• 3 Aviano Airmen to represent base during world tour

    What started as three Airmen's passion for performing has transformed into a chance of a lifetime.Master Sgt. Mark Washington, 31st Communications Squadron readiness and resources section chief, Staff Sgt. Jamal Young, 603rd Air Control Squadron transmission systems journeyman and Senior Airman

  • Motorcycle safety course "trains the trainers"

    The 39th Air Base Wing safety office hosted a motorcycle safety trainer's course that began on March 5 and ends March 15 as part of a U. S. Air Forces in Europe/Air Forces Africa initiative to have more motorcycle safety trainers.The course is designed to teach motorcycle riders how to coach other

  • 'Seeing' safety important in deployed maintenance

    Melting skin, permanent blindness and facial scarring can be real hazards that Air Force maintainers face daily.Hazards from hydraulic fluid, engine oil and jet fuel are just a few of the dangers Airmen with the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron have to deal with at home, as well as at

  • COMUSAFE presents medal of distinction to German politician

    Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and U.S. Air Forces Africa commander, presented the USAFE-AFAFRICA Medal of Distinction to a German politician here March 8.Minister President Kurt Beck was honored for his commitment to partnership and his support to American Airmen while serving

  • 352nd SOSS shares medical knowledge with British Army

    British Army Joint Tactical Air Controllers with the 19 Regiment Royal Artillery from Tidworth, Wiltshire, and 3 Battallion The Rifles, from Edinburgh, Scotland, learned about U.S. methods for treating combat injuries March 5 and 6, 2013, when U.S. Air Force personnel from the 352nd Special

  • BPC coaches Croatian Air Force on survival

    Members from the 435th Contingency Response Group building partnership capacity activity visited Croatian air force members at Lucko Air Base, Croatia, Feb. 18 through 22.The Contingency Response Group BPC team is comprised of 20 Airmen from 17 different Air Force Specialty Codes. These members have

  • RAF Croughton tour astonishes local community leaders

    Twelve members of the Aynho Conservative Club (ACE) and Rotary Club of Brackley received an in-depth tour of RAF Croughton March 5.While many people in the British communities of Aynho, Brackley, Croughton and Evenley may drive by RAF Croughton on a daily basis, they never thought they would have an