• FSC assists Airmen throughout career life cycle

    With all the online and automated telephone services available in today’s technologically advanced landscape, it seems to be increasingly rare to pick up the phone or go to an office and talk to an actual person.Family support centers around the command prove that the human connection can never be

  • Confidential sexual assault reporting now in place

    One in three women in the military has been a victim of sexual assault and 39 percent of victims have been raped more than once, said Tech. Sgt. Nancy Dresseen, 48th Fighter Wing Sexual Assault Response Coordinator NCO in charge.In February 2004, the secretary of defense called for a review of all

  • AF Climate Survey launches Oct. 1

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe members have a chance to provide Air Force leadership with feedback through the 2005 Air Force Climate Survey, which runs Oct. 1 through Nov. 23.The survey, offered every two years since 1997, measures how people feel about leadership, supervision, training, recognition and

  • EUCOM begins force protection assessment

    Commander, U.S. European Command, Marine Gen. James L. Jones, recently directed a comprehensive force protection assessment of all installations and facilities within the U.S. EUCOM area of responsibility.The review is currently under way and will be completed within the next 60 days; any required

  • Albanian and Slovakian officers visit Warrior Preparation Center

    Nine Albanian and Slovakian officers visited Germany Sept. 20-23 for a familiarization visit at the Warrior Preparation Center.The officers were shown hands-on tactics through high-tech training demonstrations at the facility, which is jointly owned by U.S. Army Europe and U.S. Air Forces in Europe.

  • Power Pro creates energy to sustain base operations

    For almost any base in the world, electricity is considered a vital necessity and is readily available, but for deployed bases, like Ali Base, there are no permanent electricity lines piped into the installation.It is the responsibility of the 407th Expeditionary Civil Engineer Squadron Power

  • USO Europe Service Salute honors American and German Servicemembers

    A U.S. Air Forces in Europe Airman will be recognized at the 14th Annual United Service Organization Europe Service Salute, Sept. 24 in Wiesbaden, Germany.Senior Airman Monica Leigh Whitmore, 100th Security Forces Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, is one of 10 outstanding junior

  • Air Dominance Center stands up at RAF Lakenheath

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe will open the first Joint and Combined Air Dominance Center of Excellence in the world here Oct.1.The center will leverage existing theater air dominance forces and air-to-air nodes of expertise and use these as a springboard to centralize and sharpen the theater’s focus on

  • USAFE announces Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award nominees

    U.S Air Forces in Europe recently announced the command’s nominees for the 2005 Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award.The award, named in honor of the late Capt. Lance P. Sijan, an Air Force Academy graduate and combat pilot, recognizes the accomplishments of officers and enlisted leaders,

  • 48th EOD wins national award

    “Full spectrum dominance, emergency response, counterterrorism support and support for national defense at home station and abroad,” describes just a portion of why the 48th Civil Engineer Squadron’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight recently won the Air Force Association Citation of Honor.Their