Archive for April, 2009
Features
The not-so-mighty Mites
As the world moved inexorably toward World War II in the late 1930s,
fighter aircraft became one of the most important items in a nation
News
Easter Bunny Hunt Contest Winners
In the Special Spring Edition of the Kaiserslautern American April 10,
we held an Easter Bunny Hunt contest. Readers were asked to count the
number of Easter
bunnies hidden throughout the paper and e-mail it to us for a chance at winning more than 40 great prizes.
News
Special Court-Martial
Staff Sgt. Matthew W. Henry, a member of the 37th Airlift Squadron on
Ramstein, was tried by a military judge at a special court-martial
April 1 in the Ramstein Air Base Law Center courtroom.
News
Command honors the best of the best
U.S. Air Forces in Europe honored its top people in seven categories April 17 at an awards dinner on Ramstein.
The top Airman, NCO, senior NCO, first sergeant, company grade officer
and civilians were recognized for their achievements in 2008.
Commentary
The careless, the uninformed, the shy
Not long after I arrived at my first duty station, a crotchety old
technical sergeant nicknamed me
Features
The window shade fighter
The airplane wing is one of the most necessary and vexing parts of an
aircraft. And for most of the century after the Wright brothers