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  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Ira Eaker, Eighth Air Force commander, presents the Medal of Honor to 1st Lt. John C. Morgan Dec. 17, 1943. (Courtesy photo)

    Pathfinder History: RAF Alconbury’s Medal of Honor recipient

    A U.S. Army Air Forces pilot stationed at RAF Alconbury, England, received the Medal of Honor in 1943 for his bravery during a flight over Germany during World War II.
  • Till Brönner, famous German jazz trumpeter, and U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band members perform a jazz song during a Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary commemoration in Berlin, Germany, Sept. 4, 2018. The USAFE Band and Brönner performed together to not only commemorate the Berlin Airlift but also the friendship and partnership between the U.S. and Germany. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Timothy Moore)

    USAFE Band plays Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary

    In a recording studio at a building known as the House of the Big Band in Berlin, Germany, U.S. Airmen assigned to the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band listened intently as they were told the story of a band that played in the very same room they were rehearsing in for the Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary - a Nazi-approved jazz band.
  • A C-130J Super Hercules assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron takes off from Cherbourg Airfield, France, May 31, 2018. More than 60 Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived in the Normandy region to conduct annual exercises commemorating the Battle of Normandy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua)

    Ramstein Airmen arrive in Normandy for memorial exercises

    More than 60 Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing arrived in Cherbourg, France, May 30, 2018, to conduct annual commemorative exercises in the Normandy region.
  • WWII fallen pilot honored in Bologna, Italy

    Fallen WWII Airmen honored in Bologna, Italy

    On Oct. 7, 2017, a memorial service was held for 2nd Lt. Paul R. Joyce, U.S. Army Air Corps P-47 pilot, near Bologna, Italy.
  • Army leaders lay wreathes during the Kindergraves Memorial Service May 14, 2016, at Daenner Kaserne, Germany. The memorial honored 451 American children who died during the Cold War and were buried in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nicole Keim)

    KMC honors Kindergraves

    Kaiserslautern Military Community members came together May 14, for the Kindergraves memorial service to honor and remember 451 American children who died during the Cold War and were buried in the Kaiserslautern Military Cemetery.
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