• 'Stronger together,' Israelis, U.S. complete historic medical exercise

    During a simulated life-or-death scenario, U.S. and Israeli medical teams completed a medical evacuation exercise May 20 throughout Israel. The exercise -- held in conjunction with the missile defense-related Juniper Cobra 14 exercise -- simulated treating six patients and transporting them to an

  • C-47 Skytrain touches down at Ramstein

    Nearly 70 years after it took part in D-day operations on June 4, 1944, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain plane returned to mainland Europe and landed at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 26, 2014.The C-47, known as Whiskey 7, took off nearly two weeks ago from Geneseo, New York, on a 3,600 mile transatlantic

  • Among the trees: USAFE-AFAFRICA Airmen pay tribute to fallen commrades

    It was quiet; the sort of peaceful quiet broken only by the occasional wisp of wind that floated on the air like a sigh from Heaven. "It couldn't have been a more beautiful day," remarked U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force vice commander, as he looked skyward at the banks of

  • Memorial Day events honor U.S., French service members

    Two hundred French and U.S. service members and civilians gathered at Suresnes Cemetery, just outside Paris May 25, 2014, to honor fallen Americans who fought and died during the two world wars. Another 100 U.S. and French service members, civilians and families gathered at the Arc de Triomphe in

  • Among the trees: Airmen pay tribute to fallen comrades

    It was quiet; the sort of peaceful quiet broken only by the occasional wisp of wind that floated on the air like a sigh from Heaven. "It couldn't have been a more beautiful day," remarked U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Christopher Bence, 3rd Air Force vice commander, as he looked skyward at the banks of

  • USAFE-AFAFRICA commander takes part in Luxembourg Memorial Day event

    A Memorial Day ceremony took place May 24, 2014 at Luxembourg-American Cemetery and Memorial to honor the service members buried here who died while serving their country in World War II.More than 5,000 men and women from the U.S. armed forces are buried here including U.S. Army Gen. George S.

  • WWI Airmen remembered at French Memorial Day event

    Two hundred French and U.S. citizens gathered at the Escadrille Lafayette Memorial just outside of Paris, May 24, for a ceremony honoring fallen American volunteer pilots who flew with the French military in WWI. These volunteer Airmen created the Escadrille Lafayette, or the Lafayette Squadron, and