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  • U.S. military provides humanitarian aid to Georgia

    C-17 Globemaster III departed Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and landed at Tbilisi International Airport today delivering $1 million in humanitarian aid to reduce the suffering of the people of the Republic of Georgia. The joint military effort supported coordination by the U.S. State Department and

  • USAFE A3 Dominates the Central Region Intramural Softball Championships

    The Ramstein Intramural Softball Champions, U.S. Air Forces in Europe Directorate of Air, Space and Information Operations (A3), dominated the competition during the USAFE Central Region Softball Championships Aug. 7 to 9. Finishing with a 9-0 record, the team scored more than 200 runs during the

  • Military, host nation discuss glider safety

    "It's a bird. It's a plane. Oh wait, it looks like a glider," said an air traffic controller at Ramstein's Air Traffic Control Tower. The small planes, most the size of a car, are very hard for not only air traffic controllers, but also for Ramstein pilots to identify. There are 10 glider airports

  • Ramstein NCO partners with Ugandan military

    Classes in aircraft safety and cargo shipping may not seem to be directly related to the United States' foreign policy objectives. But they may be closer than you think. An Airman from Ramstein Air Base and three Soldiers from Vicenza, Italy, recently spent two weeks in Entebbe, Uganda, sharing

  • Soccer balls awarded to outstanding Bwari student achievers

    Top student performers at St. Therese Primary School here, were honored and treated to a true surprise during primary and elementary graduation ceremonies, July 18. As Sister Tina, the school's principal, called her school's highest achievers to come forward, Air Force Lt. Keith Ross, commander of

  • 1st CMXS decommissions comm equipment atop Italy's mountains

    In the early spring of 2008 the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron was tasked with removing all equipment, antennas and associated hardware at nine microwave radio communications sites located throughout northern Italy. These sites were part of the Digital European Backbone, a line of sight

  • Child Development Center leaders explain congestion and confusion

    Everybody needs to set priorities straight before they can move on or everything would become chaotic. For instance, if there were no waiting in line at the commissary, it would be a complete mad house. Priority is how the Child Development Center handles the issue of the waiting list for children

  • The ground underneath a local unit changed hands recently

    The 693rd Intelligence Group, previously subordinate to the 70th Intelligence Wing at Fort Meade, Maryland, was reassigned to the 480th Intelligence Wing at Langley Air Force Base, Va., during a July 23 ceremony at the Nightingale Theater on Ramstein. The ceremony was the last step in transferring

  • Biggest, busiest and now 'proven' the BEST

    What goes around comes around. Several Airmen were reminded of this adage as Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe announced July 11 that Headquarters 3rd Air Force, the 86th Airlift Wing and the 435th Air Base Wing have earned the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. Based on exceptionally

  • Ramstein Airmen work exercise in Romania

    Lt. Col. Lance Wikoff, deployment commander for the exercise, stressed that the 130-plus Airmen and four Soldiers' time in the southeastern European country had critical short- and long-term value. "The main purpose of why we're here is that we've got 19 people who are deploying in August and if