News

According to the Department of Energy, pump prices for gasoline have
been increasing through the holiday season as demand escalated.  Prices
into the new year are expected to remain steady with oil remaining
right around $61 a barrel.

Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley recently approved a
survey to identify the foreign language capability inherent in the Air
Force.

On Christmas Day, a C-17 Globemaster departed Iraq carrying 14 patients
requiring medical care at Landstuhl Regional Medical Center. Due to a
low-ceiling visibility, the C-17 requested the first-ever CAT II
instrument landing system approach to a Ramstein runway, just three
days after the system had been declared operational.

Effective Jan. 15, the 435th Security Forces Squadron will relocate its
law enforcement desk from its current location at Bldg. 2371 to Bldg.
2503 due to building renovations.

Military customs investigators recently uncovered several German tax
violations in which mail-order items were imported through the Army
Post Office for use in someone