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  • 86th Dental Squadron emphasizes early preventative care

    Cleaning, flossing and repairing teeth is nothing unusual for the dentists and technicians at the 86th Medical Group here. Each year they see thousands of active duty members, civilian employees and family members. But family members, especially young children, are really where the dentists get the

  • Meet your Ramstein teachers

    The 2009 school year is in full swing. Currently, there are more than 3,000 students enrolled in the Department of Defense Dependent Schools on Ramstein Air Base, more than 800 of them at Ramstein Elementary School. Recently, the 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs office went out to talk with two

  • NATO Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein goes on alert

    Readiness is the ability of forces, units, weapon systems and other equipment to deliver the outputs for which they were designed. For the past 12 months, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization's Allied Air Component Command Headquarters Ramstein, or CC-Air Ramstein, has been focused on that

  • Squadron keeps KMC moving: Airmen keep wheels going 'round and round'

    If it has four wheels, an engine and runs on gasoline, the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron is most likely responsible for the means to get behind the wheel. The Ramstein VRS has one mission -- to keep the Kaiserslautern Military Community moving, through rain, snow and sunshine. From the smallest

  • Engineer's AF winning design improves Ramstein's quality of life

    Winning one Air Force-level award can seem like a feat in and of itself; winning two awards at the same time is extraordinary. One Ramstein mechanical engineer assigned to the 86th Civil Engineer Squadron recently achieved the exceptional honor of receiving two Air Force awards. German local

  • JTAC provides perfect precision on and off duty

    It seems like a farfetched idea for a young man who wanted to be a tattoo artist to end up in the Air Force with one of the most extreme jobs as joint terminal attack controller, but this is just what happened to a member of the 1st Air Support Operations Squadron in Wiesbaden, Germany. Tech. Sgt.

  • Ramstein Airman shows Army strength during 100-mile march

    A lone Ramstein paralegal recently set off on a journey to join a team of soldiers in what is considered the largest official marching event in the world. From July 21 through 24, Senior Airman Saretta Morgan, 86th Airlift Wing Legal Office paralegal, marched in formation with 23 members of the 21st

  • KMC All-Star team hits home with German District 1 Championship

    The Kaiserslautern Military Community Little League All-Star team ended the Germany District 1 Championships 2 and 1 to win a best of three-game series and progress to the Germany International Championship. Although little league all-star play began mid July, the KMC team has had to fight the

  • 86th OG provides support to OCO through squadron diversity

    Their mission -- to provide airlift support, aeromedical evacuation and airfield operations for combatant commanders. Their means -- seven squadrons with more than 1,000 military members, Department of Defense civilians and contractors, using seven types of aircraft. Their moniker -- the 86th