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A Moment in Air Force History:
El Dorado Canyon

Senior Master Sgt. Frederick Smith
435th Air Base Wing History Office

April is the 19th anniversary of Operation El Dorado Canyon. While several factors led to it, the final precipitating event was a terrorist attack on the La Belle Discotheque in West Berlin. Frequented by Americans, a bomb set off April 5, 1986, killing two Americans and a Turkish woman and injuring 230 others, including 79 Americans.

April 29, 2005 ×

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Customer College now offers classes in German

Senior Airman Kerry Solan-Johnson
Kaiserslautern American

Customer College officials hope their students will be asking,

April 29, 2005 ×

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New president recharges BOSS

New president recharges BOSS

Christine June
415th Base Support Battalion

Sgt. Joel L. Abelson is eager to get started as the new president of the 415th Base Support Battalion

April 22, 2005 ×

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CASF: preparing patients for flight

CASF: preparing patients for flight

Maj. Judith P. Patton
435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility

(Editor

April 22, 2005 ×

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A view inside an abusive home
April is Child Abuse Awareness Month

Teresa Hanson
Contributing writer

This is a view from the inside of an abusive home

April 22, 2005 ×

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Re-acclimating patients

Re-acclimating patients

Maj. Judith P. Patton
435th Contingency Aeromedical Staging Facility

(Editor

April 15, 2005 ×

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Married master sergeant maintainers make senior

Married master sergeant maintainers make senior

1st Lt. Jenny Lovett
Kaiserslautern American

***image1***“This is what I call a promotion ceremony,” said Lt. Col. Christopher Mardis, 86th Maintenance Squadron commander, as 200 maintainers blew the roof off shouting, “Big Dawgs” when two of their own were promoted in a dual ceremony March 31 in the breakroom. Master Sgt. Marcus Brown, 86th Maintenance Operations […]

April 15, 2005 ×

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Deployed Airmen discover diamond in roughNCO gears up for

Deployed Airmen discover diamond in rough
NCO gears up for

Senior Airman Melissa Maraj
Kaiserslautern American

Integrity first, Service before self, and Excellence in all we do.
For Master Sgt. Thomas Gillard, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster superintendent and acting first sergeant, these words mean more than just a chant to be recited, they are words to live by.

April 1, 2005 ×

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Don’t tax your brain over taxes

Don’t tax your brain over taxes

Joe Monchecourt, Story and photo
21st Theater Support Command

Tax time doesn

April 1, 2005 ×

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Piping the children away

Piping the children away

***image1***Jon W. Huebsch, 13, Ramstein Middle School sixth-grader, pipes away the children during Pied Piper rehearsals Saturday at the Ramstein Intermediate School Gym. The Ramstein Playhouse Theater presents Pied Piper 7 p.m. Friday and 4 p.m. Saturday at the RIS Gym.

March 18, 2005 ×