Festival strengthens Italian, American ties

A crowd of more than 2,500 Italians and Aviano Airmen and their families participated in the 6th Annual Italian-American Friendship Festival Sept. 16 in the town of Aviano. The annual festival is held to promote friendship between the American and Italian communities and allows them the opportunity

The big push - Airmen depart RAF Mildenhall for deployed locations

The largest group of Air Expeditionary Force responders this cycle - about 100 Team Mildenhall members - departed for various locations in Southwest Asia Friday. The passenger terminal was packed. Families cuddled in nearly every corner of the ground level. Supportive comments from commanders

Air Force birthday bash

Aircraft crashes, pilot successfully ejects

A pilot from Aviano Air Base successfully ejected from an F-16 military aircraft at approximately 6:30 p.m. Sept. 18 while on a routine high-altitude training mission. Initial reports indicate the pilot, Maj. Timothy Palmer, assigned to the 510th Fighter Squadron, is in good condition pending

Bulgarian Air Force visits RAF Lakenheath

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Squadron exchange boosts experience

Swedish JAS-39 Gripen air and ground crews visited the 493rd Fighter Squadron here Sept. 4 through 12 as part of an international squadron exchange program. The squadrons competed against each other in 1 vs. 1, 2 vs. 1 and 4 vs. 4 air combat maneuvers and tactical intercept missions. "This training

New Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) Civilian External Application Process

Effective 4 Sept 07, AFPC Employment website no longer posts or accepts resumes for external vacancies. Applicants now need to apply via OPM USAJOBS website. In order to receive consideration, applicants must apply directly for vacancies in which they are interested by using the procedures contained

DOD announces change to annual pay increase for some NSPS employees

In a step towards a more robust pay for performance system, the Department of Defense announced Wednesday to grant one-half of the January 2008 government-wide increase to adjust base salaries for 110,000 National Security Personnel System spiral one employees. NSPS is the Department's pay for

126th ARS supports NATO AWACS operations

Twenty-eight thousand feet in the skies above Hamburg, Germany and more than 4,200 miles from home, a crew from a KC-135 Stratotanker refueling squadron supports a NATO AWACS. The 126th Air Refueling Squadron from the Wisconsin Air National Guard stationed at Gen. Mitchell International Airport in