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Rodenbach club sponsors torch run

Rodenbach club sponsors torch run

86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Editor’s Note: This article was published in a previous edition of the Kaiserslautern American and the information has been updated to reflect this year’s event. The Rodenbach gymnastic club, TV Rodenbach, will hold its 39th annual Torch Run Saturday. The 7-kilometer cross-country track will be lit with more than 300 […]

November 1, 2018 ×

Features, Lifestyle

Childhood dreams come true in Augsburg

Childhood dreams come true in Augsburg

Story and photos by Leonie Milde
MilitaryinGermany.com

There’s a children’s show called “Die Augsburger Puppenkiste” (Augsburg’s puppet box) featuring entire worlds that could fit inside a single wooden box. So when I was offered to tag along to Augsburg for a day, I jumped at the opportunity to meet my childhood heros in person. Little did I […]

November 1, 2018 ×

Features, News

US, NATO firefighters forge through flames

US, NATO firefighters forge through flames

Story and photos by
Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

U.S. Air Forces in Europe Fire Academy members assigned to the 435th Construction and Training Squadron hosted a burn training during a USAFE North Atlantic Treaty Organization Firefighter Partnership course on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 5. “The participants did extremely well,” said U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Justin Domingo, 435th […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features, News

Airmen ‘drop in’ on SHAPE Airfield on Chièvres Air Base for first time in 51 years

Airmen ‘drop in’ on SHAPE Airfield on Chièvres Air Base for first time in 51 years

Story and photos by
Senior Airman Joshua Magbanua
Airman 1st Class Ariel Leighty
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Airmen from the 424th Air Base Squadron at Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, welcomed some visitors who ‘dropped in’ from Ramstein Air Base, in a way not seen in over a half century, Oct. 4. “It’s the first time in 51 years that we are conducting airdrop exercises at Supreme Headquarters […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features

Amazing Base provides healthy competition

Amazing Base provides healthy competition

by Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Fifteen teams of four participated in the annual Amazing Base competition, which showcased obstacles strewn across base that encouraged teamwork, problem solving and exercise on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 10. Throughout the morning and afternoon, teams raced to multiple “road blocks,” which required them to complete a task before receiving […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features, News

21st TSC returns to France for first military port operations in 50 years

21st TSC returns to France for first military port operations in 50 years

by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald
21st Theater Sustainment Command

RADICATEL, France – The U.S. Army ended a 50-year hiatus when it used a French port to bring equipment into Europe for the first time since Charles de Gaulle removed France from the NATO Military Committee. The 21st Theater Sustainment Command and Military Surface Deployment and Distribution Command, brought 177 […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features

435th CRG demonstrates strike package support concept

435th CRG demonstrates strike package support concept

by Staff Sgt. Jimmie D. Pike
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

At any moment, in the modern dynamic warfighting environment, anything can happen; and the U.S. Air Force knows flexibility is the key to airpower. This flexibility is forged by Airmen through constant innovation and training. Airmen assigned to the 435th Contingency Response Group conducted a proof-of-concept exercise at Ramstein Air […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features

Retiree Appreciation Day: Thanking those who have served

Retiree Appreciation Day: Thanking those who have served

Story and photos by
Airman 1st Class Ariel Leighty
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community paused and reflected on the service of more than 2 million retired members of the U.S. Armed Forces, during Retiree Appreciation Day on Ramstein Air Base, Oct. 18. American retirees in the local area were able to come to the event to voice opinions, […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features, Health

Smile, it’s dental hygiene month

Smile, it’s dental hygiene month

By Gabrielle Fiorella
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 86th Ramstein Dental Clinic is promoting Dental Hygiene Month for the month of October. Dental Hygiene month is an effort to celebrate the work dental hygienists do and helps raise awareness on the importance of good oral health. “This year, the clinic is focusing on four routines that can […]

October 25, 2018 ×

Features

Ramstein Elementary Annual Fall Fitness Walk

Ramstein Elementary Annual Fall Fitness Walk

 

October 25, 2018 ×