Planes, trains and automobiles ... and ships: U.S., Luxembourg partnership supports U.S. troop surge in Afghanistan

As President Obama's plan to plus up U.S. forces in Afghanistan goes into motion, to say the 86th Materiel Maintenance Squadron is working overtime would be a bit of an understatement.Called upon to carry out U.S. Air Force's in Europe's largest movement of war readiness materiel since Operation

COMUSAFE visits 86th AW, discusses future challenges

The U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander recognized the contributions of 86th Airlift Wing Airmen to the U.S. military, as well as to all of Europe during his visit here March 2.Though a frequent customer of many of the services the wing provides due to his residency here, Gen. Roger A. Brady's visit

Silver Flag builds NATO partnerships

U.S. Air Forces in Europe's top priority is to partner with the Joint and Combined team to win today's fight. To achieve this priority, USAFE Airmen often work side by side with other nations, learning from each other's missions and how each country trains for contingencies. The latest USAFE Silver

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Glorifying God One Airman at a Time

DOD officials release policy for responsible, effective use of Internet-based capabilities

Department of Defense officials released a policymemorandum Feb. 26 regarding the safe and effective use of Internet-basedcapabilities, including social networking services and other interactive Web2.0 applications. The memorandum makes it policy that the DOD non-classified network beconfigured to

School board forum opens avenue for raising concerns

The Department of Defense Dependent Schools Europe Kaiserslautern District School Advisory Board, comprised of representatives from each school committee, held a public forum here Feb. 23.Parents, school administrators, members from the district office and Air Force and Army representatives attended

Prescriptions refill machine set to open in KMCC

With the amount of responsibility today's Airmen face, the 86th Medical Group will introduce a way to relieve some of the everyday hassles and inconveniences.The 86th MDG is scheduled to open up the first ScriptCenter, prescription refill pick-up machine, here at the Kaiserslautern Military

Application deadline set for officer development opportunities

Air Force officers considering advanced academic degree and experience broadening programs in 2011 have until April 30 to apply.Officers in space and missiles operations, intelligence, weather, logistics, program management, developmental engineering, communications and information, public affairs,

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