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  • Staff Sgt. Mark Paraoan, 1st Combat Communications Squadron, monitors the lighting control panel in the Air Traffic Control Tower on Ramstein Air Base Dec. 29. The base air traffic controllers are responsible for monitoring the ILS to ensure all components of the system are working.

    Fog and snow won’t keep planes away from Ramstein

    On Christmas Day, a C-17 Globemaster departed Iraq carrying 14 patients requiring medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center, Germany. Due to a low-ceiling visibility, the C-17 requested the first-ever CAT II instrument landing system approach to a Ramstein runway, just three days after the system had been declared operational. One urgent,
  • FILE PHOTO -- The C-21A provides cargo and passenger airlift and can transport litters during medical evacuations. The C-21A's turbofan engines are pod-mounted on the sides of the rear fuselage. The swept-back wings have hydraulically actuated, single-slotted flaps. The aircraft has a retractable tricycle landing gear, single steerable nose gear and multiple-disc hydraulic brakes. The C-21A can carry eight passengers and 42 cubic feet (1.26 cubic meters) of cargo. The fuel capacity of the C-21A is 931 gallons (3,537.8 liters) carried in wingtip tanks. The safety and operational capabilities of the C-21A are increased by the autopilot, color weather radar and tactical air navigation (TACAN) system, as well as HF, VHF and UHF radios. Delivery of the C-21A fleet began in April 1984 and was completed in October 1985. Glasco, a subsidiary of Learjet, Inc., provides full contractor logistics support at 16 worldwide locations. (U.S. Air Force photo)

    Ramstein loses three C-21s

    The 76th Airlift Squadron will lose three of its 13 C-21A aircraft by the end of the month, as the U.S. Air Force retires the aircraft from the active duty inventory. The C-21 is the military version of the Lear Jet 35A business jet and is used primarily for senior-level passengers, cargo airlift and aeromedical evacuations. "No commander wants to
  • Kaiserslautern’s Regina Simpson lifts 100 kilograms or 220.50 lbs in the third and final round of the squat event Dec. 16 at the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern’s Power Lifting Meet at the gym on Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. This was Simpson’s first power lifting tournament, and she lifted a total of 282.5 kilograms or 622.80 pounds to win the Overall Female Lifter title.

    Ramstein lifter repeats as ‘strongest man,' Kaiserslautern lifter grabs best female title

    Lifting more than seven times his actual body weight, Ramstein's Shannon Carter repeats as "the strongest man" capturing the Overall Male Lifter title for the second year in a row Dec. 16 at the U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern's Power Lifting Meet at the gym on Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. "I thank God for the fact that I came here and I

  • Letter to Airmen: Thank You to Our Great Air Force Family

    You can find this letter on Air Force Link by clicking here

  • Safety Smarts Essay Contest -Starts 1 December 2006

    Tell us how you choose to be safe in your life, and you can win an Armed Forces Vacation Club certificate (adults) or teens can win an iPod! The three winners will also work with AFN to broadcast safety messages throughout USAFE. Visit your library, or talk to your Safety Officer about the program. Take a look at all the details below and start

  • USAFE leaders send Holiday message

    The following is a joint message from Gen. Tom Hobbins, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Gary G. Coleman, USAFE command chief master sergeant. Chief Coleman and I have probably seen more Christmas holidays come and go while we've been in the Air Force than many of our young Airmen have been around. We're happy to report it
  • Gen. Tom Hobbins, USAFE commander and commander, NATO Air Component Command Ramstein (center right) leads the Combined Joint Air Operations Center team monitoring the skies over the Baltics during NATO’s Riga Summit in Latvia Nov. 28 & 29. Others in the photo include, from left, Maj. B.J. Cottrell, legal advisor, Col. Pete Castor, 322 Air Expeditionary Group commander, Gen. Hobbins, and Lt. Col. David Jorgensen, NATO/US Watch Advisor. Personnel from thoughout USAFE provided fighter, tanker, maintenance and communications support in seven countries, as well as staffing the Combined Joint Air Operations Center in Riga. (Photo by Maj. Lisa Neidinger, 3rd Air Force Public Affairs)

    Airmen keep summit skies safe

    While Airmen around U.S. Air Forces in Europe were gathering to celebrate Thanksgiving, duty called for more than 450 other Airmen in seven European countries to support the NATO Riga Summit in Latvia. Called Operation Peaceful Summit, the military effort enhanced ongoing Baltic air policing activities with additional aircraft, communications and
  • Capt. Sarah Clark, a dentist with the 435th Medical Group, checks the teeth of a Malian child during a Medical Capability program conducted near Gao, Mali. Capt. Clark and other military medical and dental professionals deployed with Special Operations Forces as part of the latest in a series of Joint Combined Exchange Training events. The training, aimed at fostering communication and cultural exchanges between the two militaries, is part of the Untied States effort to maintain positive relationships while bringing stability to the region. (U.S. Air Force photo/Capt. Darrick Lee)

    Medical team plays vital Special Ops role

    It's another hot day in Gao, a small village north of Bamako, in the West African country of Mali. A team has assembled at a local village, preparing to perform tasks that would make the average person cringe. A team member is struggling to get a grip on a cow's tongue. Another is fighting to repel insects. A woman tries to stop an infestation of
  • Bird’s-eye view of a medical evacuation setup on a C-17, which is run by the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron. The 86th AES received an “outstanding” following the recent ASEV visit. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Chris Willis)

    ASEV results: 86th OG is excellent

    The 86th Operations Group scored an overall "excellent" on the Aircrew Standardization and Evaluation Visit Oct. 30 to Nov. 3. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe inspectors observed several processes, gave tests and reviewed paperwork to inspect each unit's ability to document, fly and execute missions safely and effectively. "The men and women of the

  • AAFES reminds customers to gas up before holidays

    German law prohibits gasoline delivery trucks from operating on the roads Sundays and holidays. Because the upcoming Christmas and New Year's both fall on a Monday, the last possible delivery for all AAFES gas stations is late Saturday afternoon, Dec. 23 for Christmas and Dec. 30 for New Year's. The next possible delivery after Christmas and New
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