• 2019 NATO Days strengthen alliances, partnerships

    The United States along with 18 NATO allied and partner nations participated in the NATO Days 2019, September 21-22, at Ostrava, Czech Republic. NATO Days is a Czech Republic-led air show and exhibition that showcased military ground and aviation capabilities. Participation in NATO Days increases

  • New Third Air Force Command Chief visits RAF Mildenhall

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Randy Kwiatkowski, Third Air Force command chief, visited RAF Mildenhall England, Sept. 13, 2019. The new command chief met and spoke with Airmen about concepts related to mindfulness, time management, responsibilities to the mission and resiliency amongst other

  • Airmen celebrate 75th anniversary of liberation of Ettelbruck

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, celebrated the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg, Sept. 22, 2019.American and Allied forces liberated the town in 1944, after nearly five years of enemy occupation. The day’s celebration represented the freedom

  • 'STOP' wasting time

    Painful. Daunting. Agonizing. These words can be used to describe many activities but most Airmen in the Air Force agree that these are the perfect verbs to describe what it’s like creating a perfect standardized document.To alleviate this issue faced by Airmen at all levels, one first lieutenant

  • 100th ARW Civil Engineer Squadron reduce, reuse, recycle

    The 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Recycling Center, through their Qualified Recycling Program, are on pace to recycle around 450 tons of waste during fiscal year 2019 through creating awareness on reducing the human carbon footprint on base.Cost-effective measures produced through the 100th Air

  • US, Serbians, commemorate 75th anniversary of daring WWII rescue

    American, Serbian, and international dignitaries gathered September 15, 2019 at Galovica Field here in a ceremony to commemorate the 75th anniversary of Operation Halyard, a daring World War II mission in which Serbians helped evacuate downed U.S. and Allied pilots.During World War II, hundreds of

  • USAFE – AFAFRICA hosts Pitch Day

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa A8I Operational Innovation Branch and the 764th Specialized Contracting Squadron are teaming up to resolve capability gaps for the command by hosting a Commercial Solutions Opening Pitch Day, Nov. 13. The goal of the Pitch Day is to streamline the

  • Barksdale bomb wings support Cobra Warrior

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 307th Bomb Wing and their active-duty counterparts from the 2nd BW supported Exercise Cobra Warrior here, Sept. 5-17, 2019.Cobra Warrior is the RAF capstone event for their weapons school instructor candidates.The exercise featured more than 50 fighter aircraft from

  • AMMO troops count every shot, make every shot count

    “If it goes pop, sizzle, bang or boom, we deal with it,” said Staff Sgt. Bryan Gibree, 39th Maintenance Squadron munitions inspection supervisor. “It’s our job to make sure that everyone has the munitions they need—when and where they need it— and that those munitions will be effective and