News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany 
When France fell in May 1940 and the Battle of Britain was imminent,
there was a certain amount of panic in the British Ministry of Defense
about the number of Hurricane and Spitfire fighters available and the
consequences of the Germans bombing the factories that produced them.
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In the early 1950s, the biggest military threat to Western nations
seemed to be a few Soviet bombers dropping atomic bombs from high
altitude on major cities. For countries in Europe close to the Soviet
Union, this meant a requirement for a fast climbing, high speed
interceptor to shoot down the bombers before they dropped their weapon.
Range, in the form of fuel weight, was sacrificed for this high
performance, and these aircraft were known as point defense inceptors.
“My mom passed away the day she was supposed to come home from the hospital,” said Staff Sgt. Chaunce Foster, 603rd Air and Space Communications Squadron job control NCOIC. Though her ovarian cancer seemed to be in remission, Albetta Foster’s unexpected passing just a month before Sergeant Foster’s senior year […]
Light shone through a large window one late afternoon, reflecting off
the many plaques, awards and gifts set on a table for one man with a
distinguished career.
That man, Lt. Col. Dieter Biedekarken, inspector general of the U.S.
Army Reserve
Black History Month typically has been a time to reflect on the
achievements of prominent African-Americans from our nation
The 86th Services Squadron food service team was recently selected to
compete for the prestigious 2010 John L. Hennessy Award for the second
year in the row after being recognized as the 2010 U.S. Air Forces in
Europe Food Services Excellence Award. Ramstein will compete in the
multiple-facility category.
In late 1941, when Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, the technology of the
Japanese military was not noticeably behind the Allies, and in some
areas
Instead of leading a weather flight where Airmen monitor the
atmospheric change, 1st Lt. Tanya M. Casey has stepped outside her
specialty to new heights of support for Air Force operations in the
deployed environment.
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