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 ×
Capt. Erin Dorrance
Kaiserslautern American
The 86th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron received an
December 15, 2006 ×
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 ×
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 ×
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 ×
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 ×
Thomas Warner
LRMC Public Affairs
A project by Boy Scout Luke Secor, from Ramstein
December 1, 2006 ×