• ADVON team arrives at RAF Fairford

    The advance echelon team, or ADVON, comprised of 14 service members from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and the 86th Airlift Wing with help from the 5th Quartermaster Company arrived at RAF Fairford, April 19.The behind-the-scenes team traveled to the bare base to make final preparations for

  • Four more for the score

    On Feb. 26, 2008, Lt. Col. Bryan Patchen, 603rd Air and Space Operations Center deputy commander for mission integration, was diagnosed with thyroid cancer. The next two months he endured his physical "low point," as he underwent surgery and began treatment for the disease.Now, four years later,

  • USO tour brings high spirits to KMC

    The United Service Organizations' spring tour brought the Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and a cast of celebrities to show their support for service members and their families here, April 19."It has been a wonderful opportunity to meet great Airmen and other joint warriors who are here

  • Italian memorial honors American hero

    It was on Christmas Day 1943 when 23-year-old Maj. Hugh Muse Jr. made the ultimate sacrifice for his country when his aircraft was shot down by enemy fire over Italian soil.Now, 69 years later, a memorial plaque in Muse's honor was unveiled on April 14 in the small Italian town of Vighizzolo D'Este

  • Lajes observes Holocaust Days of Remembrance

    A 5K Run in which participants ran in remembrance of the victims of the Holocaust took place at Lajes today. Each runner carried names of victims in support of the theme "Choosing to Act: Stories of Rescue."Congress established the Days of Remembrance, April 15 to 22, as an annual commemoration of

  • Lajes contracting NCO wins AF award

    On a tiny island in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, there's a tiny base that is doing big things.Team Lajes, comprised of less than 2,600 members, has won a number of Air Force level awards to include the 2011 Air Force Fuels Civilian Technician of the Year, 2011 Air Force Outstanding Mental