• Airmen learn vital combat skills

    Crack, crack, crack.A whirlwind of excitement and confusion spurred around the camp. Gunfire echoed through the tents as the Airmen scrambled to find cover.They peered out from the safety of makeshift bunkers as they searched for the source of the sound.Reports flooded across the radio of a team

  • 65 years after leaving RAF Alconbury, WW II veteran returns

    On a typical day from 1942 to 1945, the Royal Air Force Alconbury flightline would be full of activity as aircrews, maintainers and weapons troops prepared as many B-17 Flying Fortresses as they could for missions in Germany.One of those troops was Ted Penn, a quartermaster in the 685th Air Materiel

  • COMUSAFE, Command Chief address headquarters staff

    United States Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Commander Gen. Philip M. Breedlove and Command Chief Master Sergeant Craig A. Adams held their first USAFE-AFAFRICA All Call here Nov. 13, to praise personnel for their achievements and address issues impacting the Air Force. The general

  • Holiday mailing deadlines released

    The 2012 recommended holiday mail deadline dates for postal customers assigned to the European theater of operations are now available. These dates are for mail originating in Europe and destined to locations in the United States. Mail originating in the U.S. and sent to European APO/FPO/DPO

  • Heavy Airlift Wing is fully operational

    U.S. Air Force Colonel Keith P. Boone, commander of the Strategic Airlift Capability Program's Heavy Airlift Wing, declared that "Full Operational Capability" had been achieved for the multinational military Wing.In a statement made during the semi-annual meeting of the SAC Steering Board and the

  • AF brings back field of Airman's dreams

    On July 27, 2012, Airman 1st Class John Allen became a member of the U.S. Air Force softball team. Up until 2010, the 606th Air Control Squadron radio frequency transmission systems technician from Smyrna, Tenn., had never even touched a softball, but having played baseball for 15 years, he missed