Feb. 20, 2025 Military Aviator Peer Support program conducted at Ramstein Members from the 86th Operations Group participate in a Military Aviator Peer Support wingman face-to-face training at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 19, 2025.
June 21, 2023 86 OG receives new commander U.S. Air Force Col. Bret Echard, 86th Operations Group in-coming commander, gives a speech after accepting command during the 86th OG change of command ceremony at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, June 15, 2023. Echard was previously the 41st Airlift Squadron commander at Little Rock Air Force Base,
April 3, 2019 496th ABS realigns under 65th ABG The 496th Air Base Squadron, Morón Air Base, Spain, was realigned from under the 86th Operations Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to the 65th Air Base Group, Lajes Field, Portugal, 1 April, 2019 on Morón Air Base, Spain.
Jan. 12, 2018 Survival: 10% physical, 90% mental TSgt. Lee Young, is the 86th Operations Group Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape noncommissioned officer in charge. As a SERE instructor, Lee teaches survival techniques to air crew, special operations personnel, and other military members who are at high risk of isolation. From his