Archive for May, 2017

Features, News

1st Lt. Jeffrey Davis, 435th Security Forces Squadron assistant operations officer, low-crawls while participating in the 435 CRG Olympics May 5 on Ramstein. The 435th Air Mobility Squadron, 435th Construction and Training Squadron, 435th Security Forces Squadron, and Detachment 1 each planned a competitive event to challenge the teams to not only compete, but to share with one another what each squadron in the 435 CRG does every day.

435 CRG Olympics: hurdling obstacles

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Savannah L. Waters
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

  A hand stretches ahead again and again, shoving mud past as an Airman pushes his body across the pit, sharp barbed wire catching on his backpack. As exhaustion begins to set in, the sound of the rest of the team pushes him to crawl faster, hoping he is almost […]

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Features, News

Alcohol e-CheckUpToGo comes to Ramstein

Alcohol e-CheckUpToGo comes to Ramstein

Story and photo by Airman 1st Class
Savannah L. Waters 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

How many drinks did you have last weekend? Last week? Is that normal? Ramstein Airmen now have a tool to check if alcohol consumption has become an issue for them or not.

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Features

Aircraft metals technology: there when you need them

Aircraft metals technology: there when you need them

Story and photos by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Though lives often depend on the missions flying out of Ramstein, all it takes is one broken part to keep a plane from flying. That’s why the 86th Maintenance Squadron Aircraft Metals Technology shop makes sure that if any aircraft on the Ramstein flight line needs parts, they get parts any time, any day.

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Features, Health

Veterinary center to change name, continue service for four-legged companions

Veterinary center to change name, continue service for four-legged companions

by Ashley Patoka
Regional Health Command Europe

Dog Center Europe, located on Pulaski Barracks in Kaiserslautern, will undergo a name change and become Veterinary Medical Center Europe today. The new name, according to Maj. Lane Hansen, DCE director and veterinarian, better reflects the array of services that are currently provided to the military community. “We have been […]

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Features, Sports

Tackling barriers; building relationships

Tackling barriers; building relationships

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class
Alexis C. Schultz AFN Europe

It’s late afternoon and the Kaisers­lautern women’s rugby team is strewn throughout the field warming up for their Thursday practice. Mouth guards are put in and the game changes from an easy warm up to intense training.

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Features

721 AMXS goes wheels up for C-5 maintenance

721 AMXS goes wheels up for C-5 maintenance

Story and photos by Senior Airman Tryphena Mayhugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Normally when a C-5M Galaxy is off the ground, it is soaring thousands of feet above the world. For one particular C-5 flying out of Travis Air Force Base, Calif., that was not the case when a malfunctioning landing gear caused it to be raised only a few feet above […]

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Features

Always Ready: 86 AES trains transporting tactics

Always Ready: 86 AES trains transporting tactics

by Senior Airman Elizabeth Baker
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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Features

Spring Cleanin’

Spring Cleanin’

by Airman 1st Class Savannah L. Waters
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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Features, Lifestyle

Car-free route leads from Landstuhl to Waldfischbach–Burgalben May 21

Car-free route leads from Landstuhl to Waldfischbach–Burgalben May 21

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Sunday, May 21, the communities of Kaiserslautern-Süd, Landstuhl and Wald-fischbach-Burgalben will sponsor the car-free event “Biking Fun in Sickingen County.” County road L363 between Nanstein Castle in Landstuhl and Waldfischbach-Burgalben will be closed to motorized traffic from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bicyclists, walkers, hikers, and inline-skaters can enjoy the […]

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Lifestyle

Reflect on Mother’s Day at the zoo

Reflect on Mother’s Day at the zoo

by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Sunday, Kaiserslautern-Siegelbach Zoo will grant mothers free entry and give them a coupon for free coffee and cake in its restaurant. They do this since Sunday is Mother’s Day and an official day to honor mothers throughout the world. In many countries, children pamper their mothers the second Sunday in […]

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