• Cooperation, education ensure security at new facility

    Keeping peace of mind about securing enough merchandise to cover nearly 200,000 square-feet is not easy, but for those looking after the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center, it's all in a day...and night's...work. The KMCC is the largest combined Air Force Services Agency and Army Air Force

  • Five NATO countries take part in Jump Week

    Five NATO countries including Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands and the United States participated in airborne jump operations during International Jump Week Aug. 9 thru 14. Parachuting out of the back of a C-130 Hercules from the 37th Airlift Squadron here, more than 250 paratroopers guided

  • Phase II of KMCC set to open

    Just over a month ago during the Kaiserslautern Military Community Center first stage of opening, base officials opened the doors of several 86th Services Squadron facilities -- Ramstein Inn's Visitor's Quarters, Outdoor Recreation, Romano's Macaroni Grill, Ramstein Tickets and Tours, the Sports

  • Allied Strike preps JTACs to put bombs on target

    Air Force, U.S. Marine Corps and North Atlantic Treaty Organization joint terminal attack controllers and tactical air control party members joined together at Grafenwoehr, Germany, to participate in an exercise known as Allied Strike IV Aug. 2 to 7. Known as JTACs, their primary duty is to direct

  • Ramstein brings home hardware from RODEO

    Airmen from Team Ramstein recently competed at the 2009 Air Mobility Command RODEO competition at McChord Air Force Base, Wash., July 19 to 24, bringing home six awards between the 86th Airlift Wing, the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing. The week-long mobility

  • Women's club donates to charity organizations

    The German-American and International Women's Club recently hosted a ceremony at the Casimirsaal in Kaiserslautern to distribute donations from the proceeds of their annual 2009 Pfennig Bazaar. The Pfennig Bazaar, which took place Feb. 27 to March 1, is known as the biggest flea market in the West

  • Air Force fighter cruises to MMA championship

    A Sembach Annex security forces staff sergeant takes the Air Force's "fit-to-fight" mantra to another level when he climbs into a cage to compete in the fast-paced, grueling sport of mixed martial arts. Anthony Durnell, assigned to the 786th Security Forces Squadron as an instructor at the Regional

  • Flamingo wing celebrates 60 years of 'swift and sure' service

    The 435th Air Base Wing celebrates 60 years of service in the Air Force June 26. The wing, holding many names since its time of origin, can trace its lineage back to Florida in 1949 when it was stationed at Miami International Airport as part of the Air Force Reserve. "[Miami] is where we get our

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