• Buzzards deploy, land safely

    More than 240 maintainers and pilots from the 510th Fighter Squadron and 510th Aircraft Maintenance Unit deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq, Jan. 10. To prepare for a large-scale deployment such as this one, both units underwent extensive preparation and training. "We actually started about a year out

  • AFSO 21: 31st OG discusses ways to save time

    With the upcoming force reduction cuts in the maintenance career fields base officials held a week-long Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century meeting to determine how to save manpower in the 31st Operations Group. The meeting focused on combining the two aircraft maintenance units and

  • Operation Yellow Ribbon supports troops

    Operation Yellow Ribbon volunteers demonstrated their support Saturday and Sunday for hundreds of troops deploying both from and transiting through Aviano, with snacks, beverages and a friendly face. About 70 Aviano members were at Hangar Four preparing to deploy and about 210 troops deploying from

  • Squadrons share tips for DUI prevention

    At least four 31st Fighter Wing squadrons have gone more than 1,000 days without a DUI. As of press time, the 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron has gone 2,148 days - or almost six years - without a DUI; the 31st Dental Squadron has gone 2,131 days- or nearly six years - without a DUI; the 31st

  • Farewell to the Jet 48

    As the years go by, many things change. Compact discs have made way for mp3 players, floppy disks have been replaced by memory sticks and the majority of households now have internet wired into their homes. Many people across the globe are turning to the internet as a more convenient way to shop,

  • Lajes lauches Commander's Access Channel

    The Lajes Field Community Access Channel officially launched here Dec. 31, 2006, when the 65th Air Base Wing commander cut the ribbon at the Community Center during the Family New Year's Party.The new channel makes news and information about Lajes' events and facilities available for all customers

  • 100th ARW Public Affairs office merges with 100th CS Multimedia

    The Air Force is changing the way it communicates with its Airmen and the rest of the world by merging base multimedia and public affairs shops. The service-wide merger will allow the Air Force to communicate better and is scheduled to become effective Oct. 1, though the offices here have already