USO gets $1.2 million

(From left) Bill Moll, United Service Organizations chairman of the board of governors, and Edward A. Powell, USO Jr. president and chief executive officer, accept a donation of $1.2 million from David McIntyre, TriWest Healthcare Alliance president and chief executive officer, with the company of Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers, U.S. Air Forces in Europe vice commander, on Ramstein Oct. 25. About $150,000 goes to the Ramstein’s Passenger Terminal USO for continued upgrades and maintenance. (Photo by Airman 1st Class Marc I. Lane)

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Moro'n Air Base key in OIF

A C-5, loaded with three Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles headed to a Marine Corps unit fighting in the Central Command Area of Operations, recently stopped at Morón Air Base. The base, operated by 496th Air Base Squadron, 86th Airlift Wing, hosted 75 members of the 725th Air Mobility Squadron stationed at Rota Naval Air Station, Spain in October while their runway was closed due to runway maintenance. During their five-day operation, they serviced more than 40 C-5’s and C-17’s loaded with cargo and more than 300 passengers. ( Courtesy Photo)

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1963 C-130E

Senior Airman Daniel Amic, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron guidance and control avionics technician, performs operational checks to navigational compasses in a 1963 C-130E Hercules on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 25. The maintenance of these aircraft is very important because they are utilized on a regular basis. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Marc I. Lane)

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Around the KMC

Published Nov. 6, 2007
By Airman 1st Class Marc I. Lane
435th Public Affairs

RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- Around the KMC

USO gets $1.2 million

Moro'n Air Base key in OIF

1963 C-130E