

  • Spangdahlem master sergeant receives Purple Heart

    When the blast of an explosive device sent his sport utility vehicle hurling 45 feet away from his convoy in Baghdad City, Iraq, Master Sgt. Jimmie Hughes literally did not know what hit him.About a year since that fateful day when Sergeant Hughes was knocked unconscious, he was honored here Nov. 11

  • Airmen in Lithuania honor WWII's fallen

    While many Americans commemorated Veterans Day with special events or visits to monuments in their home towns, Airmen deployed to Lithuania had the once in a lifetime opportunity to honor the memory of their brethren aviators this Veterans Day at a truly unique location.Ten Airmen assigned to the

  • USAFE Commander in Chief's Installation Excellence Award nominee announced

    Ramstein AB has been announced as the USAFE nominee for the 2006 Commander in Chief's Installation Excellence Award.The award recognizes the outstanding and innovative efforts of the people who operate and maintain U.S. military installations.Excellent installations enable better mission performance

  • Air Force announces COMUSAFE retirement

    The U.S. Air Force announced the retirement of Gen. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Tuesday. As the USAFE commander, he also holds three other titles: commander, Allied Air Component Command Ramstein; air component commander, U.S. European Command, Ramstein AB,

  • Officers nominated for brigadier general

    The Air Force Senior Leader Management Office has announced that several U.S. Air Forces in Europe colonels have been nominated by the President to the Senate for appointment to the grade of brigadier general, United States Air Force.The nominees are:Col. David L. Goldfein, Commander, 52nd Fighter