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  • 435th MDG participates in National Patient Safety Awareness Week

    The 435th Medical Group is joining other leading health care organizations around the globe in celebration of Patient Safety Awareness Week, Sunday to March 8. This year, the week is focused on safe medication management and effective communication as the patient safety tools of choice. The theme,

  • FMO improves customer service

    The 835th Civil Engineer Squadron furnishings management office recently identified 21 improvement areas beneficial to customers and the Air Force. Staffing of FMO has decreased from 158 employees to 143, but wait times for furniture has also dropped with the improvements - from 10 days to within

  • USAFE maintainers gain top-down view of transformation

    One of the top Air Force leaders involved in engineering a broad transformation in aircraft maintenance processes and organizational structures arrived here Feb. 19 to talk with senior leaders, wing commanders and maintainers from the 86th Maintenance Squadron and 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron.

  • Firefighters train in mass casualty exercise

    Billowing smoke and screaming casualties is what firefighters from the 435th Civil Engineer Squadron fire protection flight faced Feb. 11, during a mass casualty exercise here. Fire trucks responded to the scene of a burning warehouse with victims still inside. "It's important we stay prepared and

  • Military Saves campaign kicks off

    Military Saves Week kicks off Sunday through March 2. The Military Saves program is a Department of Defense campaign adopted by the U.S. Air Force to promote personal financial readiness among all Airmen and their families to enhance mission readiness. Information and events are available during

  • Radar system receives overhaul, upgrades

    The 1st Combat Communications Squadron's TPN-19 tactical radar system recently completed a three-year deployment to Iraq in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. The transportable radar system is the only one of its kind assigned to U.S. Air Forces in Europe and consists of an airport surveillance

  • Moron participates in Job Shadow Day

    This year, the local students conducted a half-day visit to their assigned sponsors and had a unique opportunity to explore different career fields. The participating career fields were airfield operations, air traffic control, logistics, civil engineering, knowledge operations and communications,

  • AF Aid Society provides alternative to pay-day loans

    The Air Force Aid Society starts its new Falcon Loan available to Air Force members March 3. The Falcon Loan is an interest-free loan of $500 or less that can be used for emergency needs such as basic living expenses (rent, utilities, and food), car repairs, emergency travel, or other approved

  • Use care when calling: the hidden cost of phone calls

    No one person is responsible for the staggering $80,000 phone bill for Ramstein Air Base each month, but hold the phone: many are contributing to it. At stateside bases, communications squadrons purchase service from a telecommunications company to handle non-DSN off-base calls. Since local non-toll

  • Hungarian AF leader visits Ramstein

    Third Air Force hosted a delegate of Hungarian Air Force leaders at Ramstein Feb. 5 to 6 and shared C-17 Globemaster interoperability procedures with its European neighbor. During the two-day visit, Lt. Gen. Rod Bishop, 3rd Air Force commander, gave Hungarian Lt. Gen. Lazlo Tombol, Joint Force