• IndyCar drivers take pit stop at Ramstein

    Former IndyCar racing rivals teamed up to visit servicemembers at Ramstein during a 10-day tour that will bring them through Europe and the Middle East to boost morale of servicemembers serving overseas.Mario Andretti, Al Unser Jr. and Larry Foyt are a few of the names who have visited

  • AF automates active-duty assignment notifications

    The Air Force is automating active-duty assignment notifications for Airmen in the ranks of lieutenant colonel and below beginning Jan. 21. Airmen will receive an e-mail notification about their new assignments and have seven days to acknowledge their assignments through the Virtual Military

  • Air Force surgeon general visits Aviano

    The Air Force Surgeon General, Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, visited Aviano Air Base Jan. 12 to meet with 31st Medical Group Airmen and discuss his new Family Health Initiative.Aviano was the first base in the medical leader's U.S. Air Forces in Europe tour, which aims to educate military health

  • A RAT helps 493rd EFS get home

    After completing their NATO Baltic air policing mission rotation, the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Airmen only have one thing left to do - get home.According to Senior Airman Scott Knight, an air transportation journeyman with the 493rd EFS Redeployment Action Team, that is where the 493rd

  • 37th AS takes to the water

    Ramstein Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron recently participated in a two-day over-water category 1 training mission which took place over the Atlantic Ocean Jan. 7 and 8. Pilots upgrading to aircraft commander must participate in these types of missions while flying without available navigation

  • USAFE commander visits Aviano

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe's top brass visited Aviano Air Base Jan. 10 to 11 to learn firsthand about the base's mission, vision and priorities as well as to meet with its Airmen.This was Gen. Mark A. Welsh III's first official visit to a USAFE wing since his assumption of command Dec. 13 at

  • HAW, Ramstein team up for training

    Airmen from the Heavy Airlift Wing at Papa Air Base, Hungary and Ramstein personnel are coming together Jan. 10 to 13 for aerial port training that is scheduled to be conducted near Ramstein and Grafenwoer, Germany.The training will consist of two personnel airdrop flights and two heavy equipment

  • Air Guard officials prepare for new medical mission

    Air National Guard members will begin flying a newly assigned critical care air transport team mission from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 10, the air surgeon said in an interview here Jan. 4.The CCATTs, which consist of a physician specializing in critical care, pulmonology, anesthesiology or

  • Aviano becomes first USAFE base to begin AMT

    Aviano Air Base is the first base in U.S. Air Forces in Europe to begin the new, revolutionary asset marking and tracking system being implemented at Air Force installations around the world. Once fully integrated, the new AMT system will provide 100 percent accountability for all Air Force

  • 52nd FW hosts, attends Red Flag

    It has been said time and time again: a mind is a terrible thing to waste. This fate can be easily avoided, however, with just one simple concept that keeps the mind sharp: practice. From the moment Airmen first enlist to the last day of technical training, they are bombarded and reinforced by the