• American-German support agreement signed at Ramstein

    German and U.S. Air Forces in Europe leaders met here Dec. 1 to sign an agreement that continues the support arrangement between the two nations on Ramstein.The small gathering was officiated by German air force Lt. Gen. Horst Martin, Commander, Allied Component Command - Air Headquarters Ramstein,

  • Algerian air force visits Ramstein

    Members of the Algerian air force visited the 86th Maintenance Group Nov. 7 to 11 to familiarize themselves with different issues related to maintenance and repair of C-130 aircraft and equipment. They toured the 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron, the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the

  • Mildenhall mourns loss of master sergeant

    Master Sgt. Bernard Huggins was what people in the Air Force call a “fast burner.” In the military for 14 years, Sergeant Huggins, a flightline expeditor with the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was promoted this past July -- fairly early at age 33.A native of Manning, S.C., Sergeant Huggins

  • Succeeding in the combat zone

    Imagine you have just received your deployment tasking for the next AEF rotation…Baghdad, Balad or Kabul. You wonder, what job will I do? What will the environment be like? Will I succeed in a high stress combat zone? I was recently faced with these same questions as I prepared for a four-month

  • USAFE Idol finalists to perform at Ramstein

    The eight finalists for the first U.S. Air Forces in Europe Idol Talent Contest have been named and will perform at the USAFE-level show April 23 at 7 p.m. at the Ramstein Officers’ Club. Community members are invited to the final showdown, which is free and open to all I.D. cardholders, family

  • Code Silver trains for worst-case scenarios

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing participated with the 48th Fighter Wing and several British agencies in a weapons of mass destruction table-top exercise with a medical focus at Royal Air Force Lakenheath March 21 to 23. Code Silver is an Air Force-level exercise that tests the base-level response to

  • Mildenhall SF members receive realistic deployment training

    Crawling around the wet grass in England may not, at first glance, compare much to being downrange in hostile territory, but for 13 members of the 100th Security Forces Squadron here, it felt pretty real. Spending between 12 to 15 hours each day at the Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, training

  • Stepping up to the Combat Wingman challenge

    A few months ago I challenged all of U.S. Air Forces in Europe to take part in our new program, Combat Wingman. You took the challenge head-on and today we have a highly successful program that’s making a difference. Our initial plan was to partner our most valuable resources, our people, with one

  • AF Academy cadets visit Spang, teach base honor guard

    With a little determination, dedication and duct tape, one Spangdahlem Air Base team took on a challenge and made U.S. Air Force Academy history. For the first time ever, members of the Air Force Academy Saber Drill Team traveled to a base and taught a base honor guard the mechanics and routines of

  • It's time to own up

    Maybe it’s just me, but recently the phrase “own up” has been coming up a lot in my life. Many times it has been in relation to a mistake I made, or – in my case as a supervisor and a commander – a mistake I directed someone else to make. Regardless, it’s time for each of us to “own up.” Case 1: My