• Icelandic Air Policing is adrenaline rush

    Airmen deployed to Keflavik, Iceland, with the 48th Air Expeditionary Group are prepared to execute the NATO mission of protecting Iceland's Airspace at a moments notice. While deployed for Icelandic Air Policing, the group is responsible for intercepting any unidentified or threatening aircraft

  • Not their first rodeo: 423rd SFS conducts bike safety event

    The sound of crunching gravel underneath rubber tires was drowned out by the cheers and shouts of children at RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, May 14. As the children pedaled their bicycles through a marked course, Airmen from the 423rd Security Forces Squadron provided them with helpful safety tips

  • Show us some summer safety!

    Summer is normally accompanied with warmer weather, outdoor activities and, for kids, no school. As the winter chill thaws and children come out to play, it's crucial to keep safety precautions in mind. "Everybody needs to be wearing a helmet," said Tech. Sgt. Hyrum Lowder, 48th Fighter Wing Safety

  • More than 75K "black feathers" march in local parade

    More than 75,000 Alpini troops marched through the streets of downtown Pordenone, May 11, to commemorate the 87th annual gathering of the mountain soldiers of Italy. The Italian Alpini Corp was born as a special mountain infantry formation in 1872 by the Ministry of War to be spread out along the

  • Holocaust survivor shares memories

    "Those that went to the left stayed alive; all the people who went to the right went to their death," declared Zigi Shipper, a survivor of the Holocaust, describing the endless lines of children and adults sent to concentration camps during World War II as he shared his memories of being sent to

  • Team Aviano IG explains new inspection system, changes

    The 31st Fighter Wing will enter its second wing inspection for 2014 as part of the new commander inspection program, May 17. As director of the program, Lt. Col. Doug Thies, 31 FW inspector general, took some time to help explain changes to the new inspection system as well as shed some light on

  • US begins Icelandic Air Policing

    U.S. Airmen will begin Icelandic Air Policing operations at Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, May 16, which will continue until June 5."We are excited to be back in Iceland again for Icelandic Air Policing," said Lt. Col. Lendy Renegar, 48th Air Expeditionary Group commander. "While our

  • Mission spotlight: Life support provisions at a moment's notice

    The responsibility of stocking, preparing and shipping more than $6 million worth of equipment and supplies falls upon the 31st Medical Support Squadron Airmen tasked with the preservation of medical supplies that might one day - save a life. Preparation is the key for medical logistics technicians