• Children remembered during Kindergraves ceremony

    U.S. service members gathered alongside  German community members to honor 451 children who passed away during the years 1952 to 1971  ,as part of the Kindergraves memorial service May 16, 2015, in Kaiserslautern, Germany.The memorial service is held annually the week following Mother's Day to honor

  • A-10s, Airmen deploy to Slovakia as part of TSP

    A small contingent of approximately 40 Airmen and four A-10  Thunderbolt II's from the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron deployed to Sliac Air Base, Slovakia, May 16, 2015,  in support of Operation Atlantic Resolve.Of the 12 A-10s deployed to Europe as a theater security package, these four will

  • Breedlove visits NATO forces in Turkey

    Gen. Philip Breedlove, NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Europe and commander of U.S. European Command, visited the Spanish Patriot Unit deployed to Adana, Turkey in support of the NATO-led Patriot missile augmentation of Turkish air defenses, May 14, 2015.As part of the visit, Breedlove toured

  • ODC-Turkey personnel contribute time, resources for Syrian Refugees

    Personnel from Department of Defense-Ankara volunteered their time and resources to make lunches for refugees who call Turkey their home.Volunteers worked together to build more than 100 lunches filled with sandwiches, fruit and candy for families who have become refugees. The lunches were delivered

  • AFIMSC activates detachment at USAFE-AFAFRICA

    Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center activated Detachment 4 in a ceremony at Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa May 15.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the ceremony as Col. Andra Clapsaddle assumed command of the newly established

  • 'For you, dad': chaplain honors father at Police Week run

    Carrying a weighted camouflage backpack and sporting a knee-brace over top of his uniform, Chaplain (Maj.) Jack Stanley, ran along the perimeter road around RAF Croughton, England, May 11.Still recovering from a recent surgery, the 422nd Air Base Group chaplain pushed himself onward - uttering a

  • 354th EFS welcomes new commander to TSP

    Lt. Col. Ryan Hayde took command of the 354th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron from Lt. Col. Steven Behmer at Campia Turzii, Romania, May 15, 2015, in the middle of the U.S. Air Force's inaugural European theater security package.Col. Clinton Eichelberger, 355th Operations Group commander,

  • CRC brings NATO assets together in Iceland

    In a secure compound near Keflavik International Airport, a multinational team of NATO personnel monitors Iceland's airspace, ready to respond at a moment's notice to any perceived threat to the region.During Icelandic Air Surveillance and Policing 2015, 11 U.S. Air Force members and one Estonian

  • Pride in training: A security forces Airmen's perspective

    A call comes over the radio directing a Security Forces patrol to check on a disturbance in base housing. The blue lights switch is flipped and the patrol rushes to the address. On arrival, an individual comes out of the house yelling, "I'm going to kill you!" The Defenders move cautiously and as