• Film screening helps Lajes Airmen recognize areas for improvement

    "The Invisible War," a compelling documentary in which women and men recount their past struggles of rape and sexual assaults within the military, is both disturbing and heartbreaking. While some may argue that the 90-minute film is quite one-sided, it brings to light a very serious problem not to

  • More than a volunteer, an American Red Cross warrior

    "It's kind of hard to explain it. Why do I come in here at 7:30 every morning, I'm not getting paid for it?"Jim Williams, Aviano American Red Cross station chair and volunteer, sits in his second floor office just down the hall from where he was once lived as a young Airman. "I like my work, the

  • Shooting for security, trust

    Six Airmen from the 86th Security Forces Squadron participated in a live-fire training event with the Deutsche Bundespolizei, German Federal Police, in Bexbach, Germany Jan. 11."It gives us a chance to familiarize ourselves with their weapon system and tactics especially as it pertains to high risk

  • 'Pilot for a Day:' Just what the doctor ordered

    Shooting down enemy aircraft, hanging with an eagle owl named Twinkle and being awarded pilot's wings was all in a day's work for two boys who participated in the "Pilot for a Day" program here Jan. 9, 2012. Jake Snowling, a 15-year-old Redgrave resident, and Dawson Davidson, an 11-year-old from

  • Senior Leaders visit HAW

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe - Africa commander and command chief visited Pápa Air Base Jan. 7 to meet with the multi-national team and U.S. Airmen assigned to the Heavy Airlift Wing (HAW). The HAW is the operational arm of the Strategic Airlift Capability (SAC) consortium made up of airmen from 12

  • Team Ramstein supports NATO with Patriot deployment to Turkey

    A C-5 Galaxy from the 521st Air Mobility Wing, bound for Turkey, left here today with service members and supplies for the 10th Army Air and Missile Defense Command in support of NATO's Patriot Missile Battery deployment.The flight followed an earlier delivery of equipment by an 86th Airlift Wing

  • 480th FS tests warfighting skills at Red Flag

    Members of the 480th Fighter Squadron departed Spangdahlem Air Base Jan. 4, to participate in Red Flag 13-2 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nev.Red Flag is an annual multiservice and coalition force air-to-air combat operations exercise. Pilots from U.S. and allied countries are set to train in a variety