Q&A: New 435th AGOW commander

The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing has a new commander, Col. Trey "Lou" Rawls. Col. Rawls recently answered a few questions on his new position and his past Air Force experiences.Q: What was it like being a test pilot?A: It was an amazing opportunity to continue to bring technologies to Airmen

Airmen improve run, reduce pain with new 86th MDOS run class

Running is both anintegral part of Air Force physical fitness assessments and, if doneincorrectly, a potential source of injury. The 86th Medical Groupphysical therapy flight introduced a new running class called the Pose Method tohelp patients correct their stride, reduce or eliminate pain and

Airman saves life acting as Trusted Care Heroes

There are select Airmen who are given great titles: commander, first sergeant, chief… But there is a relatively unknown title for those who save lives, they are Trust Care Heroes.“Trusted Care Heroes are all of us,” said Col. Brent Johnson, former 86th Medical Group commander. “The motto is,

13 nations jump-start International Jump Week

Why would you jump out of a perfectly good airplane? US service members along with 13 partnering nations gather together and leap for International Jump Week.

86 CCATT and AE sharpen cohesiveness

The 86th Medical Squadron’s Critical Care Air Transportation Team and the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron team conducted a training exercise on the flight line, July 12.The training improved working relationships between medical entities while increasing the clinical and readiness skills of the

Preventing tick-borne diseases

In Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany, more than 2,000 cases of Lyme disease occur every year; and from 2000 to 2010, 3,126 cases of tick-borne Encephalitis occurred in all of Germany.Lyme disease and TBE are infectious diseases transmitted to humans and animals through the bite of an infected tick. Bacteria

Maintenance career fields team up at the Isochronal Dock, fix C-130s

Airlift continues 365 days a year onRamstein Air Base thanks to the combined and coordinated efforts of Airmen acrossa variety of professions. At the 86th Maintenance Squadron Isochronal Dock, aircraftmaintenance Airmen work as a team to inspect and repair Ramstein’s C-130J SuperHercules fleet and

Realistic active shooter training preps Airmen

The 86th Maintenance Group readiness and training cell surprised 86th MXG Airmen with a realistic active shooter exercise July 12, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

Making sheet metal fly

Kaiserslautern Military Community unveils memorial to two airmen

Members of the French and Royal Air Forces assist family members of Squadron Leader Roger Bushell, Royal Air Force, and Sous-Lieutenant Bernard Scheidhauer, Free French Air Force, unveil the memorial dedicated to the two men outside the West Gate of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 1, 2017. The two