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Online customs form for mail parcels, packages

by Lionel Rivera Headquarters U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa

Customers can avoid waiting in line longer at post office finance windows if they complete an online customs declaration using the U.S. Postal Service website when presenting parcels and packages for mailing at the Air Force Post Office.

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Airmen from the 435th Contingency Response Group gather for a motorcycle mentor ride Aug. 15 on Ramstein. The annual ride started out as a squadron event and eventually branched out to the wing, giving inexperienced riders the opportunity to ride alongside someone who is familiar with European roads.

Bonds strengthened behind handlebars

Story and photo by Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Tightening their helmets and straddling their seats, 10 motorcyclists from Ramstein rev their engines before the ride began Aug. 15 on Ramstein

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Photo by Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski
721st APS upload Apache helicopter
Airmen assigned to the 721st Aerial Port Squadron upload a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter from 3rd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment onto a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 18 on Ramstein. The C-5 was headed for Ladd Army Airfield at Fort Wainwright, Alaska.

721st APS upload Apache helicopter

Photo by Senior Airman Nicole Sikorski

Airmen assigned to the 721st Aerial Port Squadron upload a U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter from 3rd Battalion, 159th Aviation Regiment onto a C-5 Galaxy Aug. 18 on Ramstein.

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Photo by Senior Master Sgt. Daniel Kenemore U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tamera Hall, Kisling NCO Academy instructor, teaches a class of Romanian students during a weeklong course at Boboc Air Force Base, Romania, July 3. Hall and a fellow instructor taught twelve Romanian students how the U.S. develops their NCOs’ education. The trip helped build relationships between the two allies and promoted learning and cultural understanding.

NCOA, Romanians share culture, knowledge

by Staff Sgt. Armando A. Schwier-Morales 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Two instructors visited the Romanian Warrant Officer and NCO military school at Boboc Air Force Base, Romania, for two weeks to show 12 Romanian future and current NCOs how the U.S. Air Force develops and trains its NCOs.

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Photo by Airman 1st Class Larissa Greatwood
Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force commander, coins Airman 1st Class Justin Hernandez, 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance craftsman, during his 86th Airlift Wing immersion tour Aug. 4 on Ramstein. Ray coined six Airmen in recognition of their individual dedication to go above and beyond within their units.

New 3rd AF commander charts path to organizational success

by Tech. Sgt. Ryan Crane U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

In the ninth grade he made up his mind. Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, had dreams of flying his whole life and, at the end of his freshman year of high school, determined the Air Force Academy would make his dream a reality.

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Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Brown, 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron aircraft parts store NCOIC, briefs members of the Ghanaian air force during a tour Aug. 18 on Ramstein. The 435th Contingency Response Group and the 86th LRS provided the tour to inform partner nations on key areas of maintaining airlift fleets.

Ghanaian air force visits Ramstein

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sharida Jackson

Tech. Sgt. Stephanie Brown, 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron aircraft parts store NCOIC, briefs members of the Ghanaian air force during a tour Aug. 18 on Ramstein.

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Romanian paratroopers wait to board an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules Aug. 18 at Boboc Air Base, Romania. Romanian paratroopers practiced both freefall and static line airborne operations as part of exercise Carpathian Summer, a bilateral training event designed to increase readiness and interoperability between the U.S. Air Force and the Romanian air force.

Carpathian Summer’s first week closes with high spirits

Story and photo by Senior Airman Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

OTOPENI AIR BASE, Romania — Spirits were high among the participants of exercise Carpathian Summer as the first week came to a close Aug. 20 at Otopeni Air Base, Romania.

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KMC Notices and Events – Aug. 28, 2015

Closures • The 86th Airlift Wing Legal Office’s German/International Law section will be closed Wednesday through Sept. 4, and Sept. 7 for the Host Nation Advisors Conference and Labor Day holiday. Their regularly scheduled services will resume Sept. 8. All other legal services will be available during this time. • The KMC […]

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KMC Blotter – Aug. 28, 2015

AUG. 18 2:13 a.m.: An assault was reported on Landstuhl. 5:50 a.m.: A house break-in which included damage to private property was reported in Kaiserslautern. 5 p.m.: A major traffic accident was reported in Huetschenhausen. AUG. 19 7 a.m.: A house break-in was reported in Kaiserslautern. AUG. 21 7:36 a.m.: […]

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Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force commander and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, upon his arrival to Ramstein Aug. 24. More than 200 Airmen and their families came out to line the streets and thank Stone and his friends for their bravery. Stone arrived on Ramstein while in transit to Landstuhl Regional Medical Center for follow-on medical treatment. Stone received multiple injuries, all of which were non-life threatening, while subduing an armed gunman on a train traveling from Amsterdam to Paris. Stone, along with childhood friends, Aleksander Skarlatos and Anthony Sadler, were recently honored by French President François Hollande for subduing an armed gunman when he entered their train carrying an assault rifle, a handgun and a box cutter. Stone is an ambulance service technician with the 65th Medical Operations Squadron stationed at Lajes Field, Azores.

US service members receive ‘heroic welcome’ on Ramstein

Photo by Staff Sgt. Sara Keller

Airman 1st Class Spencer Stone meets Lt. Gen. Timothy M. Ray, 3rd Air Force commander and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, upon his arrival to Ramstein Aug. 24.

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