• Volleyball: Bringing nations together

    Male and female volleyball teams representing air forces from six nations took part in NATO's 2012 Allied Air Component Ramstein Volleyball Championship Tournament at RAF Lakenheath March 26 to 28.The tournament, sponsored by the Headquarters Allied Air Command Ramstein Inter-Nation Sports Board,

  • Healing Peru: Airmen depart to support medical needs of indigenous people

    Several members of the 65th Medical Group, as well as a few other active duty members within the U.S. Air Force, will participate in a medical volunteer humanitarian project in the rural highlands of the Andes Mountains in Peru April 1 through 15.This is part of a program called the Q'ewar Project

  • Emerging missions highlighted by 3rd AF commander

    Prior to his change of command ceremony, Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, outgoing 3rd AF commander, reflected on his time here in his sixth command position.He said that the position here in Europe was significant to him as a naturalized citizen, born in Slovenia."The opportunity to command at the 3-star

  • Liberty Defenders named Air Force's Outstanding Security Forces Large Unit

    The 48th Security Forces Squadron was named the Air Force's Outstanding Security Forces Large Unit March 13, 2012. The award is given out every year to the most highly performing security forces squadron across the Air Force and this is the first time in 29 years the 48th SFS has been recognized as

  • Eyes on the JTAC

    A simulated Army platoon cautiously approaches a quiet urban village, their senses are heightened, no friendlies are in the area, but they know they have a target to take care of.The ground commander stops everyone at a safe distance; he hears the enemy and tells everyone to take cover. He takes a

  • Changes to milpay increase efficiency

    The Defense Military Pay Office returned to U.S. Air Forces in Europe command March 26. Milpay transactions include cost of living allowance, family separation allowance and more, which will now be processed by finance offices from each individual base instead of at the Central Processing Center at

  • Every military working dog has his day

    A retirement ceremony held March 23 in the 39th Security Forces Squadron guardmount room honored a hero who began his Air Force service shortly after birth.A Belgian Malinois military working dog named Max, who arrived at Incirlik in April 2002, retired because of deteriorating health conditions

  • Wings of Dixie supports MIOS, boosts morale at Incirlik

     Incirlik Airmen and family members had a chance to boogie as the Wings of Dixie band delivered toe-tapping tunes March 22-23.Wings of Dixie, a jazz ensemble for U.S. Air Forces in Europe, visited Incirlik as part of their Music in Our Schools Tour -- a national program promoting funding for musical

  • Airman reunites with family by surprise

    An Airmen from the 52nd Force Support Squadron reunited with her family March 26 after returning three weeks early from a deployment to southwest Asia.Staff Sgt. Emma Hicks deployed with the 332nd Expeditionary Force Support Squadron Lodging Flight and had been scheming for almost six months on how