• Watch your speed, they will be watching

    Staff Sgt. Gavin Saiz, 86th Security Forces Squadron bike patrol, checks on-coming vehicles' speed in front of Bldg. 2402 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, July 31, 2012.Saiz said some of the biggest areas security forces have issues with speeding on base are the areas near the child development

  • General Purpose Light shop makes it 'so others may roll'

    The 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron's General Purpose Light Shop on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provides premier full-service vehicle maintenance support to host, tenant and associate units across Europe and Africa.Helping make up the only squadron of its kind in the United States Air Force, the 43

  • Blue Knights: Airpower day and night

    The 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, provides combat-ready C-130J Super Hercules and designated visitor operational support aircraft and equipment to support European Command, Central Command and African Command mission taskings. The more than 260 members of the 86th

  • AF releases mid-year selective re-enlistment bonus list, changes

    Air Force officials today released the fiscal year 2012 mid-year selective re-enlistment bonus list along with some changes to the program.In addition to a rebalance in overall payments, the Air Force identified 53 Air Force specialties, down from 78, to receive bonuses. Based on the semiannual

  • CSAF nominee testifies before Senate committee

    Gen. Mark Welsh III addressed a range of issues here July 19 during his Senate confirmation hearing to be the next Air Force chief of staff. Welsh, who has commanded U.S. Air Forces in Europe since December 2010, answered questions from members of the Senate Armed Services Committee about budget and

  • 86th CEG wins championship title

    The sun beats down on the softball field as a batter steps to the plate. He wipes sweat off his brow and digs his foot into the batter's box to get ready for the pitch. It's the final game of the Ramstein Intramural Softball Tournament and his team only needs one more run to win the trophy.The pitch

  • AFSEC clarifies use of electronic devices for pedestrians on roadways

    The Air Force Safety Center released a letter of interpretation this year prohibiting the use of listening and entertainment devices, including single ear pieces and external speakers, when on a roadway. The use of portable headphones, earphones, cellular phones, digital music players or other

  • Ramstein Rogues rugby club prepares to begin season

    Blood, sweat and mud is rubbed deep into the shorts, jersey and socks of the players - standing on the opposing sides of these beasts feels like facing a brick wall.When two teams totaling 30 men of equal size and stature take the field, nothing else can be heard but the grunts and cracks when they

  • Ramstein Youth Center hosts football camp

    The Ramstein Youth Center here, along with 18 volunteers, hosted a football camp, at Donnelly Park, July 9 - 12.The camp was designed for skill levels from the ages of 9 to 17. The camp taught the participants football techniques while also placing an emphasis on proper workouts. "This camp showed

  • SERE helps aircrew remain mission ready

    Surviving, evading, resisting and escaping -- SERE specialists teach these lifesaving techniques to aircrew members to ensure they keep current after initial training.The refresher SERE course is taught once a month and crew members learn combatives and go through crash scenarios, one in the woods

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