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  • Housing flight builds foundation of excellence

    The 86th Civil Engineering Squadron, housing flight was awarded the 2013 Brigadier General Michael A. McAuliffe Award for housing excellence.This award recognizes the best housing flight in the Air Force for the fiscal year. "It's great to be honored," said Debbie Perez, 86th CES housing flight

  • 86th CES flight closes Ramstein Housing Office

    The housing satellite office on Ramstein will be closed and relocated to Volgelweh Military Family Housing April 15 to better suit the needs of service members.The satellite office was originally established as a temporary operating facility in 2006 which grew into a full housing operation in 2009,

  • Polish-US paratroopers jump together during Av-Det rotation

    U.S service members and Polish armed forces will continue to train together as combined paratrooper forces jump out of U.S. C-130J Super Hercules over Poland during an aircraft rotation at the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment, which ends April 12.Polish armed forces train with U.S. Air Force

  • President Obama visits wounded warriors at Ramstein

    Air Force One touched down at Ramstein Air Base bringing President Barack Obama, to meet with some of America's heroes March 29.After a week of traveling through Europe and stopping in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, the president made a short trip to Germany to meet with wounded warriors from the Landstuhl

  • Airmen destroy BLAC ICE

    The 435th Contingency Response Group recently joined security forces from Turkey, Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany for a training course on tactical leadership.Battlefield Leaders Assaulter Course, Integrated Combat Essentials -- or BLAC ICE course -- was conducted March 3 through March 13 on

  • 435th CTS Airmen assist allies with fundamentals course

    A Firefighter Fundamentals Course was held for a group of Lithuanian and Bosnian military members at the 435th Construction and Training Squadron March 10 through 14.The course consisted of hands-on simulations and classroom portions to learn about different fire rescue techniques."The majority of

  • Justice served: Ramstein child molester caught, convicted

    The Airman who abducted and molested multiple children in the Kaiserslautern Military Community in 2012 was caught and sentenced to 50 years confinement, reduction to airman basic and forfeiture of all pay and allowances March 18 at F.E. Warren Air Force Base, WY.Tech. Sgt. Michael L. Merritt, who

  • TAP, providing outreach and resources

    A key transition assistance official visited Ramstein to discuss force management and inform Airmen on outreach resources and assistance programs allowing for a smooth transition back in to the civilian world.Dr. Susan S. Kelly, Transition to Veterans Program Office director, took time to visit the

  • SecAF visits Ramstein, shares insight into way ahead

    For her first stop during her first overseas trip as the Secretary of the Air Force, Deborah Lee James toured Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and spoke with U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Airmen March 17. The purpose of the trip for the 23rd Secretary of the Air Force was to give her a

  • A step up for stepping in

    There are not many Airmen who can say they were married in the cargo bay of a C-17 Globemaster, in uniform, while on duty. There are also not many Airmen who have been recognized for at least a dozen squadron, group, wing and major command awards and recognition as Air Mobility Command's