• USAFE contracting supports Namibian multipurpose center

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe Contracting recently teamed with the U.S. European Command and the U.S. Embassy, Windhoek, Namibia, to complete an extension to the Ongwediva Town Hall in Namibia worth more than $282,000. The construction project, which began August 2004 and was completed Feb. 4, increases

  • First AF synagogue, mosque breaks ground

    Chaplains and base leadership here gathered at the Ramstein Southside Chapel to celebrate the beginnings of the Air Force’s first Jewish-Islamic interfaith annex during a groundbreaking ceremony Feb. 17. The $535,000 addition to the Southside Chapel includes two rooms that will serve as Jewish and

  • USAFE JA works to ensure people are protected, disciplined

    Truth, justice and a speedy trial within the military judicial system – these may not be concerns weighing on a military member’s mind on a daily basis, but as a victim of a crime or as a member being accused of a crime it’s something you not only think about, it’s something you expect. The U.S. Air

  • USAFE institutes no-smoking policy in all services facilities

    Putting the health of U.S. Air Forces in Europe members first, USAFE Services is instituting a new policy Feb. 23 prohibiting smoking in all recreational areas within the command. The new no-smoking policy includes services amusement and entertainment areas, said David Quinn, USAFE Services Programs

  • USAFE acquires new standard for processing IT requirements

    Work requests for communications requirements across USAFE will soon be done using a new web-based processing system. The Process, Workflow, Requirements and Resources Manager will replace all current electronic communications request systems used by communications units throughout the command

  • President Bush visits with German officials, U.S. military members

    Amidst frigid temperatures and blowing snow, President George W. Bush, met by German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder, arrived here Feb. 23 as part of his European tour. Accompanied by Secretary of State Condoleeza Rice and White House chief of staff Andrew Card, President Bush stepped out of Air Force

  • Ghana's top AF leader visits 3rd Air Force bases

    A high-level Ghana air force leader visited 3rd Air Force bases in England and Germany Feb. 14 to 17. The visit by Air Vice Marshal Edward Mantey, chief of air staff for Ghana’s air force, was part of European Command’s familiarization program that brings senior officers of foreign air forces to

  • Security Forces team completes tactics training in field

    The training begins. The Airmen move up the desolate road in a fashion reminiscent of Vietnam . Out of the silence rings the sound of gun fire. The first of the smoke grenades casts a yellow haze onto the road and field as the 13-man patrol instinctively takes cover and moves toward their

  • Project CHEER adds spice to life of USAFE Airmen

    More than 46,000 Airmen throughout the command participated in at least one of 455 high-energy Project CHEER events in November and December 2004. Project CHEER, which stands for Creating Hope, Energy, Enthusiasm and Recreation for single and unaccompanied Airmen, runs annually from November through

  • Officer's insight molds Airmen through basic tenets of leadership

    My first opportunity for leadership came and went as a young lieutenant without much time for preparation, but my supervisor was able to pass on some wise words about leadership before the next opportunity arose. He provided me a copy of a speech on leadership given in June 1986 by Gen. Michael