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US, Greece kick off Stolen Cerberus IV
ELEFSIS AIR BASE, Greece — U.S. and Greek service members arrived for Exercise Stolen Cerberus IV, a routine bilateral training deployment, at Elefsis Air Base, Greece, April 18.
Archive for April, 2017
Features, News
1st Combat Communications Squadron Airmen assist loadmasters
Airmen from the 1st Combat Communications Squadron along with 37th Airlift Squadron Airmen pack like pros to load a deployable navigational aid onto a C-130 April 15 on Ramstein.
“It’s not an everyday piece of equipment,” said Staff Sgt. Cory Martin, 1 CCS airfield systems supervisor. “The equipment barely fits into the C-130 so we have to work hand in hand a lot with the 37 AS to train regularly just because they don’t see that a lot.
Blotter
Blotter — April 28, 2017
April 18 11:37 a.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Kaiserslautern. 7:18 p.m.: Suicidal ideations on Ramstein. April 19 6:30 a.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic accident in Huetschenhausen. 8:14 a.m.: Theft from an unsecured motor vehicle in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 9:30 a.m.: Fleeing the scene of a minor traffic […]
Features, News
Take Note — April 28,2017
Events for retirees — The 86th Airlift Wing Retiree Activities Office in conjunction with the KMC Retiree Council will be conducting a Retiree Spring 2017 Information Seminar 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday in Bldg. 2402 on Ramstein. The seminar will include briefings and question and answer sessions. If you […]
Features
Securing the ‘third runway’ in cyberspace
The 86th Airlift Wing generates and employs air mobility and operates key Air Force power projection platforms. Less commonly known is that Team Ramstein also operates a power projection platform in cyberspace. You can’t see it, but Ramstein hosts a “third runway” where cyberspace operations occur daily over terrestrial and satellite communications links. This third runway is called the Air Force Information Network, or AFIN.
Features
Deployed-in-place – building resiliency
Tackling how to normalize and strengthen resiliency for Airmen who never leave the battlefield because they may be involved in operations during the day and go home to see their daughter’s ballet recital is a striking paradigm. Deployed-in-place Airmen working in the intelligence community encounter these unique stressors that demand […]
News
Air Force senior enlisted leaders conduct full EPME review
WASHINGTON (AFNS) — More than 40 Air Force senior enlisted leaders and subject matter experts met at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, April 4-5 to perform an extensive review of all facets of enlisted professional military education during the 2017 EPME Triennial Review. “We reviewed every level of EPME provided […]
Features, News
Painting a better community: Airmen and local nationals volunteer
Volunteers from Ramstein Air Base and the town of Schwedelbach work together to repair a public barbecue pavilion April 23 in Schwedelbach. Airmen and local nationals teamed up through the 86th Airlift Wing Host Nation Office’s Grassroots Program for single Airmen to repair and beautify a public facility. The program […]
Features
The beaten path: An Airman’s 381-mile walk for refuge (Part II)
Staff Sgt. Martha Otto’s excitement began to soar as a helicopter landed at Kakuma refugee camp in North-west Kenya, November 2000. The former South Sudanese refugee and recent 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron training manager survived gruesome attacks caused by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army, and waited anxiously for her and […]
