• Exercise Operation Varsity 23-3 keeps Ramstein AB ready

    A search and recovery team make their way to a simulated C–130J Super Hercules aircraft crash site during exercise Operation Varsity 23-3 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 16, 2023. The team included U.S. Air Force Airmen from the 86th Airlift Wing and the 786th Force Support Squadron who were

  • Operation Varsity 23-3 is heating up

    U.S. Air Force firefighters with the 86th Airlift Wing respond to a simulated plane crash during Operation Varsity 23-3, a mission assurance exercise, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 15, 2023. Mission assurance exercises test the wing’s ability to respond to emergency situations such as aircraft

  • Ready Eagle II exercise tests 86th MDG readiness

    An 86th Airlift Wing volunteer reads his player card before exercise Ready Eagle II at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 27, 2023. The mass casualty exercise was a simulated event designed to test and evaluate the capabilities of medical personnel in the event of a disaster. Each volunteer received

  • Spanish, U.S. Airmen participate in FTD Chasing Sol

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Levi Valentine, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, sits on the ramp of a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft while it flies over the Balearic Sea off the coast of Spain during exercise Chasing Sol, Jan. 27, 2023. Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing, 435th Air Ground

  • Ramstein conducts Operation Varsity 22-4

    U.S. Air Force Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany participate in a simulated pre-deployment function line during exercise Operation Varsity 22-4 at RAB, Oct. 18, 2022. Wing inspection team members observed Airmen going through the PDF line to take note on whether or not proper procedures were

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