• AFN Spangdahlem: Getting a new location, equipment

    American Forces Network Spangdahlem was recently given $166,000 of new equipment from Defense Media Activity including high definition television studio equipment, cameras and HD decoders for AFN television services.AFN Spangdahlem is currently located at Bitburg Annex and the equipment received

  • Lajes fuels E-3 in support of NATO operations in Libya

    An E-3 Sentry from the 552nd Air Control Wing at Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., stopped at Lajes Field after returning from its mission in support of NATO Operation Unified Protector April 11, 2011.Operation Unified Protector is part of NATO's contribution efforts to protect civilians in Libya, as

  • Emergency fund--plan for the next "big one"

    The recent prospect of a federal government "shutdown" provided a wake-up call that all Airmen (military and civilian) must have an emergency fund. How many of us were really ready for "no pay" or "reduced pay" on April 15, 2011? The scenario of a "no pay due" caused wide-spread alarm, and many

  • Boarders at Spangdahlem have new home

    Airmen around the base, along with the Spangdahlem Outdoor Recreation staff, volunteered their time to build a new skate park in the housing area here in an effort to boost morale."It has taken a couple of years, but finally we have a new park that anyone on the base can use for recreation," Outdoor

  • New 'MoneyU' financial program reduces impact on mission

    Similar to an unending need to stay healthy and be physically fit, many people sometimes wonder if the struggle for total financial success will ever end. There is good news. The Airman and Family Readiness Center's financial advisors, assigned to the 65th Force Support Squadron, here help members

  • Sharp communication needed for Operation Unified Protector

    As part of the NATO-led Operation Unified Protector, 313th Air Expeditionary Wing crews flying air refueling missions work with aircraft from several partner nations.Good communication is key to the air-refueling process. On any given sortie, tankers might be operating at different altitudes with

  • Lajes Field aids C-130...in the fight

    A C-130 Hercules from Cannon Air Force Base, N.M., refueled at Lajes Field, Azores, before heading downrange April 11."This is my seventh deployment in my five years of being in," said Staff Sgt. Jonathan Rogers, 16th Special Operations Squadron aerial gunner.Sergeant Rogers added that he picked the

  • Teamwork essential to safely recovering aircraft

    Their job is to get planes in the air as quickly as possible, but once a plane is gone, they wait for it to come back.The more than 130 Airmen who work on ground crews here ensure when an aircraft lands after completing a 10-hour mission over the area of responsibility, it receives the best of care