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Ops Never Stops: ATC Tower facilitates safe, efficient flow of aircraft

  • Published
  • By Airman 1st Class John R. Wright
  • 86th Airlift Wing/Public Affairs
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 86th Operations Support Squadron Air Traffic Control Tower facilitate the flow of air traffic at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.

When many ATC facilities decreased mission coverage and hours of operation amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Ramstein ATC Tower experienced increased operations.