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  • Kentucky ANG supports, learns from 86 CRG

    A new Kentucky Air National Guard unit, the 123rd Contingency Response Group, is coming up big for Ramstein's 86th Contingency Response Group. The 123rd CRG, only officially formed in April, sent two aerial porters this summer to augment the 86th during Operation Assured Delivery in Tbilisi,

  • 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

  • KMC schools armed with new life-saving tool

    Swelling, vomiting, shock, fainting and coma are just a handful of potential symptoms caused by this common disorder affecting well over half of Americans. Anaphylaxis, also known as an allergic reaction, is the result of hypersensitive allergies, which affects a large group of Americans. Now

  • Top NHRA drivers visit KMC during USO tour

    For the fourth consecutive year, members of the National Hot Rod Association have taken part in a post-season United Service Organizations-sponsored goodwill trip to visit KMC personnel and families. Six-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Warren Johnson, two-time NHRA Pro Stock champion Jim Yates, 2006

  • 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

  • Club 7 gives Airmen a place to have fun, relax

    While many Airmen might think of the TV show Cheers when talking about "a place where everyone knows your name;" that comfy environment can be found on Ramstein at Club 7 Café. The chapel established Club 7 due to a new Air Force initiative to provide an effective venue to minister to the spiritual

  • School meal service more than fast food favorites

    While steamy globs of mystery mush served with an ice cream scooper might be your recollection of school lunch when you were little, today's military children are eating high on the hog. Believe it or not, the same company that provides military members that fast food fix on base is the same

  • Planning ahead for winter weather

    Falling leaves and colder weather mean winter is here. Last winter may have been mild, but three years ago, 27 inches of snow fell on the KMC - the second most in 55 years. Those who were here know how important it is to plan ahead. It is important that you, your family and organization are ready to

  • Splish splash: Herc gets a 12-man scrub

    Even if it won't end up scheduled between "septic tank maintainer" and "hog farmer" on Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe's Discovery Channel TV series, one Air Force job has plenty of filth to go around. Two 12-member shifts, made up of Airmen from the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, washed a C-130E

  • Just visiting some old friends: Retired chief revisits his aircraft

    Chief Master Sgt. John Wright was an aircraft maintainer in the Air Force for 30 years before retiring in 1991. In his time he worked on a wide variety of air frames, but he was always partial to the C-130. On Oct. 27, he visited Ramstein for the first time since Operation Desert Storm. "For my