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  • USAFE CMSgt leads CBRN defense course

    Two chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear defense course students perform buddy checks, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Sept. 24, 2020. Buddy checks are completed to ensure CBRN gear is donned properly. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor D. Slater)

  • OPS never stops, not even at night!

    U.S. Air Force Capt. Pete Wolber, 37th Airlift Squadron C-130J Super Hercules pilot, operates the controls of his aircraft during a training mission over Poland, Aug. 2, 2018. U.S. C-130J pilots train to conduct various maneuvers such as tactical evasions, assault landings, and combat airdrops.

  • Dirty hands for a clean mission

    Hydraulic fluid flows out of the landing gear of a U.S. Air Force C-130J Super Hercules on Powidz Air Base, Poland, Aug. 3, 2018. The fluid is drained out prior to replacing an aircraft’s strut, the function of which is to ensure an aircraft could sustain hard landings on unimproved surfaces. (U.S.

  • 74 years later, spirit of D-Day lives on

    U.S. and allied troops landed upon Normandy again— not to liberate the region from tyranny, but to honor those who did. Aircraft from the U.S. and other allied nations airdropped parachutists, both military and civilian, over the town of Sainte-Mère-Église to commemorate the Normandy campaign.

  • 21st OWS: Writers of the storm

    21st OWS Airmen skillfully protect servicemembers across Europe by precisely, skillfully predicting the worst European storm in 11 years.