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Air Force report on sexual assault highlights program’s progress

by Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs

WASHINGTON — Air Force reports of sexual assault decreased slightly in fiscal year 2015, while reporting by male victims increased according to the service’s annual report on sexual assault released May 5.

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Col. Gerald A. Donohue, 86th Operations Group commander, stands at the front of a formation April 29 on Ramstein. Airmen from the 86th OG gathered for a retreat and remembrance ceremony to recognize the Implementation Force 21 crew from the 76th Airlift Squadron who paid the ultimate sacrifice 20 years ago when their aircraft was lost during an approach into Dubrovnik, Croatia.

86th OG honors Implementation Force 21

Photos by Senior Airman Nicole Keim
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KMC Notices and Events – May 13, 2016

Closures The KMC Housing Office and Furnishings Management Section will be closed Monday and May 26 and 30 due to U.S. and German holidays. For questions, call 489-6672. Freedom Fest vendor sign-up Private organizations interested in being a food or game vendor for this year’s Freedom Fest on July 4 […]

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KMC Blotter – May 13, 2016

MAY 2 8 a.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries near Homburg. MAY 3 3:32 p.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries in Ramstein-Miesenbach. 7:30 p.m.: Major traffic accident without injuries in Kollweiler. MAY 4 7:50 p.m.: Major traffic accident with injuries near Mannheim. MAY 5 7:40 a.m.: Major traffic accident with […]

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Photos by Airman 1st Class Lane Plummer
Tech. Sgt. James Moenning, 37th Airlift Squadron evaluator loadmaster, discusses the operations of a C-130J Super Hercules ramp with Pierre Yves, a French military contractor, April 28 on Ramstein. The French air force recently purchased several C-130s and visited the 37th Airlift Squadron to survey the aircraft in order to better understand its features and capabilities.

Ramstein Airmen familiarize French air force on US C-130s

by Senior Airman Nicole Keim 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Representatives of the French air force visited with Airmen at the 37th Airlift Squadron for a presentation on aircraft features and capabilities after recently purchasing several of their own C-130J Super Hercules and KC-130 Hercules April 28 on Ramstein.

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Commentary, News

Are you professional?

by Lt. Col. Lloyd A. Malone Jr. 603rd Air Operations Center

As you go about your assigned daily duties in the Air Force, do you consider yourself a professional Airman? Why ask such an obvious question?

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Roberto Casalini, Marine Operations director at Camp Darby, Italy, explains future plans to improve Tumbelo Dock along the Navicelli Canal to logisticians attending the Southern Sustainment Terrain Walk April 28. The dock is used to load munitions and equipment to take to the port of Livorno for shipment.

Allied leaders take walk on logistics side

Story and photo by Sgt. 1st Class Jacob McDonald 21st Theater Sustainment Command Public Affairs

Logistics leaders from U.S. Army Europe, U.S. European Command and several allied countries took a five-country tour of ports, railheads, warehouses and other sustainment and forward-movement facilities around southern Europe April 25 to 28.

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Elke Sittel, 86th Airlift Wing host nation advisor, translates for Airman 1st Class Patrick Cassidy, 37th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, during a base tour for the German-American Legal Conference May 10 on Ramstein. A legal team from the KMC and German legal professionals gathered for a daylong conference that concluded with a tour of the base and Ramstein Law Center.

US, Germany attend legal conference

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

A delegation of Air Force and Army judge advocates and civilian attorneys from the KMC gathered with local German legal professionals during a German-American Legal Conference May 10.

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Community Corner – May 6, 2016

Airman & Family Readiness Center For more information or to sign up for a class, call the Airman & Family Readiness Center at 480-5100. MONDAY » A military life cycle briefing: 10 a.m. to noon, A&FRC TUESDAY » Reintegration briefing: 9 to 10:30 a.m., IDRC » Predeployment briefing: 1 to 3 p.m., IDRC […]

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Tech. Sgt. Matthew Miller (left) and Staff Sgt. Ryan Gorby, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs, stand on the tale of a Ramstein C-130J Hercules during the International Marrakech Air Show April 30 in Morocco. Both crew chiefs are part of a six-man flightcrew entrusted with transporting the aircraft to the air show and showcasing the aircraft’s capabilities.

2016 International Marrakech Air Show strengthens US, Moroccan relations

Photos by Tech. Sgt. Brian Kimball
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