• Top chaplain speaks at Lajes National Prayer Luncheon

    Did you hear the one about the rabbi, the priest and the two Protestant ministers who went out for a cruise late one night?One wouldn't typically expect to hear this kind of question asked at a national prayer luncheon, but at the one held at Lajes Field here Feb. 7, Chaplain (Maj. Gen.) Cecil

  • Red Flag 11-2 provides Belgians realistic training

    Belgian air force C-130 Hercules aircrew members from Melsbroek Air Base are taking advantage of training in a large force exercise with real aggressor squadrons during Red Flag 11-2."We can train airdrops at home, but what we cannot do at home is integrate with a large force exercise and integrate

  • Incirlik Airman receives AFCAM

    An Airman from the 39th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently received the Air Force Combat Action Medal.Senior Airman Nicholas Karpenko, 39th CES EOD journeyman, was awarded the AFCAM Jan. 13 for his combat actions while assigned to the 506th Expeditionary Civil

  • NATO senior enlisted leader briefs Incirlik chiefs

    The senior enlisted leader at Allied Air Component Command Izmir visited Incirlik for a professional development seminar with the 11 chief master sergeants and chiefs-select here Jan. 28.OR-9 Sandrine Vidal, of the French air force, traveled to Incirlik to conduct the professional development

  • Air bridge sustains coalition lives, Afghan security

    There's a bridge connecting land-locked Afghanistan to America's East Coast.Metaphorically, the bridge has trusses spanning continents. Literally, it's a lifeline to ground combat units, as without that bridge Soldiers would lack vital life-sustaining supplies."Life at my combat outpost would be

  • Weapons controllers share knowledge with German counterparts

    Effective communication and teamwork are an essential part of any long-term relationship. The relationship between Spangdahlem Air Base and its host country, Germany, is no different. Cultural exchange and international team building are a part of daily life in the Eifel region.Eight German officers

  • C-20, Airmen return after one-of-a-kind deployment

    The 76th Airlift Squadron's C-20H Gulfstream IV returned to Ramstein after a 10-month deployment to Afghanistan Feb. 1.This deployment directly supported the International Security Assistance Force commander, marking the first time a C-20H was based in Afghanistan. "Our squadron stood up this

  • USAFE commander, command chief visit 435th AGOW

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Chief Master Sgt. David Williamson, USAFE command chief, visited the Airmen of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing Jan. 28, to see firsthand the different capabilities the unit brings to the fight.The visit gave General Welsh and

  • Nigerians receive first C-130 after PDM

    After more than a year of major repairs and maintenance, the U.S. Air Force helped return to operational service the first of five C-130 Hercules aircraft to Nigeria Jan. 21. Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) is orchestrating the capacity-building activity with its partner nation, which