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  • 2025 Max Generation: Maximum Effort

    U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules aircraft prepare for maximum generation at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 15, 2025. During a maximum generation exercise, all available, fully armed aircraft are employed to prepare pilots for a mass event when called upon, demonstrating lethality and readiness

  • C-130J, C-17 aircraft execute rapid rotations

    A C-130J Super Hercules, assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing and C-17 Globemaster III aircraft assigned to Air Mobility Command, circle the sky at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 3, 2025.

  • Second C130 wing replacement delivery at RAB

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 86th Maintenance Group, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 721st Aerial Port Squadron, 435th Construction Training Squadron and the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron, lower a crate containing a C-130J Super Hercules wing at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 30, 2025. A

  • C130 wing replacement delivery at Ramstein

    U.S. Airmen assigned to the 86th Maintenance Group, 721st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, 721st Aerial Port Squadron and the 758th Airlift Squadron offload a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft wing from a C-17 Globemaster III at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 25, 2025.

  • Spanish air force, 435th CRS Airmen participate in Chasing Sol

    Spanish air force paratroopers prepare to board a Spanish A400M Atlas aircraft during exercise Chasing Sol near Zaragoza, Spain, Feb. 2, 2023. Chasing Sol increased interoperability and airlift capabilities among allied armed forces through joint air operation scenarios. (U.S. Air Force photo by

  • Girl Scouts tour C-130J

    Girl Scouts from the Ramstein community and their family members walk to an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules aircraft on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Aug. 17, 2022. The Girl Scouts experienced firsthand how the 86 AW carries out its mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Regan

  • Mission readiness fueled through training

    Airmen assigned to the 86th Maintenance Squadron took part in an annual aircraft fuel tank extraction exercise at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 6, 2022.

  • 100 AMXS supports NATO partners from RAB

    A KC-135 Stratotanker attached to the 100th Aerial Refueling Wing sits on the flightline at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Feb. 25, 2022. Airmen assigned to the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, are operating out of Ramstein to enable 24-hour support of U.S.

  • Ramstein engineering, maintenance feat recognized

    Leadership recognized the accomplishments of the 86th Maintenance Group and 86th Civil Engineer Group in the refurbishment of an RF-4C Phantom II aircraft at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 17, 2020.