by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Airmen assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing successfully conducted a mass generation exercise preparing multiple C-130J Super Hercules aircraft, a multi-aircraft sortie, and an elephant walk prior to takeoff on Ramstein Air Base, Nov 8. Airmen assigned to multiple units across the base had a hand in the exercise, as […]
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Story and photos by
Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh and
Airman 1st Class Noah Coger
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 86th Airlift Wing Host Nation Grassroots program partnered military members and military spouses with local Germans at an elementary school in Dansenberg, Nov. 20. The event, aimed to promote reading to German youth, allows Airmen and families to engage and promote friendship, said Roberto da Costa, 86th Airlift Wing […]
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Story and photos by
Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Airmen assigned to the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron bolstered their readiness to conduct Prime Base Engineer Emergency Force operations at Ramstein Air Base, Nov. 15. Master Sgt. Andrew Baines Jr., 786th CES Prime BEEF manager, said an update to Air Force Instruction 10-210, which pertains to civil engineer training, prompted […]
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Story and photo by
Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 86th Airlift Wing hosted a flight commander’s course to prepare leaders for their new positions at the Officers Club, Nov. 15 to 16. It is common for units to thrust the responsibility of commanding flights onto company grade officers the moment they arrive on station. The course eases the […]
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Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
March 1 was a significant day not just for one Airman or for one squadron but for the U.S. Air Force. On that day, “Shelly” Jarvis, 86th Dental Squadron superintendent, pinned on the rank of chief master sergeant — the first to do so in the U.S. Air Force as […]
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Story and photos by
Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
The 86th Airlift Wing, representatives from NATO countries, and a U.S. congressional delegate were in attendance for Volkstrauertag or the German National Day of Mourning in Ramstein-Miesenbach, Nov. 18. The German National Day of Mourning honors all victims of war and persecution and is the German equivalent of America’s Memorial […]
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Story and photo by
Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
An 86th Maintenance Squadron Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratory apprentice received the honor of being Ramstein’s Airlifter of the Week on Nov. 16. The 86th Airlift Wing commander and command chief lauded Airman 1st Class Stephen Oh for his excellence in executing the Air Force’s mission across the European theater of […]
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