by Senior Airman Katherine Holt
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
Instructors from the 435th Security Forces Squadron Regional Training
Center conducted a fly away security team course for 12 Airmen from the
86th SFS and 7 Belgians from the Belgian Air Component Dec. 5 to 9.
December 16, 2011 ×
by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
More than 4,000 Ramstein service and family members were rocked by the
band Daughtry, comedian Gabriel
December 16, 2011 ×
Story and photo by Rick Scavetta
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern
Forty years ago, just one day after Erika Darsow left school in
Zweibrücken, she landed a job with the U.S. Army. And she
December 9, 2011 ×
by Dr. Marshall Michel
52nd Fighter Wing historian
Just before World War II began, the U.S. Army Air Corps realized its
fighters were woeful compared to the German Bf109 and the British
Spitfire. While advanced fighters like the Lockheed P-38 Lightning and
Republic P-47 Thunderbolt were in sight, in February 1940, the Air Corps
issued Proposal R-40C for a fighter superior to anything previously
considered.
December 9, 2011 ×
Story and photo by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
“She was my best friend for 27 years,” said Master Sgt. Lee “Pepper” Spaulding, 24th Intelligence Squadron. “Jenny made me a better man. This is what she would have wanted done, so this is why I’m doing it.” It started in 2004, while Spaulding was deployed to Southwest Asia. His […]
December 9, 2011 ×
by Tech. Sgt. Tammie Moore
376th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
While sitting on an airplane bound for Kyrgyzstan, the inbound American
Forces Network superintendent for New Kabul Compound, Afghanistan,
decided he wanted to renew his wedding vows. So, he leaned over to the
inbound communications superintendent for Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan,
and shared his idea with her, and she said
December 9, 2011 ×
by Laura Darden
Landstuhl Fisher House
Margarita Karizskaja was crowned Miss Harley Davidson KMCC at a local
beauty pageant Oct. 30 at the Auto Exchange Military Car Sales in
Kaiserslautern. The purpose of this pageant was not to obtain a crown
though; it was to raise funds and awareness for the Landstuhl Fisher
Houses.
December 2, 2011 ×