• Chief explains what it takes to be recognized

    The question lingers: What does it take to be recognized? For Airmen and noncommissioned officers, recognition can be a confusing issue, so let’s talk quarterly awards. What does it take to get recognized? For Airmen and NCOs, recognition as a quarterly or annual award winner can be a bullet on a

  • USAFE activates new wing at RAF Mildenhall

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe activated a new wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England , May 12 enhancing USAFE’s ability to provide support to all of the command’s geographically separated units in the United Kingdom. Commanded by Col. Blake Lindner, the mission of the 501st Combat Support Wing will

  • Command names maintenance award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials recently announced the winners of the 2004 Maintenance Management and Operations awards. The winners are: Maintenance Management Systems Professional Senior NCO of the Year (2R0) -- Master Sgt. Robert J. Tabler, Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England Maintenance

  • USAFE, NATO team up for Latvian air policing mission

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe Airmen teamed up with their Latvian counterparts and other NATO allies to ensure safe skies for President George W. Bush’s recent Baltic nation visit. More than 50 USAFE Airmen from across the command supported Task Force Salty Weasel, the operational name for USAFE’s

  • German Defense Minister, Minister-President view RMTP progress

    German Defense Minister Peter Struck, Rheinland-Pfalz Minister-President Kurt Beck and State Minister Karl Peter Bruch visited here May 6 to receive an update on the Rhein-Main Transition Program. During their visit, they toured the Air Mobility Command passenger and freight terminal areas, reviewed

  • USAFE to activate new wing at RAF Mildenhall

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe plans to activate a new wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, May 12, to enhance USAFE’s ability to provide support to all the command’s geographically-separated units throughout the United Kingdom. The new unit will be commanded by Col. Blake Lindner, currently

  • Extreme Summer 2005 offers activities, prizes

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Extreme Summer program, which officially runs from June 1 through Aug. 31, is holding early enrollment through May. The Extreme Summer program encourages people to get involved in a variety of existing and new services and community activities, and it allows people to

  • Pilots train for electronic combat

    In today’s technologically advanced wartime environment, training in a realistic electronic combat threat environment is essential. Attached to the 86th Airlift Wing, Detachment 2, or Multinational Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility Polygone, is charged with training pilots on how to avoid

  • Sailor's long voyage leads to U.S. citizenship

    On April 20, a sailor from the Naval Air Facility here became the first service member to gain U.S. citizenship while stationed in England. Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Delosreyes became a U.S. citizen under the recently revised U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act, with revisions that

  • NCO sets pace to help Air Force family

    Like many service members, Master Sgt. Pat Combs wanted to do something for the families of the nine base members who lost their lives in the MC-130H crash in Albania March 31. What he ended up doing on April 16, however, might seem unimaginable to most people on base. He ran. And ran. And ran. And,