• Sugarland delivers sweet sound of home to Airmen

    In a dimly-lit hangar on the flightline, the crowd erupted in applause as one of country music's biggest sensations, Sugarland, took the stage. Performing for its first time in Europe on March 6, it was only fitting that the band's first show be in front of a mostly American audience -

  • AF recognizes Airman for emergency response efforts

    What should have been a typical day of leave for a contracting senior airman, turned into an experience where his actions and assistance earned him an Air Force Achievement Medal. Senior Airman Randal Kyllo, then assigned to the 3rd Contracting Squadron in Elmendorf Air Force Base, Alaska, was

  • Aviano Airmen garner top honors in USAFE media contest

    Four 31st Fighter Wing Public Affairs photographers and journalists stepped out from the behind the scenes this week to claim top honors in the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Media Contest. Staff Sgt. Patrick Dixon earned the USAFE Photographer of the Year title, while Airman 1st Class Ashley Wood

  • Team Mildenhall assists RAF airmen with speedy redeployment

    When servicemembers return home after a six-month deployment, the fewer things standing between them and their loved ones, the better. Knowing that, Team Mildenhall wasted no time helping about 150 Royal Air Force members returning from Afghanistan get through the necessary return procedures and on

  • Aviano Post Office receives special USAFE delievery

    The Aviano Post Office received a special delivery last week as it was given the title "Best Large Air Force Post Office" in the U.S. Air Forces Europe. Having toppled the seven other competitors in its category, the post office now goes up for the Air Force-level competition later this year.

  • Former commander Heflebower visits new 17th AF

    Seventeenth Air Force took an opportunity to reconnect with its heritage recently when retired Air Force Lt. Gen. Charles Heflebower met with senior leadership at the newly reactivated unit's headquarters here Feb. 3. General Heflebower was the last commander of 17th AF before its inactivation at

  • Maj. Gen. Ladnier presides as 449th gets new CC

    The 449th Air Expeditionary Group, one of Seventeenth Air Force's expediationary units, held a change of command ceremony here this morning. Seventeenth Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier was the senior officer present and guest speaker at the ceremony. The ceremony was the first of its kind for the

  • Lajes Field member immerses in Azorean culture

    Laughter filled the air in a crowded music hall in the town of Fontinhas during the last day of "Carnaval," Feb. 24, as Azorean dance troupes, known as "Danças de Carnaval" or carnival dances, performed throughout the night. Over 60 dance troupes from all the cities and towns around Terceira