• 86th MDG powder puff wins big despite rain

    Through rain or shine, the game must go on. In true football fashion, this was exactly the case as the 86th Medical Group women's powder puff football team trumped the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron team 25-7 Sept. 14 on Vogelweh Military Complex as rain gushed from the sky. Coming back from an

  • MEDCEUR 09 hosts distinguished visitors

    Medical Training Exercise in Central and Eastern Europe 2009 participants welcomed more than 200 visitors to the Nis military airport Sept. 10 as part of distinguished visitors' day. DV day attendees included the Serbian minister of defense; the U.S. Embassy charge d'affaires; chiefs of the general

  • Ramstein Airmen share airdrop expertise with Ugandan forces

    Airmen of U.S. Air Forces Africa worked with Uganda peoples defense force members during a theater security cooperation event to show how humanitarian airdrop missions are conducted in late August at Entebbe Air Base, Uganda. With theater security cooperation events, American Airmen plan engagement

  • Man on Street: Remembering Sept. 11

    Sept. 11, 2001, was a day that, like Pearl Harbor, will live on in history. At the Pentagon alone, 184 lives were lost, including Air Force, Army, Marine Corps and Navy members, Department of Defense civilians, passengers and crew. Since that day occurred, more than 35,000 servicemembers have given

  • Ramstein group offers ways to take off pounds sensibly

    Are you frustrated, discouraged, or depressed about your weight or size? Come join others at Ramstein in a group called Take off Pounds Sensibly, TOPS, who have struggled with the same issues and who are now supporting each other in dealing with their weight. The support group is just that - a place

  • Cooperation, education ensure security at new facility

    Keeping peace of mind about securing enough merchandise to cover nearly 200,000 square-feet is not easy, but for those looking after the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, it's all in a day...and night's...work. The KMCC is the largest combined Air Force Services Agency and Army Air Force

  • 86th AW to host run on runway

    Editor's note: Since publishing this article, changes have been made to the run. Only active-duty members assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing will be allowed to participate. Also, it will be a formation run only. Faster runners will no longer be asked to lead in the front. The 86th Airlift Wing will

  • It's Shopping Time

    The 45th Annual Ramstein Welfare Bazaar, produced by the Ramstein Officer's Spouses Club and sponsored by the 86th Services Squadron, will take place Sept. 17 to 20 in Ramstein's Hangar 1 and 2. "This year we have over 130 vendors from all over Europe and Asia, and there is something for everyone,"

  • Missile retrofit provides better accuracy, saves AF money

    As part of the Air Force's effort to modernize its air and space inventories, the 86th Munitions Squadron on Ramstein recently upgraded its AGM missile systems. With the help of an Air Force Reserve ammunition team and the Maverick Systems Program Office team, the project was completed over 10 days

  • Holiday Greetings teams to visit KMC

    Taping for one of the most recognizable holiday programs in America will begin soon, months before wreaths are hung and lights are strung in homes across the country. Members from the Joint Hometown News Service in San Antonio, Texas, will film holiday greetings from ID card holders and their

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