• Smokeout for a healthier life

    Hundreds of Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing took the pledge to be tobacco-free for 24 hours during the Great American Smokeout Nov. 20. The Health and Wellness Center staff, along with two life-sized cigarettes named "Ciggy," passed out information at the main gate and at the BX on the Great

  • LEAD program: Enlisted Airman's path to the Academy

    As a high school senior, Katie Newkirk was making all the typical choices a senior has to make as graduation gets closer. An eye opening discussion with her dad was the clincher in a decision that would help determine her future. The Police Captain asked her to factor in life issues such as job

  • Volunteers strengthen community

    The Incirlik Village park project began Nov. 15 as a way for the base community to reach-out and help the citizens of Incirlik by renovating a village park with fresh paint, landscaping and equipment. "It all started when Master Sgt. Edward Gunter (39th Operations Squadron) and his wife Darcy,

  • Airmen reach out to local children's home

    More than 20 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron Airmen volunteered their time and talents with Lithuanian children Nov. 15 at the District Vijurkai Children's Home in Vijurkai, Lithuania. The Airmen, deployed from the 48th Fighter Wing, RAF Lakenheath, England, to perform the NATO Baltic Air

  • Readiness paramount in Baltic Air Policing mission

    U.S. Air Force pilots and aircraft maintainers with the 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron hold a high standard of readiness and a constant vigil here, ready to police the sovereign airspace of the Baltic nations at a moment's notice. To perform this NATO air defense mission, the aircrews are

  • U.S. personnel join Lithuanians for Armed Forces Day celebration

    The 493rd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron commander and other U.S. Airmen joined the Lithuanian armed forces Nov. 16 to celebrate 90 years of service here. The event was attended by several local Lithuanian armed forces dignitaries, including the Siauliai base commander. Members of the Lithuanian

  • Beale SF demonstrates 'Global Reach,' supports Incirlik

    Located 40 miles north of Sacramento in the heart of Northern California, Beale Air Force Base is home to the 9th Security Forces Squadron, an organization whose members are more than accustomed to a rigorous deployment tempo. In the past 18 months, for example, Beale Security Forces Airmen deployed

  • 31st AMXS clinches top DoD award

    The 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron proved they were not only the premiere maintenance squadron in the Air Force, but also in the Department of Defense, winning one of the six 2008 Secretary of Defense Field-level Maintenance Awards. The Secretary of Defense Maintenance Awards are given annually

  • 17th ramping up after IOC

    Airmen from Seventeenth Air Force have proudly donned their 17th AF patches since their activation Oct. 1. Out of garrison, they also proudly don their "U.S. Air Forces Africa" patches. In the first 30 days since declaring initial operational capability, aerial missions on the continent have

  • Ceremony pays tribute to UH-60 crash victims, unveils memorial

    Members of the Aviano Air Base and Santa Lucia di Piave communities joined together Nov. 8 to unveil a special memorial honoring those U.S. military members who lost their lives in a tragic UH-60 Blackhawk crash on Nov. 8, 2007 and to remember those Italian World War I heroes of Piave. The memorial,