• RAF Lakenheath celebrates 25 years of Strike Eagles

    Airmen come and go, and deployment locations change, but over the last quarter of a century, one thing has remained constant at RAF Lakenheath: the combat air power projected throughout Europe and Africa from the 48th Fighter Wing’s F-15E Strike Eagles.

  • USAFE Airmen return to Aviano

    Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing returned to Aviano Air Base, Italy, from Camp Lemonnier, Djibouti, Feb. 9, 2017, after a seven month deployment. In July 2016, the U.S. Air Force forward deployed the 31st FW F-16s, 100th Air Refueling Wing KC-135 Stratotankers from Royal Air Force Mildenhall,

  • 3rd Air Force commander: balance work and life

    Lt. Gen. Richard M. Clark, 3rd Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command chief and former 3rd Air Force command chief, participated in an immersion tour of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing Feb. 3.

  • 435 CRG puts enjoyment in deployment

    Approximately 80 Airmen assigned to the 435th Contingency Response Group participated in Exercise Austere Forge from Jan. 29 to Feb. 2.The exercise tested the capability of the 435 CRG to deploy within 72 hours, and included Airmen from the 435th Contingency Response Squadron, the 435th Contingency

  • Dog tags make final journey home to WWII veteran

    A gathering of friends, family and Mighty Eighth Airmen made way as the guest of honor slowly approached the front of the stage. Raymond Odom, a 93-year-old World War II veteran, sat patiently in a large chair on stage as he waited for the unveiling of a memento he lost while serving in the U.S.

  • Top it off: US, Hellenic air forces practice in-flight refueling

    A KC-135 Stratotanker, from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing, joined F-16 Fighting Falcons from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and the Hellenic air force to perform in-flight refueling operations during a flying training deployment, Jan. 20 to Feb. 3, 2017, at Souda Bay, Greece.

  • Training underway in Souda Bay

    Fourteen F-16 Fighting Falcons from Aviano Air Base, Italy, one KC-135 Stratotanker from the Arizona Air National Guard’s 161st Air Refueling Wing and 280 Airmen deployed to Souda Bay, Greece to train with Greece’s Hellenic air force for a flying training deployment, scheduled from Jan. 20 to Feb.

  • Walk a mile in the boots of a maintainer

    A bitter wind chases flurries of frost across the flightline, weaving around aircraft and stinging the faces of those who stand in its way. While many Airmen are still asleep in their beds, the Airmen of the 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron are already awake and reporting for duty.The first stop