News Search

  • British cadets visit Kisling NCO Academy

    More than 40 British Air Training Corps cadets visited the Kisling NCO Academy to garner knowledge about the Air Force lifestyle and education system.The cadets received a tour of the Kisling NCOA facilities, witnessed a retreat ceremony and participated in group-building exercises centered on

  • NATO opens kitchen to all

    A Greek, an American, a German and their dependents walked up to the bar, a salad bar. The North Atlantic Treaty Organization compound International Dinning Facility recently opened its doors to all personnel with access to Ramstein offering vegetables, drinks and food Aug. 6, 2014. Until the recent

  • Left-handed Airmen get own holiday

    August 13 is "International Left-Hander's Day" to honor those who smudge their papers and awkwardly bump elbows with righties. It's a day to spread awareness of the struggles of being left-handed, and also encourages right-handed people to try doing daily tasks with their left hand.People who are

  • POV shipment issues to be addressed

    Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command and U.S. Transportation Command are using transportation experts this week to address the challenges and concerns military customers are facing when shipping their privately owned vehicles.On May 1, International Auto Logistics, known as IAL,

  • Airmen turn C-130 into mobile ER

    A C-130J Super Hercules was converted into a flying critical care unit in mid-air after leaving Ramstein on a real-world mission July 26, 2014."There is no other capability like this in the Air Force," said Maj. Jennifer Jamison Gines, 86th Medical Squadron acute care nurse practitioner. "We had a

  • Air Force to change enlisted evaluations, promotions

     Air Force officials announced a series of sweeping changes to the Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System July 31.The changes are intended to ensure the Air Force truly makes job performance the driving factor and will be implemented incrementally beginning in August 2014

  • German native receives U.S. Army award

    A German medical officer was awarded the Army Achievement Medal July 23 in Landstuhl Regional Medical Center."No matter what field we work in, we are Soldiers first," said Capt. Michael Guthmann, from the German air force Center of Aerospace Medicine. "From staying physically fit, to improving our

  • Airman stands among the elite as Outstanding Airman of the Year

    With more than 400,000 enlisted active duty, Reserve and Guard Airmen, few get to tout the distinction of being honored as an Outstanding Airman of the Year.Senior Airman Shabree Heasell, U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, accomplished that honor this year while stationed here as an

  • Crossroads: Legend of the white eagle

    There once was a tale of three brothers, Lech, Čech and Rus, who all lived in a small village. As time passed, their families grew to such a size that the town could no longer support them; so they set out in different directions to find a new home.Rus went to the east, while Čech travelled west.

  • Body of stowaway found in Ramstein aircraft

    During a post-flight maintenance inspection of an 86th Airlift Wing assigned C-130J on Sunday night at Ramstein Air Base, the body of an apparent stowaway was found in a compartment above the aircraft's rear landing gear. American and German emergency responders were summoned, removed the body, and