• MAINEiacs Aim High during Arctic Challenge

    ØRLAND AIR BASE, Norway – The Maine Air National Guard’s 101st Air Refueling Wing, also known as the MAINEiacs, and 265th Combat Communication Squadron aimed for the clouds and headed Northeast to take part in the Arctic Challenge Exercise 2023, occurring May 29 through June 9 across the Nordic

  • Normandy locals welcome Ramstein Airmen for family dinner

    Every year the streets of the small towns along the coast of Normandy are lined with banners and posters, flags are strung across the streets, and windows are painted with parachutists and C-47 aircraft in honor of D-Day. The locals of Normandy excitedly celebrate through the streets and at events,

  • AK23 joint command, control, communication

    During Astral Knight 2023 (AK23), U.S. service members came together and participated alongside Croatian, Albanian, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian and Romanian armed forces to evaluate their Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control and personnel recovery capabilities throughout the Balkans.

  • 7th Reconnaissance Squadron supports NATO's eastern flank operations

    The 7th Reconnaissance Squadron, a geographically separated unit under the 319th Reconnaissance Wing at Grand Forks Air Force Base, North Dakota, is the largest tenant command located at Naval Air Station Sigonella on the island of Sicily, Italy. The 7th RS includes over 190 personnel, from across

  • Chief Operations Officer for the U.S. Space Force visits NATO Space Center

    U.S. Space Force Lt. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Chief Operations Officer for the USSF, receives a briefing on NATO space operations at the NATO Space Center in NATO Allied Air Command at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 22, 2023. Burt visited the Space Center within NATO Allied Air command to learn and

  • Mother, son reconnect in Germany

    Capt. Crystal Turner, Critical Care Air Transport Team nurse, experienced a feeling that many mothers do when their child says, “I want to join the military.” She described it as a mix of pride and sadness seeing her son, Airman 1st Class Don Turner, KC-135 boom operator, head off to begin his