Fire trucks retire after 20 years of service

Two fire trucks were retired Aug. 19, during a ceremony held at Fire Station 1 here.The fire trucks' service life had been reached and around their 20th birthday the two trucks were formally retired.The P22 and P23 fire apparatuses had a combined 40 years of service and more than 39,000 responses

Ramstein Commissary construction delayed

Construction on the Ramstein Commissary renovation has suffered a setback - the general contractor had to be terminated Aug. 10. Actions are underway to bring on another contractor to finish the project as quickly as possible. Completion of the parking lot work is being given top priority. Although

Parents affected by Kleber Fire should call Parent Central Services for details about care

Firefighters worked though the night Sunday to contain a blaze that destroyed the Kleber Kaserne shoppette. At 11:50 p.m., emergency services personnel were alerted to the fire. Civilian firefighters from the U.S. Army and U.S. Air Force, plus German firefighters, responded to the scene to find the

Airfield ops, plus engineers, equal functional airfield

The 86th Airfield Operations flight shut down flight operations here Aug. 15, to conduct essential repairs to the airfield's lighting systems and associated components. Airmen and German civil engineers worked together through the night from 10 p.m. to 6 a.m. making repairs critical to airfield

E-mail reduction is next step in AFNet implementation

Airmen checking their e-mail after Aug. 22 might be surprised to see their e-mail boxes at full capacity as the 86th Communication Squadron lines itself up with the Air Force Network.Currently, e-mail boxes that exceed 1.5 GB in size will now be reduced to 1 GB, 500 MB and 100MB categories, which

Security forces knock out riot training

NATO countries land successful jump week

More than 200 paratroopers from six NATO countries participated in airborne jump operations during International Jump Week Aug. 8 through 11. Paratroopers from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Army jumped out of aircraft from Papa

VRS snow team critical to flightline

Five months. That's how long the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron's 14-man snow team has to prepare 35 vehicles for the winter. Summer rebuild consists of the repair of vehicles including aircraft deicers, snow brooms, snow plows and salt spreaders. It began on May 1 and runs until Sept. 30. "Summer

Northside Post Office temporary move, return

If you are one of the more than 10,000 servicemembers and dependents who were used to picking up their mail at the Northside Post Office, building 426, you may have found yourself annoyed 1 July having to lug the kids and packages to and from the parking lot to the old Base Exchange. On 30 June post

KMCC energy initiatives to save $15M

The Kaiserslautern Military Community Center recently started "Phase II" of a cost-saving energy initiative that will save at least $15 million over the course of the building's life.Phase I consisted of removing redundant and unnecessary lighting in and around the KMCC coxplex. "We've already