May 27, 2011 Phase: A story of mission dedication, team work As the 480th Fighter Squadron enforced the no-fly zone over the Libyan skies, the 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron Maintenance Flight F-16 Fighting Falcon Phase section ensured that those aircraft were able to continue their mission.The flight did that by pushing the aircraft through the required
May 16, 2011 606th ACS Airmen set up deployed radar site Airmen from the 606th Air Control Squadron deployed to Gerolstein, Germany, to participate in Eifel Thunder 2011, an operational readiness exercise testing the ability of Airmen to go to a remote location, bring their equipment and set up a deployed radar and satellite communications site, as well
May 16, 2011 Spangdahlem revamps root bracket replacement process The 52nd Equipment Maintenance Squadron Fabrication Flight Aircraft Structures Maintenance shop has a new process that makes aircraft repair more efficient and timely.The repair involves the root bracket on an F-16 Fighting Falcon, which connects the wing to the fuselage. According to the technical
April 20, 2011 FSS enhances support for people taking PT test In a continual effort to provide enhanced support and maximize everyone's time and resources, the 52nd Force Support Squadron is implementing a change to the schedule previously used to reserve Fitness Assessment times. The new schedule is 8 and 9:30 a.m. and 1 and 3 p.m., and all four fitness
April 20, 2011 AFN Spangdahlem: Getting a new location, equipment American Forces Network Spangdahlem was recently given $166,000 of new equipment from Defense Media Activity including high definition television studio equipment, cameras and HD decoders for AFN television services.AFN Spangdahlem is currently located at Bitburg Annex and the equipment received
Feb. 22, 2011 Class 11-C graduates ALS The Pitsenbarger Airman Leadership School hosted a graduation ceremony for class 11-C Feb. 16 at Club Eifel. After five weeks of education and training, each graduate was equipped with the knowledge needed to assume the responsibilities that comes with being a supervisor in the Air Force. The
Feb. 10, 2011 Spangdahlem Airmen to gain access to vision correction For years, the Spangdahlem Air Base Optometry Flight has been reluctant to offer refractive surgery opportunities for servicemembers stationed here; but a recent change in operations is opening the door for Airmen interested in improving their eyesight.In January, the optometry clinic began seeing