• Making friends in South Africa

    Nearly 45,000 people came out to see aerial demonstrations and static aircraft displays at the 2011 Waterkloof Air Show Oct. 1.One of the biggest draws, however, was a group of American Airmen and their aircraft invited by the South African Air Force.The visiting aircraft included a KC-135

  • Preparing for the big show

    The thunder can be heard from miles away; it grows louder and louder as it approaches and within minutes the silhouette of an U.S. Air Force HC-130 aircraft can be easily seen in the horizon. As the aircraft approaches, the back door opens and out comes an all-terrain vehicle and four Guardian

  • Lajes earns 'Excellent' ORI rating

    The unrelenting preparation of Airmen at Lajes finally paid off when the results of the combined Operational Readiness and Limited Unit Compliance Inspections were announced to a packed crowd at the base theater on the morning of Sept. 19. After a five-day inspection, which was conducted Sept. 12

  • Overseas COLA levels to drop

    Beginning Oct. 1, American service members and their families living overseas will see a reduction in their Cost of Living Allowance. The extent of the reduction depends on the member's rank, years of service, number of dependents and duty location. For example, for service members stationed at

  • Airmen travel to Tunisia for humanitarian assistance projects

    Members of the U.S. military traveled to Tunisia Sept. 12-17 to work on six humanitarian assistance projects worth $1.8 million that will ultimately benefit the different communities in the most northern nation in Africa.Working alongside the U.S. Embassy's Humanitarian Assistance program and U.S.

  • Base personnel honor POW/MIA

    Team Aviano concluded its POW/MIA commemoration week with a retreat ceremony Sept. 29 at the 31st Fighter Wing Headquarters. Base members spent the week honoring the prisoners of war and those missing in action. Brig. Gen. Scott Zobrist, 31st Fighter Wing commander, and Italian air force Col. Luca

  • U.S. pilot remembered after 55 years

    Vincenca Teriaca said she always knew that her father went down with his aircraft. It wasn't until she Googled his name after Father's Day that she realized how much of an impact he still had on people.For the residents of Schopp, Germany -- a village of more than 1,400 residents 12 miles from

  • Exercise Brilliant Arrow hits bulls-eye on international relations

    Germany hosted Exercise Brilliant Arrow, an international multi-service exercise designed as a live flying and command post exercise, Sept. 12 - 23.Exercise Brilliant Arrow 2011 provided force integration and mission readiness training in preparation for NATO Response Force 2012.Military Services

  • Airmen make a special day for St. Martin's school children

    "This day is a bigger day for the children than Christmans," said St. Martin's School teacher, Anne-Marie Heinen of St. Martin's Children's Day hosted by Spangdahlem Air Base Sept. 22.This year 256 Saber Airmen volunteered for the 16th annual German-American partnership building day. "This is a very