• WWII veteran celebrates Memorial Day with Sabers

    Memorial Day weekend is not just for barbecues. This year, Spangdahlem hosted a distinguished visitor to help kick-off the spirit of the weekend. World War II veteran 1st Lt. Frank Towers spoke to Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps members at Bitburg High School, and then to the public and a

  • 52nd MXG hosts AFSO21 follow-up event

    Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century is on everyone's minds these days. The Airmen of the 52nd Maintenance Group have been reevaluating their resources to make planning and scheduling sorties a more efficient process. This AFSO21 event is a follow-up to the last event that took place in

  • Spangdahlem pilot hits 3,000 hours

    Lt. Col. Steve Bowen, 52nd Operations Support Squadron commander, flew his 3,000th hour Tuesday. Fellow Airmen and pilots celebrated by spraying him with water, a time-honored tradition. Colonel Bowen said that this has never really been a goal for him. He has just always wanted to fly for the Air

  • Airmen prepare for battle

    The Creek Defender exercise held in Baumholder, Germany, helps prepare Airmen for the sights, sounds, and adrenaline rush that they may face while deployed in support of the Global War on Terror. Using after-action reports received from Afghanistan and Iraq, the Creek Defender Cadre developed their

  • Spangdahlem Airmen adopt German village

    Members from the 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron armament flight recently partnered up with residents from the local town of Wilsecker for a "Clean Up Wilsecker Day." The idea of a partnership between the 52nd EMS armament flight and the German town of Wilsecker came from Senior Master Sgt. Gary

  • COMUSAFE delivers speech at Flanders Field American Cemetery

    Gen. Tom Hobbins, Commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe, paid tribute to 368 U.S. servicemembers buried here after dying on the battlefield while liberating Belgium during World War I. Ninety years have passed since the U.S. entered that war, but General Hobbins said no amount of time should ever

  • AFN Eifel Airman named 2007 DoD broadcaster of the year

    Senior Airman Richard Gonzales of American Forces Network Eifel Detachment 9 recently received the 2007 Department of Defense Broadcaster of the Year award at the Defense Information School at Ft. Meade, Md. He was up against members from all services.He said he first wanted to become a broadcaster

  • Cooperation and solving challenges at the African Air Chiefs Conference

    Leaders of 14 African nations' Air Forces gathered here this week to discuss cooperation and challenges affecting the African continent. The event, called the African Air Chiefs Conference, gave a unique opportunity for nations to come together and candidly discuss a wide array of important issues,