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  • Spangdahlem 'Goes Bald for Brayden'

    Members of Saber Nation will shave their heads April 25 in a show of support for a young boy diagnosed with kidney cancer.Spangdahlem joins several other bases around the globe by going bald to support Brayden Mitchell, a 5-year-old boy from Ohio recently diagnosed with stage-3 Wilms tumor, a form

  • Kids' Deployment Day teaches how it's done

    Most Airmen know the feeling of going through a deployment line, picking up gear and getting brief after brief before heading out on their mission. This week the children of Spangdahlem "deployed" instead of their parents. The 52nd Fighter Wing hosted a Kids' Deployment Day for students from Bitburg

  • Air Control Squadron conducts combat readiness training

    Airmen from the 606th Air Control Squadron started a week-long combat readiness training here April 13.Training organizers designed realistic scenarios where Airmen deploy to a simulated remote location to set up a bare base and radar site. Although the radar site is simulated, the Airmen will

  • Fundamentals class keeps Sabers fit

    With the first quarter of 2014 already over, many people may look back at their physical fitness New Year's resolutions and their success or failure to keep them. Some people may feel they are on track while others may have given up. Regardless of your current status, the Combat Fitness Center can

  • April 3 - Pulse on AF force management

    Beginning April 3, regular force management updates will be published at www.af.mil, including program updates, reports on voluntary program applications received at AFPC and changes to program eligibility.Also, in response to Airmen's feedback to the secretary of the Air Force, chief of Staff and

  • US, Poland integrate flying capabilities

    Poland continues to build its relationship with the U.S. as both nations' air forces integrated their capabilities through training sorties in a joint theater capacity, April 1, 2014, for the first time since the arrival of U.S. aircraft and personnel to the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment 1

  • Av-Det keeps U.S.-Polish training running smoothly

    "All the expectations you have for a normal assignment -- throw those out the window. We have to analyze who we have, what our guys bring to the table and what we can do to overcome any challenges thrown our way," said Maj. Micah Chollar, 52nd Operations Group, Detachment 1 director of operations.

  • Spangdahlem observes Sexual Assault Awareness Month

    "Our Nation must continue to confront rape and other forms of sexual violence as a deplorable crime," said President Barack Obama in a 2011 proclamation. "Too many victims suffer unaided, and too many offenders elude justice. As we mark National Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month, we