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  • 86th CES opens house, informs KMC

    Families from throughout the Kaiserslautern Military Community gathered at Fire Station 1 to attend an open house Oct. 8, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.The event was hosted by the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron to promote Fire Prevention Week."Fire Prevention Week allows us to get involved with the

  • USAFCENT personnel recovery aircraft, support Airmen arrive in Turkey

    U.S. Air Forces Central Command has begun staging small detachments of aircraft and airmen at Diyarbakir Air Base in southeast Turkey to enhance Coalition capabilities to support personnel recovery operations in Syria and Iraq.Diyarbakir Air Base is a Turkish base home to the Turkish air force's 8th

  • 435th AGOW deploys team, expands OIR mission

    Full certainty is never guaranteed in the military, which is why Airmen are trained to deploy at a moment's notice and hit the grounding running when the need for them becomes reality.For Airmen assigned to the 435th Contingency Response Group, a subgroup of the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing,

  • 86th AW commander reviews new Ramstein app

    In this new age, almost everyone has a smart object of some kind, holding tons of apps - finally Ramstein Air Base has its app.I recently took it for a test drive.This new tool from the 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office is an easy to learn, intuitive workhorse that provides the information you

  • Defenders hone skills, train to deploy

    Through thick brush and hilly terrain, 25 security forces members from U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa tactically maneuvered down a mountain before taking a village Sept. 26. Law enforcement participated in a field training exercise which was the final test after completing the

  • Pushing Freedom

    After 21 difficult stages covering a grueling distance of 3,360 kilometers, this year's Tour de France came to a conclusion as competitors from 22 teams crossed the finish line. The teams rode 225 kilometers daily for three weeks over both flat and exceedingly mountainous and challenging

  • Heroes prepare for workforce hire

    Veterans and dependents attended a Hire Heroes USA course to help ease their transition from military life to the civilian workforce Sept. 21 and 22, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.During the course, students learned the importance of monitoring social media, ways to market their skills, how to