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  • Identical triplets born to USAFE family

    The first-ever set of identical triplets to be born at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center has their parents changing 25 diapers per day. The girls – Aspen, Trinity and Payton – were born naturally Nov. 16 between 12:22 and 12:32 p.m. to mother Jody Cooper, and father Staff Sgt. Kevin Cooper, 435th

  • Brave act earns Airman's Medal

    Senior Airman Nicholas Semonelle, 435th Logistics Readiness Squadron traffic management journeyman, received the highest non-combat medal in the Air Force from Brig. Gen. Rosanne Bailey, 435th Air Base Wing commander, here Dec. 17. “It’s a huge achievement,” said 1st Lt. Hope Norton, 435th LRS cargo

  • USAFE Job Shadow Day offers mentoring opportunities

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Job Shadow Day will take place Feb. 2 in conjunction with the National Groundhog Job Shadow Day. Department of Defense Dependent Schools and home-schooled students will have an opportunity to be part of a national effort to shadow a workplace mentor through the course

  • Combat Wingman is a way of life

    Gen. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, recently instituted a new program called Combat Wingman. I would like to share with you the basic principles of what I think it takes to be a good wingman and how I use this concept in my everyday life. The wingman concept goes

  • 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