• Unit deployment managers ensure readiness

    Described by Maj. Jeffrey Lingens, RAF Mildenhall’s Installation Deployment Officer, as the squadron lifeline to deployment processes anywhere, unit deployment managers are tasked with ensuring their unit’s troops and cargo are ready for deployment. “Ask any commander who has a deployment mission,

  • AF family offers support in times of trouble

    From the moment you meet him, you just can’t help liking Zachary Moore. Whether it’s the way he looks at you with his huge blue-green eyes, or dazzles you with his cheeky grin, this young man certainly has the ladies wrapped around his little finger. Watching him kicking his ball around with such

  • Don't be afraid to show your scars, seek help from others

    I can’t remember the blood. There must have been a lot of it, but I can’t see it. Funny, how the brain, especially that of a small child, blocks memories too horrific to comprehend. It was the early summer of 1961, in the late afternoon. The air was thick with the smell of fresh hewn spring onions

  • USAFE libraries sponsoring bookmark design contest

    U. S. Air Forces in Europe Libraries and Project Wizard are sponsoring a Bookmark Design Contest April 1-30 to celebrate National Library Week and the Month of the Military Child. The contest is open to local artists in kindergarten through grade 12. Top winners in each category will have their

  • Live-fire Creek Defender convoy prepares security forces Airmen

    Members from the 786th Security Forces Squadron here proved their grit alongside more than 80 U.S. Air Forces in Europe security forces Airmen at a first-ever convoy and static position live-fire event March 14 at Baumholder Military Training Range, Baumholder, Germany. The 786th Regional Training

  • Spangdahlem units break sortie record

    Several squadrons got a chance to flex their muscle during a recent surge here March 6-10, setting a new daily record of 70 sorties and a total four-day record of 273 sorties. The surge provided an opportunity for the 22nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit, the 22nd Fighter Squadron, the 52nd Aircraft

  • Airmen rescue Icelandic fisherman

    Seven 48th Fighter Wing Airmen assigned to Naval Air Station Keflavík, Iceland , rescued an injured Icelandic fisherman March 10. The Airmen assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron rescued 23-year-old Magnús Árni Hallgrímsson, who was injured when a fishing line severed his leg – a potentially

  • USAFE announces services award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the USAFE 2005 General Curtis E. LeMay and Major General Eugene L. Eubank Services awards. The awards recognize outstanding services programs and customer service. The winners are: General Curtis E. LeMay, large base category – 48th

  • RMTP Office nominated for 2005 Verne Orr Award

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe officials recently announced the command’s nominee for the 2005 Verne Orr Award. The Rhein-Main Transition Program Management Office has been nominated for excelling in its use of people to achieve full potential and accomplish the mission. Sponsored by the Air Force

  • USAFE communications directorate wins DOD-level award

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Communications and Information directorate was recently selected for the Department of Defense Information Assurance Award by the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Networks and Information Integration. The award recognizes the command’s support to integrated