• COMUSAFE explains importance of interdependence

    The commander of U.S. Air Forces in Europe addressed the importance of interdependence in the continuing fight for freedom at the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium Feb. 2.General Tom Hobbins, echoing a common theme in the symposium, emphasized the need for multinational cooperation in

  • USAFE announces 2005 USAFE Media Contest winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe recently announced the winners of the 2005 USAFE Media Contest.The winners are:Category B: Tabloid Newspaper – Eifel Times, Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany; 2nd Place: Kaiserslautern American, Ramstein AB, GermanyCategory C: Magazine Format Publication – The Marauder, Royal

  • USAFE announces 2006 AFA Aerospace Award winners

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe has announced its 2006 Air Force Association Aerospace Awards nominees. These nominees won at the USAFE level and are now competing at the Air Force level.AFA is an independent, nonprofit, civilian organization promoting public understanding of aerospace power and the

  • British doctor aides servicemember's surgery

    Enjoying an afternoon motorcycle ride in England can end your career in the blink of an eye or the slip of a back tire. Tech. Sgt. Kevin Gunter, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron chief of personal property, found himself in this situation in October.Thanks to the guidance of a British surgeon and

  • Bringing a taste of home to Iraq

    The further you travel from home the quicker you learn things are still very much the same.Army Capt. Mark Stoneman, Bravo battery commander, Task Force One, 30th Infantry Division, found this out after traveling halfway across the world to lead his battery of 100 men on regular convoys to secure a

  • Officer's Force Shaping Board to convene in April

    As the convening date for the Officer’s Force Shaping Board nears, manning levels of more career fields are balancing and increasing the odds for those officers hoping to make the Air Force a career.The Air Force instituted the board to address the imbalance of officers in the 2002 and 2003 year

  • 90th EARS Guardsmen fuel OIF, OEF missions

    While most Airmen at Incirlik are on 15-month or two-year tours, one cog in the Team Incirlik mission has new faces every thirty days.Members of the 90th Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron support Operations Iraqi and Enduring Freedom by refueling C-17 Globemaster IIIs going in to Afghanistan and

  • Taking care of Incirlik Airmen on all levels

    Imagine if the military personnel of the base were instantly doubled. So, instead of about 1,400 people assigned to Incirlik, there were now 2,500.No need to imagine such an event, it has already happened.“We take the place of active duty personnel,” said Michael Flynn, Vinnell Brown and Root

  • Mentors, tutors help children at Incirlik

    There is a saying “It takes a village to raise a child,” which simply means it takes all of us in a community to instill positive qualities that will help children grow up to be responsible and caring individuals.In our little “village,” the Incirlik American High School and Middle School mentoring