• SAFETY FIRST: Safe Summer Cookin'

    Do you smell it? The aroma of slow-burning charcoal, sizzling steaks, hot dogs and fresh Alaskan salmon is lingering in the mild Suffolk air.The British summer is in full-swing. For many Americans, the sporadic hot, sunny days are a prime opportunity to fire up the old barbecue, and grill their

  • New USAFE vice commander arrives

    Maj. Gen. Noel T. Jones officially assumed his new position as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe vice commander here today.Jones has been selected for promotion and will pin on the rank of lieutenant general in August. "It is a privilege and an honor to be selected as the vice commander for USAFE,"

  • Air and space ops continue as leadership changes

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -- As its Airmen maintained their 24-hour vigil at their terminals while ensuring a constant overwatch of air and space operations over Europe and Africa, the 603rd Air and Space Operations center changed its leadership in a ceremony today here at Hangar 1.Col. Jeffrey

  • AF captain leads Normandy 'invasion'

    Timing, precision, guts and excellence; this is the mission commander.Taking more than 100 men and women from their home station and dropping them on a foreign piece of land with one main mission; getting the aircraft and people to the right places at the right times.One captain, who has been on

  • 48th CMS helps Airmen meet education goals

    "Knowledge is power." Airmen of the 48th Component Maintenance Squadron took the words of Sir Francis Bacon to heart when they started a new education initiative at RAF Lakenheath called "The Avionics University.""The Air Force is increasing its emphasis on education, both on duty and off, so I

  • Polish AF flies in Red Flag for first time

    Imagine boarding a C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft and making the flight across the Atlantic Ocean to a place where they speak a language that isn't your native language. This isn't your normal U.S. Air Force deployment, but actually a Polish Air Force deployment to Alaska to participate in Red

  • Estonian Prime Minister visits Saber Strike 2012

    Estonian Prime Minister Andrus Ansip visited Airmen from the Michigan Air National Guard who were operating fighter and aerial refueling aircraft at the Amari Air Base in Estonia during Saber Strike 2012, an exercise based in Estonia and Latvia aimed at building partnership between the host nations