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  • Wing to resume air operations, other delays continue

    Flight operations at the 86th Airlift Wing resumed here April 21 following the opening of German air space and a successful test flight. Germany's officials opened the airspace at approximately 2 p.m., allowing wing officials to later launch a C-130J "weather ship" in the area. At approximately 5:30

  • Lifestyle: Bayerfeld-Steckweiler hosts medieval market

    The seventh medieval spring market in Bayerfeld-Steckweiler will take place April 24 and 25. The market hosted by a medieval group called Freie Rittergruppe Alsenztal will be set up on Schlossbergstrasse.A variety of marketeers, craftsmen, jugglers, musicians, knights and damsels of a castle let the

  • APO mail delivery put on hold (update)

    UPDATE as of April 22: The backlog of inbound and outbound mail currently warehoused in Frankfurt must first be cleared, which is expected to occur soon. Inbound mail coming from Frankfurt should begin to hit PSC mailboxes perhaps as early as April 23. Mail backlogs in the states are now inbound

  • Air Force, Army partner to combat tick-borne diseases

    Tick season is upon us ... in an effort to educate the community on the risks of tick-borne diseases, the 86th Aerospace Medicine Squadron public health flight here has been working with the U.S. Army Public Health Command Region-Europe to conduct surveillance in the area. "Part of our

  • AMC adjusts European flights due to volcanic activity

    Air Mobility Command operations in and around Europe have been adjusted as a large cloud of volcanic ash continues to impact flight operations across much of the continent, according to AMC officials.The 618th Tanker Airlift Control Center, AMC's planning and execution hub at Scott Air Force Base,

  • Rota, Moron personnel receive diverted military flights

    Naval Station Rota Spain and Moron Air Base personnel have absorbed many U.S. military flights diverted from Northern European Routes due to the airspace closure April 16 from ash being spewed from the Iceland volcanic eruption.Rota typically averages about eight to 13 flights a day but saw double

  • Volcanic ash impacts airspace at Ramstein

    Due to volcanic activity in Iceland, all air travel between Germany and the United States has been cancelled by European air authorities, to include flights in and out of Ramstein Air Base. Though the airfield here remains open, the airspace closure impacts military air travel to and from Ramstein.

  • KMC celebrates month of the military child, gears up for annual celebration

    April is a great month for families in the Kaiserslautern Military Community. The weather is brighter and warmer, school breaks provide an opportunity for families to share activities and time together ... best of all, there are numerous programs available to help to celebrate the Month of the

  • Air Force officials announce Ramstein comm-info award winners

    The chief of Air Force Warfighting Integration and Chief Information Officer recently announced the names of four Ramstein Airmen who won 2009 Air Force Communications and Information Awards."The superb quality of the nominations we received confirm our Airmen continue to excel in conducting