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  • Top Saber Performer for Aug. 10 - 16

    Tech. Sgt. Michael Joseph Kodack Jr., a F-16 tactical aircraft maintenance instructor with Detachment 17, has been named the 52nd Fighter Wing's Top Saber Performer for the week of Aug. 10 - 16. Name: Tech. Sgt. Michael Joseph Kodack Jr. Unit: Detachment 17 Duty Title: F-16 tactical aircraft

  • Saber's COLA rate increases

    Spangdahlem Airmen will notice an increase in their Aug. 15 paycheck due to an increase in their cost and living allowance. In order for the COLA rate to change, the dollar must increase, or decrease, five percent against the Euro, which recently happened, increasing COLA for all of U.S. Air Forces

  • Birth announcements for June, July

    Congratulations to the parents of the newest Sabers. Mya Brianna Owens was born at 1:24 p.m. June 3 to Senior Airmen Robert and Tammy Owens. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was19 inches long. Airman Robert Owens is assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Airman Tammy Owens is

  • NCO retraining program seeks to fill some 900 positions

    The 2008 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program began Aug. 7 as the Air Force seeks to fill approximately 900 shortage career field and special duty positions. NCOs notified of their vulnerability to retrain must submit the shortage career field choices they would most like to retrain into or

  • Full replacement value for personal property begins soon

    Department of Defense customers, including servicemembers and DOD civilians, will soon be eligible for full replacement value protection on most DOD-funded personal property shipments. Full replacement value coverage will apply to personal property shipments with a pickup date on or after: -- Oct.

  • Major sentenced to five months confinement for drunk driving

    On July 9, 2007, a General Court-Martial at Spangdahlem Air Base sentenced Maj. Jonathan P. Elliott, 726th Air Mobility Squadron, to five months confinement and gave him a reprimand for driving drunk on July 21, 2006. Maj. Elliott accepted responsibility for his misconduct and pled guilty to the

  • Azerbaijan inspection team takes a look at Spangdahlem

    The mission of the treaty compliance office is to support the 52nd Fighter Wing in meeting its international arms control requirements. Responsibilities include interpretation and compliance with all Arms Control treaties. The office is a one-person regional office with a base alternate. Treaty

  • Qualifications for Kosovo Campaign Medal

    Servicemembers who participated in or were in direct support of Kosovo operations within established areas of eligibility may be awarded the Kosovo Campaign Medal and campaign streamers for their accomplishments. The award was established by President Clinton in May 2000. Individuals authorized the

  • Wireless networks: curse or blessing?

    Thanks to wireless Internet technology it is easy to move from a loud, busy work area into a place of solitude. When at home, a wireless user can take their computer into a room to play computer games without distracting others. The amount of data that can pass through wireless network is about the