• DoDDS student selected as $20,000 scholarship finalist

    One particular student at Bitburg High School prefers not to be called “gifted.” Despite the fact that José Tovar is one of 250 seniors -- and the sole Department of Defense Dependents Schools student chosen worldwide among 100,000 applicants nationwide for the prestigious 2004-2005 Coca-Cola

  • Spangdahlem receives USAFE's first air traffic control tower simulator

    The Spangdahlem Air Base air traffic controllers began training on their new $850,000 system March 14. The simulator, which features a 270-degree projector screen and simulated pilot-to-tower communications system, is the first within U.S. Air Forces in Europe. It will eventually be installed at

  • Retiring command chief shares 30 years of wisdom in "blue"

    On April 7, my Air Force career comes to an end. While my family will mark the occasion by remembering places we’ve gone and friends we’ve made, I also wanted to look to the future by passing along three lessons I’ve learned over 30 years of service that made a real difference in my life. Lesson #1:

  • Mentorship, training essential to mission success

    As the top cop on a fighter base back in the 1980s, we got goal days based on the number of sorties each airframe flew every month. Known as utilization, or UTE, days, personnel were given the day off if the wing did well. One day, the wing commander came to a staff meeting and told us a story of a

  • USAFE announces chaplain service award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials recently announced the winners of the command’s 2004 Chaplain Service Annual Award winners. The chaplain service organizational and individual award winners are: Outstanding Large Chapel Organization: 435th Air Base Wing, Ramstein Air Base , Germany Outstanding

  • Command's annual award nominees to be honored

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe’s outstanding Airmen and civilians will be honored during the command’s Annual Awards Banquet 6:30 p.m. April 8 at the Ramstein Air Base Officers’ Club. Competing in the categories of Airmen, Noncommissioned Officer, Senior NCO, Company Grade Officer, First Sergeant of the

  • USAFE names individual mobilization augmentee award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the command's 2004 Individual Mobilization Augmentee awards. The winners are: Outstanding Officer IMA: Maj. Doris Schwartz, USAFE Air Mobility Operations Control Center, Ramstein Air Base, Germany Outstanding Enlisted IMA: Tech. Sgt.

  • USAFE announces transportation, traffic management award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the command's 2004 National Defense Transportation Association Unit and Military Traffic Management Command awards. The winners are: National Defense Transportation Association Unit Award: 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Royal Air Force

  • USAFE names logistics award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the command's 2004 General Thomas P. Gerrity Logistics awards in the unit and individual categories. Award winners are: General Thomas P. Gerrity Logistics Unit Award: 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England

  • USAFE announces weather award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the command's 2004 Weather Awards. The winners are: Outstanding Field Grade Officer: Maj. Jeffrey Shull, USAFE Operational Weather Squadron, Sembach Air Base, Germany Outstanding Company Grade Officer: Capt. Robert M. Dominguez, 32nd Air