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  • A few seconds may safe a life - Bone Marrow Drive comes to Ramstein

    The definition of a hero can be explained as an object or act of extreme admiration and devotion. Police officers, firefighters and military servicemembers are often perceived as real life heroes. Bone marrow donors are also heroes. They volunteer to help save a life of someone that can be a

  • Botswanan force learns from Ramstein Airmen

    Thirty Ramstein Airmen recently embarked on a long journey to the southern region of Africa to share some of their knowledge with their counterparts from the Botswana Defense Force. The team of pilots, navigators, flight engineers, load masters and personnel from security forces, supply and public

  • Seventeenth Air Force stands up

    The air component for U.S. Africa Command declared initial operational capability Sept. 18 in an assumption of command ceremony on Ramstein which also celebrated the unit's Oct. 1 activation. Seventeenth Air Force, also to be known as Air Forces Africa, marked the coming activation by handing the

  • Ramstein Airman starts women's flag football league

    A simple idea that sprouted six months ago is now being fulfilled on the athletic fields on Ramstein - a women's flag football league. Senior Airman Summer Thorn was working out at the gym earlier this year, watching football and thought, "Man that looks like fun." "Although there had already been a

  • Rest Easy, the 569th USFPS and Polizei are keeping you safe

    Day, night, afternoon, and evening, the 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron and local Polizei are working together 24-7 to keep you safe. Sometimes we may feel threatened by their presence, but don't forget that they are there to serve and protect us. Last Friday, Col. Donald "Bits" Bacon, 435th Air

  • Seventeenth Air Force ready for Oct. 1 stand-up

    United States Air Forces in Europe newest command, Seventeenth Air Force, is ready to go operational, according to the new unit's Commander Maj. Gen. Ron Ladnier. The General will be participating in a ceremony to commemorate the unit's stand-up Sept. 18 at Hangar 5 -- the official activation is

  • The Monday Blues

    For those tired of the monotony of wearing the same uniform every day, Airmen will now have the choice of short sleeve with an open collar or long sleeve with a tie. These are decisions that most Airmen will have to make each Monday from here on out due to a new Air Force policy that went into

  • Wing activation of the 521st AMOW

    The new 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing has officially been stood up during a ceremony Sept. 4 at Hangar 5 on Ramstein. "This new wing will provide an enhanced level of control for our en route structure in Europe, which includes critical locations for getting people, cargo and patients to and

  • Veteran AF pilot recounts Berlin Airlift to NCOA, ALS students

    Some people may know him as a professor. Others may know him as an author. The U.S. Air Force and the citizens of West Berlin know Maj. Edwin Gere as a hero for his role in delivering several tons of much needed supplies during the Berlin Airlift 60 years ago. Mr. Gere related his accounts of the