Air Forces Africa over Niger

Air Forces Africa supports U.S.-Moroccan exercise

Seventeenth Air Force's Airmen and aircraft recently played a key role in the bilateral U.S.-Moroccan exercise African Lion. The ongoing exercise, which runs through June 4, includes a variety of military training events and features humanitarian civic assistance activities across five different

Musical ambassadors return to USAFE

Airmen of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band have returned here after performing 19 public outreach concerts for over 8,000 people in six Eastern European countries. The Direct Hit popular music combo brought the sounds of rhythm and blues, soul and today's pop to audiences in Moldova and Bulgaria.

CONTRACT AWARDED FOR KMCC SPORTS LOUNGE

 A recently awarded contract grants a local business owner control and management rights to the sports lounge area of the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center here. The contract, awarded April 27, provides Ramstein village based concessionaire Andreas Hausmann the opportunity to hire staff,

Ramstein paralegal named best in Air Force

Master Sgt. Kristen Orcutt, 435th Air Base Wing Legal office, noncommissioned officer in charge for legal operations was recently selected as the Yates-Popwell Award winner for 2008. The Karen Yates-Popwell Award is an Air Force level award that recognizes the active-duty senior noncommissioned

Ramstein selects new SNCOs

Supervisors and subordinates came together at the Ramstein Officers Club to celebrate the promotion of their co-workers to master sergeant May 15. Ramstein took 301 of the 5,604 line numbers the Air Force used to promote 24.62 percent of the 22,748 eligible technical sergeants. The promotion list

RAF Mildenhall celebrates 75 years of air history

A dismal morning rainstorm didn't stop servicemembers and civilians from gathering at RAF Mildenhall May 15 to celebrate the base's 75th anniversary. The event included aircraft displays- both flying and static -and as several demonstrations showcasing different parts of the RAF Mildenhall mission.

New uniforms: Comfortable, functional are goals

 Officials from the Uniform Program Office here continue to work for Airmen, researching and purchasing uniforms that provide more function, protection and comfort. The Air Force chief of staff met with office personnel April 21 for an update on clothing issues Airmen face as they support global

86th CRG celebrates tenth anniversary

When Col. Cliff Bray was called into Gen. John Jumper' s office in 1999 to discuss the creation of a new kind of unit, the general had a big idea. "He really gave us very little guidance. He told us three or four things," recalled Colonel Bray, now retired after 30 years in the Air Force. General

General's aide dedicated to her fitness regimen

Capt. Charlotta Blalock admits she gets some strange reactions from people when she does push-ups in the aisle of an aircraft 41,000 feet above the Atlantic Ocean. "I get teased a lot. My boss thinks I'm nuts," said Captain Blalock, an amateur figure competitor of the National Physique Committee who