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An air power look back: flying tanks

An air power look back: flying tanks

Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing Historian

At the end of World War I, it was clear that two new weapons, the
airplane and the tank, would dominate the next war. In the early 1930s,
some military designers began to consider moving tanks by air to
positions behind enemy lines where they could wreak havoc on
unprotected supply routes.

January 5, 2007 ×

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86th AES - Medevac mission earns 'excellent' rating

86th AES – Medevac mission earns ‘excellent’ rating

Capt. Erin Dorrance
Kaiserslautern American

The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron received an

December 15, 2006 ×

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An air power ‘look back’

An air power ‘look back’

Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing Historian

In 1950, the Air Force was pushing hard to improve its airlift capability despite a limited budget. One unique experiment was the Fairchild XC-120 Pack Plane, a modification of the Air Force

December 15, 2006 ×

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Don’t let holidays make you blue

Don’t let holidays make you blue

Although the holidays are supposed to be a time full of joy, good cheer, and optimistic hopes for a new year, many people experience seasonal

December 15, 2006 ×

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The Nürnberg Christmas Market

The Nürnberg Christmas Market

Christine June
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern

One of the memories I have when I was eight years old is of the
Nürnberg Christmas Market or Nürnberger Christkindlmarkt and what I
called

December 8, 2006 ×

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435th Medican Group

435th Medican Group

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December 1, 2006 ×

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USO volunteers unleash feast at CASF

USO volunteers unleash feast at CASF

Monica Mendoza
Kaiserslautern American

On every flight out of Iraq that brings injured servicemembers to Ramstein, the 791st Expeditionary Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron cooks up an American-style meal on the five-hour plane ride for their patients. It

December 1, 2006 ×

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Thanksgiving program treats troops

Thanksgiving program treats troops

Christine June
U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern

More than 50 KMC volunteers packed and handed out 450 Thanksgiving dinners Nov. 18 for the Kaiserslautern USO Thanks-For-Giving Program at the Vogelweh Commissary.

December 1, 2006 ×

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Wish they all could be Allemagne girls

Wish they all could be Allemagne girls

Mike Love (left) and Bruce Johnston perform for a crowd of thousands Nov. 21 at Ramstein

December 1, 2006 ×

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Patients to benefit from boy scout’s ingenuity

Patients to benefit from boy scout’s ingenuity

Thomas Warner
LRMC Public Affairs

A project by Boy Scout Luke Secor, from Ramstein

December 1, 2006 ×