• Three uniforms, one team: Airmen team up with US, German Soldiers in FTX

    From roadside improvised explosive devices to an all out ambush, Airmen recently teamed up with U.S. and German soldiers at Camp Elsenborn, Belgium, to train through these and various other scenarios encountered every day downrange.Reflecting the joint and multinational environment seen in deployed

  • Airmen train in Poland at coalition exercise

    Ramstein Airmen took part in Operation Screaming Eagle here for 10 days of off-station training. The OST provides valuable practice for 42 of Ramstein's Airmen, including C-130J Super Hercules pilots, aircrew, maintainers and airborne personnel. It also offers the opportunity to share knowledge and

  • New leader takes command of 86 AW

    Brig. Gen. Charles Hyde assumed the role of commander of the 86th Airlift Wing in a change of command ceremony here Sept. 2. Hyde took command of the 86th AW from former commander, Brig. Gen. Mark Dillon in the Dual Bay Hangar. Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, 3rd Air Force commander, officiated the ceremony

  • New 'Dorms 4 Airmen' opens on Ramstein

    A ribbon cutting ceremony was held here Aug. 31, to celebrate the opening of a new dormitory for Airmen.The project started May 2009 and now, little more than two years later this $12 million construction project is complete and includes more than $500,000 in new furniture for the Airmen. "These are

  • Fire trucks retire after 20 years of service

    Two fire trucks were retired Aug. 19, during a ceremony held at Fire Station 1 here.The fire trucks' service life had been reached and around their 20th birthday the two trucks were formally retired.The P22 and P23 fire apparatuses had a combined 40 years of service and more than 39,000 responses

  • NATO countries land successful jump week

    More than 200 paratroopers from six NATO countries participated in airborne jump operations during International Jump Week Aug. 8 through 11. Paratroopers from Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, Denmark, the Netherlands and the U.S. Air Force, Marine Corps and Army jumped out of aircraft from Papa

  • Northside Post Office temporary move, return

    If you are one of the more than 10,000 servicemembers and dependents who were used to picking up their mail at the Northside Post Office, building 426, you may have found yourself annoyed 1 July having to lug the kids and packages to and from the parking lot to the old Base Exchange. On 30 June post

  • KMCC energy initiatives to save $15M

    The Kaiserslautern Military Community Center recently started "Phase II" of a cost-saving energy initiative that will save at least $15 million over the course of the building's life.Phase I consisted of removing redundant and unnecessary lighting in and around the KMCC coxplex. "We've already

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