• Mission Complete: Carpathian Spring 2011 comes to a close

    After a week of training between more than 70 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers and their Romanian counterparts, Carpathian Spring officially came to a close March 18.Members of the 37th Airlift Squadron, 435th Contingency Response Group, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 86th Aeromedical Evacuation

  • U.S. Air Force aircraft strike Libya

    U.S. Air Force B-2 Spirits, F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16CJ Fighting Falcons launched during the early hours in support of Operation Odyssey Dawn to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973, which is centered on protecting Libyan citizens from any further harm from Libyan leader Muammar

  • Coalition launches 'Operation Odyssey Dawn'

    Coalition forces launched "Operation Odyssey Dawn" March 19 to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 to protect the Libyan people from the country's ruler.The goal of the military coalition is to prevent further attacks by regime forces on Libyan citizens, officials said, adding that the

  • Carpathian Spring 2011 kicks off in Romania

    More than 70 U.S. Airmen and Soldiers headed to Romania March 14, officially marking the kick-off of Carpathian Spring 2011. The weeklong annual exercise was designed to strengthen the partnership between the U.S. and Romanian air forces, while also enhancing their individual capabilities through

  • KMC remembers, celebrates fallen Airman

    Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community and local host nation leadership gathered to pay respect to one of their own during a memorial ceremony in Hangar 3 here Thursday.Members from throughout the KMC joined the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron to bid farewell to Airman 1st Class Zachary R.

  • Airmen project humanitarian aid to North Africa

    The team projecting humanitarian airlift missions into North Africa entered its fourth day of operations today, taking satisfaction from the more than 450 displaced Egyptian citizens ferried home from Tunisia.While the airlift needs were evolving along with the humanitarian crisis on Libya's

  • Ramstein units partner to assist evacuees from Libyan conflict

    In recent weeks, nations around the world have watched the developing humanitarian crisis on Libya's borders and been formulating ways to respond. U.S. President Barack Obama publicly outlined his approval of the U.S. military assisting the State Department, the U.S. Agency for International

  • Ramstein Airmen, aircraft bring displaced Egyptians home

    Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, joined Marine Corps KC-130 aircraft March 5 in airlifting displaced Egyptian citizens here from Djerba, Tunisia. More than 300 passengers traveled on four flights. The aircraft and teams conducted the humanitarian shuttles in

  • Air Force joins effort to help Libyan evacuees

    The U.S. military's contribution to an international effort to end the suffering of Libya's evacuees began in Italy today when two C-130J Super Hercules aircraft picked up humanitarian aid and headed to Tunisia.Airmen and aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, stopped in Pisa, Italy, where they

  • U.S., Polish military enhance partnerships through training

    Airmen from Team Ramstein traveled to the 33rd Air Base in Powidz, Poland, Feb. 4 to 12 for a joint training mission with Polish military forces.More than 60 Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing and 435th Air Ground Operations Wing participated in the week-long off-site training aimed at sharing

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