• Mission Complete: Carpathian Spring 2011 comes to a close

    After a week of training between more than 70 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers and their Romanian counterparts, Carpathian Spring officially came to a close March 18.Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, 435th Contingency Response Group, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation

  • Fire dangers present in nightclubs, bars

    Fourteen people died and approximately 200 injured when a fire erupted inside a nightclub in Volendam, The Netherlands, in 2001. Nearly 150 people died and approximately 150 injured at a nightclub in Perm, Russia, in 2009. One hundred and ninety were left dead and more than 700 injured at a

  • Lithuanian Armed Forces members observe Ramstein Silver Flag course

    Eight members of the Lithuanian Armed Forces traveled to Ramstein to observe a silver flag training course here March 9-16.Silver flag is a seven-day training exercise where Airmen practice their contingency skill sets; to include setting up and maintaining a bare base, conducting post attack

  • Coalition launches 'Operation Odyssey Dawn'

    Coalition forces launched "Operation Odyssey Dawn" March 19 to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from the country's ruler.The goal of the military coalition is to prevent further attacks by regime forces on Libyan citizens, officials said, adding that the

  • U.S. Air Force aircraft strike Libya

    U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits, F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16CJ Fighting Falcons launched during the early hours in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which is centered on protecting Libyan citizens from any further harm from Libyan leader Muammar

  • Personnel recovery task force rescues aircrew in exercise

    A group of Air Force pararescuemen and an Army site security team conducted a rescue mission for survivors of an aircraft crash near Djibouti Feb. 26. The disaster was part of an exercise scenario, but the response was anything but simulated.Complete with actors representing local nationals, this

  • Incirlik Airmen strengthen partnership with local doctors

    Airmen at the 39th Medical Group here held an open house for their Turkish counterparts from two local hospitals March 10, to build stronger partnerships between the organizations, 39th Medical Group officials said.More than 30 doctors, nurses, general managers, and administrators from the Birlesik