• KMC holds 27th annual Special Olympics

    More than 1,600 helpers and 800 athletes participated in the 27th annual German-American Special Olympics on the mobility police grounds here May 12.Nineteen American schools and 39 German schools for people with disabilities from in State of Rhineland-Palatinate, as well as members of the

  • 48th FW trains, builds partnerships at Sentry Gold

    Almost 200 Airmen filled the flightline and 10 F-15s from the 48th Fighter Wing took to the skies in Bulgaria when Sentry Gold started here.The exercise is designed to provide the U.S. Air Force and Bulgarian air force the opportunity to learn from each other and increase their respective NATO

  • U.S. ANG members partner with African nation

    U.S. Air National Guard members traveled to Africa for two weeks in March to develop a construction project-training engagement in the capitol of the Central African Republic, Bagui. The project came in response from a State Department request to U.S. Africa Command to develop a positive interaction

  • 86th AW supports AFAFRICA in Flintlock 10

    Seventeenth Air Force (Air Forces Africa) puts a strong emphasis on building relationships between the U.S. military and African nations.Flintlock 10, a U.S. Africa Command-sponsored exercise running through May 23, does just that. Air Forces Africa has partnered again with the 86th Airlift Wing to

  • Premier Exercise Creates Firsts for European Airmen

    More than 1,600 multinational servicemembers at more than a half-dozen locations throughout Europe came together to participate in U.S. European Command's annual premier exercise which concluded May 7. But what made this year's exercise different was not its size and scope, but three "firsts" for

  • Firefighters joint train at Aviano

    Firefighters with Aviano and Italian Air Force's Rivolto Aeroporto attended an annual Fighting Falcon emergency response action training here. This training is critical in ensuring the safety of pilots and aircrafts. "They are here to learn the emergency procedures for the F-16 aircraft,"

  • 86th AES trains with Romanian counterparts for the first time

    Airmen from Ramstein Air Base's 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, alongside members of the 37th Airlift Squadron and 435th Contingency Response Group, spent the week of May 10 training with their Romanian counterparts.Held at Otopeni Airfield, near Bucharest, Operation Carpathian Summer 2010 was

  • Remembering through Relay for Life

    Team Incirlik helped raise more than $23,000 for Relay for Life this year.  To end the event, a luminary ceremony was held to honor cancer survivors and those who have passed away.

  • Airman steps 'Above the Rest'

    A 31st Logistics Readiness Squadron Airman took their slogan, "Above the Rest," to heart by winning the 2009 Air Force Vehicle Operations Airman of the Year award recently. Senior Airman Guadalupe Morales Jr., a 31st LRS vehicle operator, who recently moved to Holloman Air Force Base, N. M., was

  • First Spangdahlem crew chief returns

    Omar Garcia sat in the front seat of a government owned vehicle, peering out the window in awe as he entered the base."This doesn't look like a base," he said. "It looks like a city."Mr. Garcia was the first crew chief stationed here. During his visit May 7, he saw how much the base has grown and