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Secretary of the Air Force
Michael Donley, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz and Chief
Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Roy send the following Veterans Day
message to the Airmen of the U.S. Air Force:

My husband and I were at dinner a few weeks ago and we were discussing
my retirement. He asked me,

The U.S. European Command sent two C-130J Super Hercules loaded with
cots, blankets, sleeping bags and hygiene kits to northeastern Turkey
Oct. 29 to aid victims of a recent earthquake there.

Members from the 603rd Air and Space Operations Center on Ramstein
responded to the October earthquake in Turkey by planning and
controlling humanitarian relief flights as part of a cooperative
response effort led by the government of Turkey.

As the early fall chill set into the air outside the Ludwigsburg Palace
in Ludwigsburg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, more than 100 service
members representing the U.S., Germany, France and other partner
nations, including several Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment
Command, gathered in the warmth of the ornate receiving hall at the
invitation of none other than the Baden-Württemberg minister president
Oct. 19. The 21st TSC is headquartered in Kaiserslautern.