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  • 76th AS Airmen provide 'first-class' service

    When someone says the words airlift squadron, flight attendants do not automatically come to mind. But here at the 76th Airlift Squadron, flight attendants play an important part of the squadron's operational support airlift mission. "Flight attendants put a lot of hard work into their missions,"

  • Airmen from Germany part of last JET team to be "on the air" in Iraq

    Broadcasting to servicemembers supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, a group of joint expeditionary tasking, or JET, Airmen assigned to 732nd Expeditionary Support Squadron's American Forces Network-Iraq may be the last Airmen to execute this mission. Working in a joint environment with Navy and Army

  • 435th CPTS not only supports USAFE, but proves to be best in the Air Force

    Supporting multiple wings and two numbered Air Forces might seem like a difficult task but the 435th Comptroller Squadron is money when it comes down to it. The squadron is made up of the more than 60 civilian and servicemembers that ensure military and civilian personnel get paid correctly and on

  • Exercise brings Army, Air Force together for precision targeting

    Air Force A-10's streaked overhead as Army Joint Fire observers and Air Force Joint Terminal Air Controllers plotted coordinates of enemy targets, sending the information to the pilots to have each target demolished. Air Force JTAC students worked hand in hand with Army JFO students during an

  • USAFE firefighters train to rescue

    Sounds of twisting medal and shattering glass rang out as firefighters from around U.S. Air Forces in Europe trained here to be a part of an elite rescue squad at their respective duty stations. USAFE firefighters gathered at Ramstein for an intense 15-day training course where firefighters were

  • Aerial Port Squadron holds key to Europe

    Managing one of the biggest military aerial ports might sound a bit overwhelming to some, but for the men and women of the 721st Aerial Port Squadron, the hustle and bustle of the gateway to Europe is no match for them. The Ramstein Passenger Terminal is a unique military port here in Europe. The

  • 86th Airlift Wing rides the Wild West

    Maj. Robert May and Capt. Justine Perlberg turn a 37th Airlift Squadron C-130 onto final approach course, just a mile from touchdown. They hold the nose up over a rocky hill just before reaching the landing zone, then reduce power to set the 55-ton plane down on a 3,000-foot strip of dirt. They

  • Airmen combat explosive threats in Afghanistan

    The phone rings. A three-man team grabs their prepacked gear and jumps in a truck or a waiting helicopter. These Airmen don't always know where they are going, how long they will be gone, or exactly what they will encounter -- all they know is there is an explosive device somewhere and they need to

  • Fulfilling his duty: a wounded warrior's story

    His one remaining arm held firmly on his wife as he toured facilities he could not see and spoke to people he could only hear. Yet, he moved and spoke with an air of strength and patriotism that only a wounded warrior could possess. Staff Sgt. Matthew Slaydon and his wife, Annette, visited several