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  • Flugtag survivor returns to Ramstein

    On the morning of Aug. 28, 1988, Buck Sgt. David Richards was up early.A 24-year-old bomb dog handler with the 435th Security Police Squadron at Rhein Main Air Base, he knew he had a long day in front of him; but he had no idea this would be one of the longest days of his life.He met up with his

  • General Dillon reflects on leading Ramstein

    As the 86th Airlift Wing prepares for Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon's change of command ceremony, 2 Sept., the day-to-day operations at the Gateway to Europe have not changed. But as the wheels of the commander's C-130J, Super Hercules, touched ground signifying the end of his final flight here, the

  • Family Advocacy classes ease parenting stress

    "Parenting is never easy," said Kinzie Lee, Family Advocacy nurse. "But the more prepared you are and the more you understand your children and their developmental age will make you a more confident parent."To help Aviano parents reach that level of confidence, the Family Advocacy clinic offers

  • 817th EAS offers support via resupply, airlift missions

    A deployed unit from the 10th Airlift Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., has been operating out of Incirlik Air Base contributing supplies to Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.The 817th Expeditionary Airlift Squadron's mission is to provide global strategic airlift, aeromedical

  • Airman becomes Belgian Hero, completes Tour of Death

    The sound of the finish line could be heard from a half a mile through the deafening throbbing of shin splints, swollen feet and tight ankles. "When I heard the drums and people cheering at the finish line I knew that I made it," said Airman 1st Class Arturo Nunez, 86th Communications Squadron

  • Pest controllers make base safer place

    A swarm of wasps stormed around Airman 1st Class Elizabeth McCasland as she sprayed pesticide at their nest in the ground near a work shed here Aug. 15.McCasland belongs to a small group of Airmen and civilians from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron Pest Management Flight charged with this goal: rid

  • Airfield management leaves first, last impression

    At the moment visitors arrive at Incirlik and at the time they leave, the faces they see are those of the Airmen working around the clock at airfield management. This is one of the many portions of the mission in which Incirlik's airfield management team takes great pride; though the AM Ops mission

  • Sports Day raises heart rates, morale

    Members of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing participated in their annual sports day Aug. 3 on Pulaski Barracks.The event began at the Kaiserslautern Rod and Gun Club with a 5-kilometer fun run and finished at Pulaski Sports Field where Airmen and their families participated in games and enjoyed

  • Aviano breastfeeding program creates new cultural norm

    With only 32 percent of American women choosing to breastfeed rather than bottle-feed their infants at three months old, the United States is the only country in the world where bottle feeding is the cultural norm. However, thanks to the 31st Medical Group's lactation program, women at Aviano Air

  • RAPCON: A guiding force for DOD aircraft

    Following 8 ½ weeks of Basic Military Training at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, and 15 weeks attending the Air Traffic Operations Apprentice Course at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., freshly sculpted Airmen step to their first duty station to become an air traffic controller. Depending on the needs