• Lakenheath Airman lauded for "cutting edge" efforts

    An Airman assigned to the 48th Fighter Wing here was recently lauded as one of the first-ever recipients of the Air Intercept Missile -9X Cutting Edge Award. Staff Sgt. Antonio Guerrero, a precision guided munitions crew chief assigned to 48th Munitions Squadron, was named as one of the a 2004

  • Education programs shape Airman's future

    As I waited for the man behind the desk to review my file, I looked at the name placard: William Berlin, Education counselor. This was my first visit to an education counselor since enlisting four years earlier. I wasn’t sure what counseling I was to receive, but it was part of the enrollment

  • Inspirational speaker helps make the "connection"

    The inspirational speaker and primary contributing author to the "Chicken Soup for the Soul” series spoke here April 7 in support of Project Connect, one of 15 U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s combat and special interest programs. Dan Clark’s message related to Project Connect, a U.S. Air Forces in

  • Mildenhall Airman honored with Spirit of Hope nomination

    An Airman assigned to Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, was recently honored as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe nominee for the 2005 U.S. Armed Forces Spirit of Hope award. Chaplain (Capt.) Chad W. Zielinski, 100th Air Refueling Wing, was nominated for demonstrating the highest degree of

  • Inspector General combats lack of communication

    Someone once said, “listening is the fine art of hearing more than you want to hear.” After nearly a year on the job as the 100th Air Refueling Wing’s Inspector General, I have a newfound appreciation for the difficulties inherent in this statement. A vast majority of cases the IG receives stem from

  • Common thread: Air Force family units through tragedy

    April 5 was both one of the saddest and proudest days of my life. As a new member of Air Force Special Operations Command, one of my first duties was to travel to RAF Mildenhall, to help support the 352nd Special Operations Group after one of its C-130s crashed in Albania during a joint/combined

  • Character is foundation of Air Force service

    All of us who comprise this great Air Force team came to its ranks as individuals. The makeup of basic training, Reserve Officer Training Corps or the Air Force Academy classes are likely a small microcosm of America with representatives from all races, economic classes and regions of our great

  • Contact lens wear not allowed downrange

    Blowing sand, smoke and fine dust particles are an eyeball’s worst nightmare. Now imagine holding up your unit because you have “something in your eye.” This type of scenario is exactly what optometrists fear most when Airmen wear contact lenses instead of their glasses while working in a deployed

  • COMUSAFE honored with Order of the Sword

    Before a packed house at the Ramstein Officers’ Club, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander was bestowed the enlisted corps' highest honor Aug. 26.Gen. Robert H. “Doc” Foglesong, who’s led USAFE since August 2003, was inducted into the command’s Order of the Sword before nearly 600 enlisted

  • Joint Turkish and American patrols keep people, assets safe

    Sports coaches the world over tell their players it takes the entire team to make a plan work. This also holds true here. Without joint American and Turkish patrols, Incirlik wouldn’t be the safe place that it is.“The only defense is an integrated base defense,” said Maj. Bryan Gillespie, 39th