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  • Cooperation, education ensure security at new facility

    Keeping peace of mind about securing enough merchandise to cover nearly 200,000 square-feet is not easy, but for those looking after the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, it's all in a day...and night's...work. The KMCC is the largest combined Air Force Services Agency and Army Air Force

  • 86th AW to host run on runway

    Editor's note: Since publishing this article, changes have been made to the run. Only active-duty members assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing will be allowed to participate. Also, it will be a formation run only. Faster runners will no longer be asked to lead in the front. The 86th Airlift Wing will

  • Fast-paced sport keeps Airmen fit-to-fight

    With the recent news of fitness testing changes, Airmen are trying to find new and innovative ways to help keep their health and fitness up to par year round. One of the sports Airmen on Ramstein are playing to keep up those high intensity workouts is racquetball. "Racquetball helps me keep up my

  • It's Shopping Time

    The 45th Annual Ramstein Welfare Bazaar, produced by the Ramstein Officer's Spouses Club and sponsored by the 86th Services Squadron, will take place Sept. 17 to 20 in Ramstein's Hangar 1 and 2. "This year we have over 130 vendors from all over Europe and Asia, and there is something for everyone,"

  • Missile retrofit provides better accuracy, saves AF money

    As part of the Air Force's effort to modernize its air and space inventories, the 86th Munitions Squadron on Ramstein recently upgraded its AGM missile systems. With the help of an Air Force Reserve ammunition team and the Maverick Systems Program Office team, the project was completed over 10 days

  • Holiday Greetings teams to visit KMC

    Taping for one of the most recognizable holiday programs in America will begin soon, months before wreaths are hung and lights are strung in homes across the country. Members from the Joint Hometown News Service in San Antonio, Texas, will film holiday greetings from ID card holders and their

  • 86th AW commander pins on first star

    Standing with his family at his side and in front of a room of Team Ramstein Airmen and partners from the Kaiserslautern Military Community, 86th Airlift Wing Commander Mark Dillon was formally promoted to brigadier general Sept. 2 in a ceremony at the Officer's Club here. Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, 3rd

  • 435th AGOW deploys team, equipment for first time

    Thirty-two members of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived here Aug. 25 in support of the Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2009, better known as MEDCEUR 2009. More than 600 people representing 15 nations will participate in this year's

  • Painting to be centerpiece of Ramstein’s 2009 Air Force Ball

    To celebrate the Air Force's birthday, Ramstein Air Base has held many Air Force Balls, but for the first time in two years the 86th Airlift Wing is hosting the event Sept. 26. "A Night to Remember" is this year's theme for the ball, and part of what will make the event memorable is the unveiling of

  • Safety-- more than just 101 critical days

    Just because you fly a "desk job" in an administrative work area, doesn't me you don't have to worry about safety. In fact, according to the 86th Airlift Wing Safety officials, one of the more extreme mishaps that happened this year took place in an administrative environment. One unlucky person