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People often come up with ideas based on experience or out of curiosity. Some ideas even blossom into something huge. Many things wouldn’t have been made possible if it weren’t for someone’s idea.

A member of the 86th Operations Support Squadron was recently selected for the 2013 Airlift/Tanker Association Young Leadership award. The winner is Tech. Sgt. Lorenzo Walker, aircrew flight equipment quality assurance.

The Innovator of the Month award recognizes an individual or team in the 86th Airlift Wing who has improved our ability to accomplish the mission by making an improvement within their workspace.

A U.S. Army Garrison Kaiserslautern energy study for Sembach Kaserne won an American Planning Association’s Federal Planning Division award in the Outstanding Sustainable Planning, Design or Development category.

The Air Force “Guardian Angels” is a group of phenomenal men and women who make up nine capabilities synonymous for specialized operations — their motto, “That others may live … to return with honor.”

Graduation day is the day hundreds of people have been looking forward to since beginning their education. But this Community College of the Air Force graduation is different from others that have been held here. It’s the largest graduating class to date with 310 Airmen receiving their degrees.

by Master Sgt. Brian Bahret
U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Public Affairs

As U.S. Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove prepares to take command of U.S. European Command and NATO’s Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe, he acknowledged U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Airmen and their importance to the United States’ national defense strategy.