March 16, 2012 Successful exercise enhances global bonds, interoperability Anatolian Falcon 2012, a bilateral training exercise between the Turkish and the U.S. air forces, ended here March 16.The exercise was designed to strengthen military interoperability between the two nations and test the air forces' abilities to conduct a variety of air missions to include
March 14, 2012 NATO allies synch communication through Link 16 The Turkish and U.S. air forces successfully synched a communication system together during the bilateral training exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 13.Link 16 is a communication network developed to integrate signal detection into a data transfer shared among all members of the
March 12, 2012 Tops in Blue selects Spangdahlem Airmen for 2012 touring season An Airman from the 606th Air Control Squadron here recently earned a position with the Air Force's premiere entertainment touring group. Airman 1st Class Jessica Pitts, 606th ACS cyber systems operations apprentice, leaves March 17 to join Tops in Blue for the group's 2012 touring season.The Tops in
March 8, 2012 US pilots plant SEAD with Turkish counterparts The Turkish and U.S. air forces continue to combine their air assets and share tactics in large-force employments during Exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 here March 5-16.During LFE exercises, units oftentimes take advantage of the high number of aircraft participating to test mass communication
March 8, 2012 Officer cross-flow program comes to a close The application window for non-rated Air Force officers in certain support career fields and year groups to volunteer for retraining into undermanned career fields will close March 16.To reallocate officer resources in overmanned career fields and alleviate manning shortages in undermanned career
March 8, 2012 Wing rakes in 58 awards The following organizations and Airmen assigned to the 52nd Fighter Wing received U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Force-level awards.52 Medical GroupStaff Sgt. Isaac Concey, 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron -- 2011 Air Force Outstanding Base Bioenvironmental Engineering NCO of the Year.Senior