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  • Policy changes benefit Airmen headed for 365-day deployments

    Effective Oct. 1, the Air Force will implement policy changes to improve sourcing efficiency of 365-day deployments and ensure Airmen receive adequate notification prior to deployment. The new policy sets the deployment 'accept or decline' option at three calendar days, streamlines the verification

  • 606th ACS returns from deployment

    Spouses, coworkers and friends anxiously awaited the arrival of more than 70 Airmen from the 606th Air Control Squadron as they returned to Spangdahlem Air Base Sept. 19. They greeted the Airmen, who were deployed to Southwest Asia for four months, with welcome home banners, hugs and kisses, and

  • A well-oiled machine

    Two weeks before Labor Day weekend, while the rest of us were working our daily jobs and adjusting to going back to school, Senior Master Sgt. Joel Berry and his 13 varsity softball players were on the field at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, getting ready to play their sixth and final game for

  • Airman Leadership School graduates class 2008-6

    Congratulations to the Airman Leadership School graduates of class 2008-6 from Spangdahlem Air Base. The following individuals took top honors at the graduation ceremony at Spangdahlem Air Base Sept. 17, 2008: Staff Sgts. Dan Mach, 606th Air Control Squadron, John L. Levitow Honor Graduate; Joshua

  • Get “Deja Blue” with Tops in Blue

    "You Can't Stop the Beat" when Tops in Blue comes to town. The troupe commemorated 55 years of entertainment with this year's show "Deja Blue". Approximately 1,000 people packed the Skelton Memorial Fitness Center Sept. 19, 2008, and were entertained by the Air Force's world-class entertainers.

  • Air Force turns 61

    It is hard to believe it has been a year since the Air Force celebrated its 60th anniversary with much pomp and circumstance. We shouldn't let the 61st birthday go by, however, without reflecting on six decades-plus of airpower as a separate military service and taking time to look to the

  • Volunteers are the backbone of the Tax Program

    Every spring, whether we like it or not, we have an obligation to file our income tax returns with federal and state governments. For some, it's a matter of filling out paperwork and anxiously awaiting refunds or grudgingly sending in more money. For many individuals, filing an income tax return can

  • Clothes dryer fires in homes

    For many households and other establishments, the clothes dryer is an indispensable convenience and necessity. However, if dryers are not properly installed or maintained, critical fires can occur. In the United States, the national loss for clothes dryer fires is estimated at $99 million from about

  • Top Saber performer

    Senior Airman Christopher Tobar, 726th Air Mobility Squadron aerospace propulsion journeyman, is the 52nd Fighter Wing's Top Saber Performer for Sept. 19-25.Name: Senior Airman Christopher Tobar Unit: 726th Air Mobility Squadron Duty title: aerospace propulsion journeyman Hometown: Los Angeles Years

  • Incentive flight program

    Senior Airman Ben Rowley, 52nd Communications Squadron, prepares to take an incentive flight Sept. 12, 2008. Airman Rowley earned his incentive flight by earning 52nd Mission Support Group Airman of the Quarter. Name: SrA Ben Rowley Unit: 52 Communications Squadron Duty title: Ground Radar