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  • Airman sacrifices AF retirement for daughter's WNBA dream

    In a room packed with about 50 well-wishers, a dream of about 11 years became a reality for a young American shortly after her 18th birthday.Cordia Harvatin signed a contract that put her among the women with a shot at a future in the U.S. Women's National Basketball Association.Sitting between her

  • Airmen train together to maintain combat readiness

    In order to effectively operate ground and surface radar systems in combat operations, a diverse team of Airmen must work and train together to inspect the skies.The 606th Air Control Squadron is a self-sustaining unit capable of setting up bare-base operations and providing airspace surveillance at

  • NATO program enhances multinational tactical operations

    There are never too many opportunities for pilots of diverse nations to exchange ideas, train and fly together. Each year NATO pilots attend Allied Command Europe's Tactical Leadership Program to develop stratagies and meet training requirements. This year, six pilots from the 480th Fighter Squadron

  • Airmen from across the world participate in Silver Flag

    Beyond the flight line, along a winding road by the south perimeter of the base, smoke rises over the brim of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe training area. The sounds of sledge hammers on tent posts and raised voices fill the air, "Come on guys, let's do this!" Airmen from all around the world came

  • First cadre of DTC facilitators headed home

    Ten minutes into his first mission as a convoy commander, everything had gone as wrong as it possibly could for Tech. Sgt. Lorenzo Zapata."The truck was engulfed in flames, you couldn't even recognize it," he recalled. "And the blood trail from the truck to the median looked like an animal

  • EOD safety day: a strategic pause

    It was news no father wants to hear. Under different circumstances he would have bolted out the door. But stuck two time zones away with thousands of miles between him and his family, there was no way he would make it in time.This was the reality Tech. Sgt Thomas Galetto faced after finding out his

  • Senior gets ride of his career

    When a fighter squadron goes on an expeditionary exercise, they often give incentive rides to outstanding individuals.One such flight during Operation Golden Lance, a NATO partnership exercise, was more unique than most.Senior Master Sgt. Michael Seelhoff, 493rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit NCO in

  • Airmen go to the dogs

    In the shadow of an abandoned brewery, stray dogs are being given a place to live and meals to eat.A group of Airmen from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, supporting Operation Golden Lance on nearby Campia Turzii Air Base here offered their assistance with the shelter recently.Staff Sgt.

  • Four Airmen recognized for life-saving efforts

    With a shattered windshield, the crushed car sat in eerie silence. The smell of exploded airbags filled the air -- leaving a stench of burnt plastic and rubber. On approach, the outward silence was swallowed by Spanish music blaring from the wrecked car's radio. If it were not for the music the

  • Airmen help out Romanian children

    In between flying missions and maintaining jets, Airmen participating in Operation Golden Lance here took time out to give back to the local community.Airmen from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, played sports and board games with children and renovated the local youth center run by the