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  • 86th MXG Airmen achieve perfection

    86th MXG Airmen achieve perfection

    Airmen assigned to the 86th Maintenance Group on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, launch C-130J Super Hercules aircraft every day.But it’s been three years since they launched one like this.The 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron’s responsibility is maintaining the 86th Airlift Wing’s fleet. The 86th Maintenance Squadron works to maintain all the support
  • Thomas Bredel, water-plant mechanic, 786th CES, tests the water pressure of a fire hydrant on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May, 9, 2018. Hydrant flow tests are conducted every spring.

    Flushing the old, in with the new

    786 Civil Engineer Squadron conduct hydrant flow test throughout the KMC.
  • Ensuring information is accurate, complete, and secure: USAFE-AFAFRICA’s first cyber-only exercise is called to a close.

    Cyber Airmen unite to protect information space

    Ensuring information is accurate, complete, and secure: USAFE-AFAFRICA’s first cyber-only exercise is called to a close.
  • A U.S. Humvee rigged to parachutes floats to the ground during an exercise Stolen Cerberus V training mission over Megara Drop Zone, Greece, May 15, 2018. Hellenic riggers worked with U.S. Air Force joint airdrop inspectors to get the Humvee properly rigged to drop. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh)

    Joint airlift brings Stolen Cerberus V to a close

    Members of Team Ramstein, and the Hellenic armed forces concluded exercise Stolen Cerberus V at Elefsis Air Base, Greece.
  • Members of the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron worked hand in hand with Hellenic service members to improve on joint aeromedical evacuation operations during exercise Stolen Cerberus V.

    86th AES exercises joint aeromedical evacuations

    U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Rachel Wilson (center), 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, instructs Hellenic service members on the procedure of lifting a patient during an exercise Stolen Cerberus V training mission at Elefsis Air Base, Greece, May 9, 2018. Exercises such as these improve joint aeromedical
  • Two Hellenic air force loadmasters take photos of a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules, while riding on a Hellenic air force C-130H Hercules during an exercise Stolen Cerberus V interfly mission near Elefsis Air Base, Greece, May 10, 2018. The two aircraft flew in formation through different drop zones. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh)

    Stolen Cerberus V kicks off in Greece

    Approximately 115 Airmen, three U.S. C-130J Super Hercules, and one C-21, all assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing, have deployed to Elefsis Air Base, Greece in support of Stolen Cerberus V, a bilateral training mission with the Hellenic Air Force.
  • After several months of renovations, the German Canteen on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will reopen to the public May 23, 2018 at 6 a.m.

    German Canteen holds Grand Reopening

    After several months of renovations, the German Canteen on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, will reopen to the public May 23, 2018 at 6 a.m.
  • A C-130J Super Hercules from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, takes-off from Chievres Air Base, Belgium, May 4, 2018. The pilot performed multiple landings and take-offs to check the integrity of a new landing zone for future use to help further project U.S. air power. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike)

    37th AS, 435th CRG help project air power

    While operating on a global scale, the U.S. Air Force thrives on the ability to project it’s air power as far as possible. One of the ways Airmen project airpower is through strategically placed landing zones.Recently, members from the 37th Airlift Squadron and the 435th Contingency Response Group worked together to survey and test a new landing
  • 86th Medical Squadron Critical Care Air Transport Team Airman move a simulated burn victim onto a C-5 Galaxy during a burn victim evacuation exercise on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 9, 2018. The 86th Medical Squadron is a high-paced squadron that trains constantly and is ready to respond any moment, day or night, to save lives across Europe and Africa. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker)

    86th MDS simulates burn victim evacuation

    The 86th Medical Squadron is a high-paced squadron that trains constantly and is ready to respond any moment, day or night, to save lives across Europe and Africa. As part of that training, the 86th MDS brought together the Critical Care Air Transport Team, the Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, and En-Route Patient Staging Flight to each play their parts in a burn victim evacuation exercise.
  • Kaiserslautern Military Community Fire Emergency Services members and American Red Cross members pose in front of their booth at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 11, 2018. The team handed out 200 free smoke detector batteries in an effort to raise awareness about the importance of fire safety.

    If you can’t handle the heat, get out of the kitchen

    Kaiserslautern Military Community Fire Emergency Service members and American Red Cross members handed out two hundred free smoke detector batteries and fire safety information brochures to customers at the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, May 10, 2018.
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