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  • Core Values Coaching empowers 86th AW leaders

    From March 21 to 25, 86th Airlift Wing leaders had the opportunity to be the first operational Air Force members to participate in Career Values Coaching.The 86th AW invited Tina Erzen, Air Force Academy Center for Character and Leadership Development program director, to come to Ramstein and teach

  • GTCC enables mission, delinquencies hinder it

    To generate and employ air mobility, enable theater and strategic airpower, and operate key Air Force power projection platforms, the 86th Airlift Wing often has to send Airmen to various locations throughout Europe.With that travel, Airmen are often tasked to manage some aspect of the funding, but

  • Ramstein Wings kick off 2016 AFAF campaign

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off after a tri-wing command team signed the initial document to start it March 21, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.The annual campaign is designed to allow Airmen to help others through the charities that provide support to Airmen, their dependents and

  • 23 nations attend aerospace medicine summit

    Medical professionals from 23 nations attended the Aerospace Medicine Summit and NATO Science and Technology Organization Technical Course at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, March 14 to 18.The annual event is a joint effort between the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Command Surgeon's

  • 76th AS welcomes home redeployers

    On March 15, 76th Airlift Squadron Airmen and family members welcomed their members back to Ramstein after a 2 1/2 month-long deployment to Afghanistan.The 76th AS is responsible for providing aide six months out of the year throughexecutive airlift and aeromedical evacuation."We used to do this for

  • Simulating worst to do our best

    Emergency lights flicker in the cockpit, signaling an engine fire. The pilot knows that if he doesn't react quickly enough he could lose that engine mid-flight.The C-130J Super Hercules continues to sway from the turbulence caused by the surrounding, thunderous weather and dark skies. The pilot's