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  • KMC All Stars advance to Little League World Series

    For the third time in four years, the KMC all stars advanced to the Little League World Series beginning Aug. 16 in Williamsport, Pa. Previous teams came up short at the competition, but this year coaches and supporters have high hopes for this 13-man team scheduled to depart Saturday."This team is

  • German SWAT team conducts training on Ramstein

    Members of the German air force got the opportunity to train on a C-17 Globemaster III, here, Aug. 1.German troops used the chance to practice security measures, including hostage recovery, nuclear surety and other techniques to ensure preparation in case of an attack on an aircraft."We are here to

  • Cadets discover new opportunities through Ops AF

    Ramstein hosted two groups of six U.S. Air Force Academy cadets each here over the past two months for Operation Air Force 2012.Ops AF provides both USAFA and AF Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets experience in the operational Air Force while focusing on different areas of cadet development.

  • Ramstein Rogues rugby club prepares to begin season

    Blood, sweat and mud is rubbed deep into the shorts, jersey and socks of the players - standing on the opposing sides of these beasts feels like facing a brick wall.When two teams totaling 30 men of equal size and stature take the field, nothing else can be heard but the grunts and cracks when they

  • SERE helps aircrew remain mission ready

    Surviving, evading, resisting and escaping -- SERE specialists teach these lifesaving techniques to aircrew members to ensure they keep current after initial training.The refresher SERE course is taught once a month and crew members learn combatives and go through crash scenarios, one in the woods

  • German surgeon general visits Air Force in Germany

    The German air force surgeon general (Brig. Gen.) Joerg Binneweis visited various medical assets here June 13.Binneweis, and members of his official party, visited Airmen at the Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility, the 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron."I have the opportunity to talk with my

  • AF captain leads Normandy 'invasion'

    Timing, precision, guts and excellence; this is the mission commander.Taking more than 100 men and women from their home station and plopping them on a foreign piece of land with one main mission; getting the aircraft and people to the right places at the right times.One captain, who has been on

  • Service members, families attend Kindergraves memorial

    More than 50 service members and their families attended the Kindergraves memorial service in Kaiserslautern, Germany, May 19.The memorial service is held annually the week following Mother's Day to honor the children's memories who weren't able to be buried in America, as well as paying respect to

  • 86th AW honored during ceremony

    The Minister-President of Rheinland-Pfalz honored the U.S. Air Force's 60-year presence in Germany during a streamer presentation held here Mar. 2.Brig. Gen. C.K. Hyde, 86th AW commander, accepted the streamer on behalf of the USAF from Minister-President Kurt Beck. The presentation included remarks

  • KMC hosts Mayors' Forum

    U.S. military and host nation officials met during the Kaiserslautern Military Community's semi-annual Mayors' Forum at the Rathaus in Bruchmühlbach-Miesau Feb. 29. The forum provides U.S. military and host nation officials the opportunity to exchange information and express concerns in an informal