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  • POW/MIA day, a time of remembrance

    Several events are planned on Ramtsein to honor POW/MIA Recognition Day, Sept. 19. "POW/MIA Recognition Day was first held April 9, 1984. For the next 12 years, legislation was introduced every year to set aside a special day for POW/MIA remembrance," said Master Sgt. Raymond Hutchins, assistant

  • Ramstein commander pins on first star

    Editor's note: Captain Dorrance recently interviewed Brig. Gen. Bill Bender, 86th Airlift Wing and KMC commander, about becoming a brigadier general. Q. Where was your ceremony and who pinned on your rank? A. I pinned on brigadier general while at the U.S. Air Force Academy for Parents Weekend, so

  • Vanderzwaag wins “Flight Nurse of the Year”

    Capt. Bryce Vanderzwaag was awarded the Dolly Vinsant Flight Nurse of the Year Award Aug. 21. This is the second year in a row that an officer from the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron has won the prestigious award. The award, named after Lt. Wilma (Dolly) Roland Vinsant who was a flight nurse

  • Royal Air Force sergeant attends local NCO academy

    For the first time since 1992, a sergeant from the Royal Air Force is attending class at the Kisling NCO Academy on Kapaun Air Station. RAF Sgt. David E. Madin, Airman's Command Squadron instructor at Halton, England, took advantage of the opportunity to attend the academy on Kapaun for a six-week

  • West Gate Active Vehicle Barrier installation to cause traffic detours

    Individuals who use the Ramstein East Gate can take a deep breath because they will not be seeing the forest of orange traffic cones after Sept. 7. But members of the Ramstein community that use the West Gate should be aware of construction detours that will change traffic patterns for the next two

  • Team KMC works together to deliver aid to Georgia

    Ramstein C-130 Hercules aircraft continue to fly out of Ramstein bound for the Tbilisi International Airport in Georgia to deliver crucial humanitarian supplies. The joint military effort supports coordination by the U.S. State Department and U.S. Agency for International Development with the

  • Ramstein Air Base continues support to Georgia

    At 6 a.m., 10 more 86th Contingency Response Group personnel arrived in Tbilisi in support of the U.S. humanitarian assistance effort in Georgia. As part of a larger U.S. response, the 86th CRG has deployed 15 personnel to Georgia. "Our Airmen's mission is to establish and maintain aerial port

  • Welfare Bazaar 08

    The 44th Annual Ramstein Welfare Bazaar, produced by the Ramstein Officers' Spouses Club and sponsored by the 435th Services Squadron, will take place Sept. 18 to 21 in hangars 1 and 2 on base. "For more than four decades, the KMC has benefited from the Ramstein Welfare Bazaar," said Karen Nichols,

  • NEWS Construction to begin at east gate

    German contractors are scheduled to begin construction at the east gate Aug. 25, which will detour outbound traffic through the east Harmon Gate. New vehicle barriers are scheduled to be installed at both the east and west gates, allowing only inbound traffic from the gate under construction. "The

  • New AFN Kaiserslautern DJ on air

    The American Forces Network Kaiserslautern radio station has a new disc jockey, Sgt. Ian Camejo. His show is Monday through Friday afternoons from 2 to 6 p.m. on 100.2 FM. Where did you grow up? I'm an Air Force brat and grew up all over the place. I actually graduated high school right up the road