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  • Aerial Port airmen make connections

    Aerial port Airmen do more than connect point A to point B.They connect military to mission, ally to ally, and present to future. The Airmen of the 435th Air Mobility Squadron Mobile Aerial Port flight establish contingency airfield operations at any location throughout the European theater and

  • Communities celebrate 65th Berlin Airlift anniversary

    More than 75 members of the German and American communities came together to commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift.The ceremony was held June 26 at the memorial site near Frankfurt Airport and featured guest speakers ranging from the Frankfurt city treasurer to retired Col. Gail

  • 86th MOS deactivates, reorganizes into 86th MXG

    The 86th Maintenance Operations Squadron recently deactivated in order to meet an Air Force initiative.The 86th MOS became a part of the 86th Maintenance Group's Group Staff Agency. The initiative was enacted in order to ensure equipment and personnel were being utilized efficiently.The 86th MOS

  • Forklift operators take half-day to focus on safety

    Units here took a half-day break from normal forklift and other material handling equipment operations to focus on safety June 28. "The overall purpose of this day is to refocus on safety and drive home accurate operational risk management," said Master Sgt. Tariq Abdullah, 86th Vehicle Readiness

  • 435th AGOW changes command

    Col. John S. Shapland relinquished command of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing to Col. Joseph D. McFall during a change of command ceremony in Hangar 1 here July 1.Lt. Gen. Craig A. Franklin, 3rd Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and thanked Shapland for his hard work during his

  • Airmen discuss changing culture during sexual assault stand-down day

    Dignity, honor and respect are words usually associated with the Air Force, which is why sexual assaults are completely unacceptable. Leaders and Airmen at Ramstein used the Sexual Assault Prevention and Response stand-down held here June 25 to stress the point that even one sexual assault in our

  • Loadmasters win Team of the Year award

    Every year one career field is selected as the Air Force Team of the Year. This year's recipient of the award was in the loadmaster career field.Loadmasters participated in multiple operations throughout the year. Some examples include humanitarian operations in the Pacific and Turkey to

  • 86th MUNS lights the fuse on education

     It all started as a friendly wager between two 86th Munitions Squadron Airmen about who could get their Community College of the Air Force degree first. Through a lot of motivation, this friendly wager spiraled into an all out battle among the 86th MUNS Airmen."After the friendly wager, it kind of

  • Commander discusses values, expectations for Airmen

    Editor's note: After a week on the ground and getting to know the Airmen of the 86th Airlift Wing, Brig. Gen. Patrick X. Mordente, the wing's new commander, discussed his values and expectations for Airmen and the wing. HH:  Welcome back to Ramstein. Sir, how do you like being back?BG Mordente:  The

  • 435th CTS completes humanitarian project

    A 435th Construction and Training Squadron engineering team recently completed a humanitarian-assistance renovation project in the country of Georgia. The nine-member team of four different Air Force specialty codes hailed from CTS's military construction flight, which is responsible for