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After 300 hours of physical training, weapons and tactics drills, obstacle courses and combat exercises, the nine-person U.S. Air Forces in Europe Defender Challenge team came home with one silver and two bronze medals at the 2004 Defender Challenge competition at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, in October.

***image1***Brig. Gen. Rosanne Bailey, 435th Air Base Wing and KMC commander, adorns the Angel Tree with a topper, kicking off the Angel Tree program at the Ramstein Base Exchange Nov. 12. The program runs through Dec. 10 and donates money for Christmas presents to referred Air Force families.

***image1***(Center) Sibylle B. Gray, from Mannheim, passes down a double-crust cherry pie recipe to (left) Angela L. Muden and Ashley R. Ryan during the KMC FlyLadies’ November meeting Saturday at the Daenner Chapel on Daenner Kaserne. Sponsored by the 415th Base Support Battalion’s Chaplain’s Office, the KMC FlyLadies (and FlyGuys) […]

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The 86th Airlift Wing celebrated its first year of existence with a combat dining-in Nov. 12.

***image1***A two-month construction project at Ramstein’s East Gate is detouring all inbound traffic through the Harmon Gate and outbound traffic through the Junkyard Gate. Signs are posted and a bypass road is now open, running parrallel to Kisling Memorial Drive, to help alleviate traffic.

In the back window high up in the balcony, two F-86F Sabre Jets “climb towards the heavens and the Divinity.” These aircraft, including unit inscriptions on the side windows, are part of the stained glass at Ramstein’s Southside Chapel and are reminders of the 86th Fighter-Bomber Wing. The 86th Composite […]