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  • A sinking sun, a sinking feeling

    Stopping winter from brining colder temperatures, less sunlight and more precipitation might be out of human control, however fighting off seasonal depression with a healthy lifestyle is not.Fighting off seasonal depression doesn't have to be as hard as knocking out Mike Tyson. The Mental Health

  • AFE: “When everything else fails, we won’t”

    Keeping aircraft in the air takes more than a pilot in the seat. Airmen with the 86th Operational Support Squadron, Aircrew Flight Equipment shop, ensure pilots can accomplish their piece of the mission by providing them operational equipment to keep them alive when everything else fails.Inspecting,

  • Ramstein Airmen race to win it all

    A new Air Force program called Community Quest was held by the 86th Force Support Squadron, Nov. 6, 2013, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Community Quest is a pilot program simulating the "Amazing Race" and providing more than $2,000 in prizes. Twelve teams traveled to nine different 86th FSS facilities

  • Delivery from Deutschland

    With the holidays around the corner, one can't help but think of friends and family and contemplate what to send home to let them know you're thinking about them. But the question on everyone's mind should be, "how do I get gifts to my loved ones?"That's where the 86th Communications Squadron comes

  • Monsters take to street during Ramstein Halloween

    "Creatures of your wildest dreams" and "things that go bump in the night" took to the streets of Donnely Park looking for unsuspecting victims or guarding mythical sugary treasures, Oct. 31, 2013, Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Trick-or-treaters of all ages attended this year's Trunk or Treat, which

  • Weather squadron forecasts future

    Accurately forecasting the future weather of Europe, Africa, parts of Russia, the Middle East and Southwest Asia falls onto more than 100 pairs of shoulders belonging to the Airmen of the 21st Operational Weather Squadron stationed on Vogelweh. Their mission is to provide precise weather information

  • Going through the gate of a defenders mind

    Airmen broke down doors, cleared buildings, performed medical evacuations, secured an airfield and provided defense against insurgent threats during a 16-day training course lead by cadre from the 435th Security Forces Squadron in Baumholder. Staff Sgt. Jon-Paul Horning, 86th SFS creek defender

  • Cadre Creek Defender illuminates, teaches through night

    Preparing more than 1,000 security forces members for deployments every year falls on the shoulders of less than 20 cadre from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing operating out of Baumholder, Germany.The cadre are there to guide security forces Airmen to reach their optimal capabilities.Senior

  • FTAC teaches basics, training, and professionalism

    The basics, check. The training, check. Now, on to professionalism. From the intensity of basic military training to the countless hours of sitting in class gaining career knowledge, the time finally comes to use those skills and become military professionals. This is the path all Air Force members

  • Family fun ruck

    Approximately 75 members of the 435th Contingency Response Group conducted a 5 kilometer weighted-ruck march, Oct. 11, 2013, Ramstein Air Base. The squadron rucks every Friday morning, year round, but this was the first time family members accompanied the Airmen. Family members were able to