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  • Incirlik opens first Starbucks in USAFE

    Incirlik personnel now enjoy desserts and coffee at the first Starbucks in United States Air Forces Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Edward Holzapfel)

  • Stay on nutrition band wagon during holidays

    Fall holidays bring us Halloween candy, Thanksgiving turkey, Christmas ham and cookies, not to mention cold air blowing in, all of which leads to nutrition and exercise going out the window. "When people travel for the holidays they are forced to dine out and tempted to order unhealthy food," said

  • Fulfilling his duty: a wounded warrior's story

    His one remaining arm held firmly on his wife as he toured facilities he could not see and spoke to people he could only hear. Yet, he moved and spoke with an air of strength and patriotism that only a wounded warrior could possess. Staff Sgt. Matthew Slaydon and his wife, Annette, visited several

  • A field trip through time

    "You can't take a step on this base without tripping over dead bodies," Richard Southgate said jokingly. And school children here had a chance to see a few Nov. 17 -24. Malcolm Buxton, environmental program manager for the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron, worked with the Suffolk County Council

  • Smokeout for a healthier life

    Hundreds of Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing took the pledge to be tobacco-free for 24 hours during the Great American Smokeout Nov. 20. The Health and Wellness Center staff, along with two life-sized cigarettes named "Ciggy," passed out information at the main gate and at the BX on the Great

  • USAFE bases decorate for the holidays

    11/25/2008 - Airmen 1st Class Mahyar Rostami and Christopher Tripp, 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron, install Christmas decorations along the main road on base Nov. 24, 2008. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathanael Callon)11/24/2008 - Staff Sgt. Rafeeq Jordan, an electrical systems craftsman

  • Incirlik Village park clean-up

    Airmen from Incirlik Air Base, Turkey work in the community in an effort to strengthen community relations. The project to renovate the Incirlik Village's parks began Nov. 15 and is expected to be completed by Dec. 20. More than 60 volunteers helped the Incirlik Air Base Chapel renovate the park .

  • 2008 German National Day of Mourning

     Spc. Vincent Holtzman, from the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern's Directorate of Human Resources and Senior Airman Brian Lapiska, from the 86th Airlift Wing's 1st Combat Communications Squadron present the Kaiserslautern military community's wreath during the German National Day of Mourning

  • USAFE members commemorate Armistice Day in Belgium

    Several United States Air Forces in Europe personnel were among scores of people who celebrated the 90th Armistice Day in Walcourt, Belgium, Nov. 11. Armistice Day, celebrated as Veterans Day in the United States, commemorates the end of World War I and pays tribute to the men and women who fought

  • Pumpkin Patrol keeps goblins, ghosts safe

    Four-year-old Jaylan Mayers was able to go trick-or-treating for the first time last year thanks to the Pumpkin Patrol. For at least 20 years, Pumpkin Patrols consisting of the German Zivil-Polizei (Civilian Police) Air Force's Security Police and the Military Police have patrolled all five housing