• Lajes Field Airmen offload 220K gallons of fuel, keep mission going

    Members of the 65th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Civil Engineer Squadron and civilian contractors, worked together to offload 220K gallons of unleaded fuel that is vital to ensuring the effectiveness of Lajes Field's aircraft refueling mission at Praia Bay, Jan. 29. When the Madeiro Valleta fuel

  • 480th Fighter Squadron tackles both Red, Green Flags

    Pilots, maintainers, support people and F-16 Fighting Falcons from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, are participating in both Red Flag 13-2 and Green Flag 13-3 until Feb. 1. This is the first time the 480th Fighter Squadron has participated in both flag exercises at the same time.The 480th FS is

  • Search continues for missing pilot

    U.S. and Italian search teams are continuing efforts in the Adriatic Sea to find and rescue a U.S. Air Force fighter pilot who was declared missing during a nighttime training mission Jan. 28.Capt. Lucas Gruenther, 31st Fighter Wing chief of flight safety, was conducting a training sortie in an F-16

  • Recovered debris thought to be wreckage of missing aircraft

    Italian search teams have recovered debris in the Adriatic Sea believed to belong to an F-16 Fighting Falcon which went missing during a nighttime training mission Jan. 28.The fighter jet, assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, was performing a training mission when the base lost contact with the pilot

  • Search and rescue effort continues for missing aircraft

    U.S. military officials are coordinating search and rescue efforts with Italian military and civilian teams following the loss of communication with an Aviano F-16 fighter jet Monday evening.The aircraft, assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing, was performing a training mission over the Adriatic Sea when

  • 5K for a cause-Incirlik supports victims of Sandy Hook tragedy

    As a tribute to the 26 children and staff members killed Dec. 14, 2012 at the Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., members of the Incirlik community participated in a 5K memorial run Jan. 26.More than 100 people attended the event, which was sponsored by the Starlight Chapter of the Order

  • 100th OSS Airman acts as wingman, helps save man in trouble

    A staff sergeant from the 100th Operations Support Squadron received an Air Force Achievement Medal here Jan. 25, after his quick thinking and selfless actions helped possibly save the life of a British man.Jeffrey Thomas, 100th OSS Airfield Management operations supervisor, from Charleston,

  • U.S. planes deliver French troops to Mali

    ISTRES, France - The U.S. Air Force delivered on its promise to Paris by delivering French troops via airlift to Bamako, Mali, Jan. 21.The first C-17 Globemaster III from Dover Air Force Base, Del., took off from here and landed in Bamako Monday afternoon and delivered more than 80,000 pounds of

  • 2013 USAFE - AFAFRICA Youth of the Year Announced

    Xavier R. Thompson from Royal Air Force Lakenheath, United Kingdom, has been named the 2013 U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Air Forces Africa (USAFE - AFAFRICA) Youth of the Year. Son of MSgt Timothy and Georgia Thompson, Xavier attends Lakenheath High School where he maintains a 3.5 GPA. He is