• 1st Combat Comm joins 17th Air Force in supporting presidential visit

    Setting up forward communications is the bread and butter of the 1st Combat Communications Squadron. The unit routinely deploys to remote and bare-base environments to set up communications from scratch. On arrival at Accra, Ghana June 30, the team was met with their standard challenges - austere

  • 17th Air Force supports presidential visit to Ghana

    Before President Barack Obama could land to an unprecedented reception in Accra, Ghana, Friday evening, Airmen, Sailors, and Marines were on the ground days in advance, preparing. More than 150 troops in Accra and over 1000 Sailors and Marines aboard the USS Iwo Jima (LHD 7) came together in the

  • Controllers pick up NATO training mission

    Liberty Wing air traffic controllers set the standard for training to meet NATO and EUCOM mission requirements recently when they trained eight Spanish air traffic controllers prior to their upcoming NATO deployment. The Spanish controllers were here for two weeks, and they will be followed by

  • Lakenheath skyline altered forever

    For more than 40 years two water towers were synonymous with RAF Lakenheath. Many new Airmen used the towers as reference points when first learning the base, and they grew into one of the major features of the skyline here. Those towers were removed recently when the final steps of a $22-million

  • Senior Leader Engagement boosts relationships in Africa

    Focused on establishing a strong bond with African partners, Maj. Gen. Ronald Ladnier, commander of Seventeenth Air Force and U.S. Air Forces Africa, traveled to Botswana and South Africa June 7-12 to meet with local defense force officials and interagency partners in the U.S. Embassies of both

  • RAF Feltwell Fourth of July celebration opens gates to the public

    The aromatic smell of barbeque and fried foods drifted all over RAF Feltwell, and the screams of people riding fast-moving carnival rides could be heard for miles as people gathered to celebrate the Fourth of July. More than 30,000 people from the 48th Fighter Wing, 100th Air Refueling Wing and

  • USAFE First Sergeants’ Conference provides venue for change

    "I am a First Sergeant. My job is people-Every One is my Business. I dedicate my time and energy to their needs; Their health, morale, discipline and welfare." - First Sergeant Motto First sergeants from across U.S. Air Forces in Europe represented their bases at the 2009 USAFE First Sergeants'

  • Sabers help shape future 52nd FW

    Wing leadership at Spangdahlem is striving to continuously improve the way the mission is accomplished here, and they want every Saber, from the newest slick-sleeves and butter bars to retired chief master sergeants now in the civilian work force, to participate in the process. There are a number of