• Fuels flight wins Air Force level award

    The 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels management flight won the American Petroleum Institute trophy for best fuels flight in the Air Force for 2011. The "Black Knights" were selected over Sheppard AFB's 364th Training Squadron fuels flight and Kadena's 18th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels

  • New guide helps Airmen, families navigate social media

    Airmen and families have a new resource at their fingertips with the recent release of an updated and revised social media guide by the Air Force Public Affairs Agency in San Antonio, Texas.The guide features sections geared toward all Total Force members and their families as well as Air Force

  • Evaluators bring different perspective to exercise

    With the operational readiness exercise wrapped up, Airmen with the Exercise Evaluation Teams made sure their units get the most out of their training.EETs are established prior to exercises to ensure Airmen within their groups are performing up to standards. They evaluate positives and negatives

  • Base ORE prepares Airmen for real world situations

    The 86th Airlift Wing and the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing began the first of two operational readiness exercises for the year May 5 through 11 here."The objective of an ORE is to prepare the airlift wing to deploy and execute its combat mission in support of directives of leadership," said Lt.

  • KMC commander hosts child safety town halls

    Two joint town halls addressing child safety on military installations were held May 1 - 2 at Vogelweh Air Station's Galaxy Theater and at  the Hercules Theater here.Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, Kaiserslautern Military Community commander and 3rd Air Force commander, hosted both town halls, which were

  • Heartlink seminar educates Airmen's spouses

    The Ramstein Airman and Family Readiness Center hosted its first, improved Heartlink seminar April 27.Heartlink consisted of a full day of briefings, which has been cut down to a half day and now includes a tour of a few facilities on base.Heartlink is a day-long seminar that begins with briefings

  • AF’s first operational weather squadron runs 14 miles to new location

     There are 74,976 feet in 14.2 miles.If that's not daunting enough add in rough, twisting roads; slippery woodland areas and steep, treacherous hills littered with animal -- footprints.That's what the Airmen of the 21st Operational Weather Squadron conquered as they ran their organizational guidon

  • OST Fairford deemed ‘successful’

    Members of Team Ramstein participated in a successful off-station training April 23-27 here."This has been a very successful mission, especially in regards to getting out the door in a deployment aspect and being operational within 24 hours," said Capt. Ryan Wilson, 37th Airlift Squadron pilot and

  • When I grow up...

    Students from Ramstein schools participated in the Kaiserslautern Military Community Job Shadow Day event held on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 27, 2012. KMC's Job Shadow Day is an annual event in which school-aged children have the opportunity to shadow their sponsor or workplace mentor,

  • Ramstein Airmen ‘deploy’ to Fairford, England

    More than 140 personnel and four C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from the 37th Airlift Squadron, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and the 435th Contingency Response Group arrived to begin off-station training here April 23.This OST was put together to test Team Ramstein's ability to deploy its

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