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  • Maintenance pros backbone of AFN operations

    American Forces Network Europe is celebrating 70 years of providing command information, news and entertainment to Department of Defense personnel and their families throughout overseas locations.Seven decades of informing and entertaining Airmen would not be possible without some hard-working,

  • Keep pedaling

    The man was visibly nervous, but he lowered his helmet over his head, gave his wife a kiss, and pedaled off down the mountain trail he had nearly lost his life on just one year before. Staff Sgt. Alex Mace, a Parkersburg, W. Va. native stationed at Aviano Air Base, Italy, has overcome things in the

  • You want me to dance? In public?

    It's that moment when you walk into a room, the music screeches to a stop and everyone turns around to stare.That's exactly how I felt the first time I walked into a dance hall crowded with Italians for a Debutante Ball rehearsal in Cordenons, Italy. Six Airmen and I were there to participate as

  • Medal of Merit: Honoring lifetime achievement

    He provided thousands of meals for wounded warriors at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center and the Combat Aeromedical Staging Facility here. He also ensured patients and staff members had plenty to eat on Super Bowl Sunday.Franco Ammirati served the men and women of U.S. Air Forces in Europe in

  • 10 things to do in Edinburgh

    A city for everyone, Edinburgh is not only beautiful but has a mix of areas, many alive with activity, as well as peaceful parks and meadows - all in the heart of the city. Getting to this amazing city couldn't be easier. Take a plane in less than an hour from Stansted. Go by train from Ely, with

  • Lajes Airmen adopting new inspection attitude

    In years previous, getting close to inspection season meant Airmen drastically ramping up before the inspector general's visit. However, Lajes Field Airmen are refocusing on inspections in general and are adopting a new inspection attitude ahead of the 65th Air Base Wing's September unit

  • Chaplains: Taking care of Airmen

    Being in charge of the morale, well-being and spiritual fitness of Airmen, dependents and civilians is the number one mission of a chaplain."We all have issues in our life. We can go from being on a mountain to being in a valley in seconds," said Chaplain (Maj.) Raymond Moncrief, 86th Airlift Wing

  • 39th CPTS embeds Airman with defenders

    Across the Air Force Airmen can see changes all around them. Here at Incirlik, one Airman has seen a large change in how he conducts day-to-day operations. Senior Airman Devon Cross, 39th Comptroller Squadron security forces squadron financial specialist, is currently embarking on a new process for

  • 728th AMS Airmen support German operations

    A Luftwaffe A-310 jet lands on the flightline at Incirlik Air Base, Turkey, and U.S. and Germen airmen begin to trickle outside. Some grab equipment, others start up various vehicles, while others go out to direct the jet to its parking spot.Though this coalition gaggle may seem a little out of the

  • Av-Det NCOs 'Speak Up' for local community

    As an American, living and working in Poland can be a daunting experience. Language barriers, cultural differences, lack of familiar connections and having no family are among the many challenges the 10 Airmen of Aviation Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group are faced with each day. However, two