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Saber's celebrate Fasching with local community

Heather Horton, spouse of the 52nd Fighter Wing vice commander, climbs the ladder up to city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. Once the ladies have “taken over” the city hall, the celebrations begin with dancing and parading throughout the city. The traditional Fasching celebrations begin the Thursday prior to Lent at the 11th minute past the 11th hour, continue until Ash Wednesday and allow people to indulge before the Lent season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Sabers celebrate Fasching with local communities

Airman 1st Class Preston Cherry, 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, is presented with a key by Joachim Kandels, Bitburg mayor, during the 2017 Storming of the Rathaus Fasching event in Bitburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The women captured the key, symbolizing they had taken control of the city as part of the holidays tradition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber)

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Members of the 52nd Fighter Wing leadership team join in the festivities during 2017 Storming of the Rathaus Fasching event in Bitburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration has ties with both seasonal and religious observances in German culture. (U.S Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber)

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Joachim Rodenkirch, left, mayor of Wittlich, helps a local German woman through a window at city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. Once the ladies have “taken over” the city hall, the celebrations begin with dancing and parading throughout the city. The traditional Fasching celebrations begin the Thursday prior to Lent at the 11th minute past the 11th hour, continue until Ash Wednesday and allow people to indulge before the Lent season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Children and adults reach for candy thrown out of city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration included a tradition of female citizens storming the city hall to seize control of the community for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Col. Steven Zubowicz, 52nd Mission Support Group commander, talks with other attendees at city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration included a tradition of female citizens storming the city hall to seize control of the community for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Laura McFall, spouse of the 52nd Fighter Wing commander, climbs the ladder up to city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. Once the ladies have “taken over” the city hall, the celebrations begin with dancing and parading throughout the city. The traditional Fasching celebrations begin the Thursday prior to Lent at the 11th minute past the 11th hour, continue until Ash Wednesday and allow people to indulge before the Lent season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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A delegation of Fasching revelers lead a crowd in a chant during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. More than 250 citizens attended the celebration inside the city's main square. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Musicians play music while revelers lock arms and dance to music as part of a Fasching celebration at the city hall in Bitburg, Germany, Feb. 22, 2017. Fasching is a yearly celebration put on by the Germans to commemorate the start of the spring season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber)

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Col. Steven Zubowicz, 52nd Mission Support Group commander, throws candy to the crowd below city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration included a tradition of female citizens storming the city hall to seize control of the community for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Attendees enjoy the festivities during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. More than 250 citizens attended the celebration inside the city's main square. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Sabers celebrate Fasching with local communities

Airman 1st Class Preston Cherry, 52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs photojournalist, gets his tie cut off during the 2017 Storming of the Rathaus Fasching event in Bitburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration included a tradition of female citizens storming the city hall to seize control of the community for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber)

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Saber's celebrate Fasching with local community

Col. Steven Zubowicz, left, 52nd Mission Support Group commander, talks with Joachim Rodenkirch, right, mayor of Wittlich, at city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. The celebration included a tradition of female citizens storming the city hall to seize control of the community for the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)

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Chief Master Sgt. Edwin Ludwigsen, 52nd Fighter Wing command chief, gets his tie cut off during the 2017 Storming of the Rathaus Fasching event in Bitburg, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. A woman cutting off a man’s tie is a longtime tradition observed during Fasching. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Dawn M. Weber)

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Sabers celebrate Fasching with local communities

Published Feb. 24, 2017
By SSgt Jonathand Snyder & SrA Dawn Weber
52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs

Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany -- Heather Horton, spouse of the 52nd Fighter Wing vice commander, climbs the ladder up to city hall during a Fasching celebration in Wittlich, Germany, Feb. 23, 2017. Once the ladies have “taken over” the city hall, the celebrations begin with dancing and parading throughout the city. The traditional Fasching celebrations begin the Thursday prior to Lent at the 11th minute past the 11th hour, continue until Ash Wednesday and allow people to indulge before the Lent season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Jonathan Snyder)