• Colonel Matthews takes command of 435th Air Base Wing

    Col. Earl Matthews promised Wednesday to focus on four key areas - safety, readiness, training and personnel - as the new commander of the 435th Air Base Wing. Colonel Matthews took command of the 435th ABW Wednesday in a ceremony in Hangar 1. Col. Kurt Lohide, who has been the 435th ABW commander

  • USAFE Idol 2007 winners announced

    The 2007 USAFE Idol winners were announced on Saturday, April 14 - after a three hour competition between seven base-level Idol winners. In addition to the base-level Idol contestants' performances, the evening also featured music and entertainment by USAFE Band's "Touch 'N Go", the 2006 USAFE Idol

  • Flying tributes: KC-135 nose art modern masterpieces

    Unless you're looking from an engineering perspective, a $40 million aircraft is rarely viewed as a work of art. However, the nose art on the KC-135s deployed here from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing may be modern masterpieces. Nose art on the refueling aircraft was

  • CMSAF visits with Aviano Airmen

    Aviano Airmen had a chance to meet and talk with Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley during his visit here Monday and Tuesday. The Air Force's top enlisted Airman paid a visit to Aviano as part of his U.S. Air Forces in Europe tour. During his stay, he hosted an Airmen's breakfast

  • Prepare for take off: 724th AMS best in AF

    They may be small but they've left a big impact throughout the world. The 724th Air Mobility Squadron left such a large impact that it was awarded the Air Force Small Air Terminal Unit of the Year for fiscal year 2006. "This is very exciting," said Lt. Col. Christine Erlewine, 724th AMS commander.

  • BHS memorializes former student

    Members of Spangdahlem Air Base gathered to honor a fallen Operations Iraqi Freedom Airmen with local ties to the Bitburg High School April 5. Maj. Troy "Trojan" Gilbert graduated from BHS in 1989 feeling a need to serve his country. Upon graduation he left Germany to attend the Air Force Academy

  • Spang enlisted heritage committee contributes display, history

    The Parish Enlisted Heritage Room at the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Headquarters building at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, recently received a new addition to its already historical collection of displays and artifacts. The 52nd Fighter Wing Enlisted Heritage Committee delivered a custom-made glass and

  • USAFE medics see 250, find possible cases for study

    For seven hours, the team of six Air Force medics, working side by side with Ghanaian military doctors, worked out the patient flow kinks and were able to see 250 patients in the jungle village of Taviefe Tuesday. The medics are in Ghana for a weeklong joint medical mission providing care to locals

  • CMSAF visits Incirlik, brings words of wisdom

    Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Rodney J. McKinley visited Turkey April 7 to April 9, leaving Team Incirlik with some parting words of wisdom during an all Airmen's call in Hangar Four.Chief McKinley talked about many things, but none more important than winning the current war."Our number

  • USAFE team arrives in Ghana, aids disease research

    Medics from the U.S. Air Forces in Europe arrived in Accra, Ghana, Saturday as part of a medical exchange initiative with the Ghana military and to help further a Naval research study on leishmaniasis, a parasite that causes skin sores. The team is partnering with Ghana military physicians to