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  • Recommended 2015 Holiday Season Mailing Dates and Mailing Tips

    The 2015 recommended holiday season mailing dates for postal customers assigned to the European theater are:Space Available Mail (SAM) - 25 Nov 15Parcel Airlift (PAL) - 3 Dec 15First Class/Priority Mail - 10 Dec 15Priority Mail Express - 17 Dec 15These dates are for mail originating in Europe and

  • Blog: U.S., Portuguese airmen team up for helicopter unload

    Beja Air Base, Portugal, is abuzz with activity as nearly 3,000 service members and 40 aircraft from nine NATO and allied nations take part in Exercise Trident Juncture 2015.During the exercise, the 41st Rescue Squadron assigned to the 347th Rescue Group at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, is

  • Spangdahlem congratulates new Honor Guardsmen

    The 52nd Fighter Wing welcomed 12 graduates from the Base Honor Guard's training course, graduating class 16-1, with a ceremony inside the base theater at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Oct. 23, 2015. The ceremony acknowledged the new ceremonial guardsmen who underwent and successfully completed

  • Base exercise delivers flu vaccine to Airmen

    Spangdahlem conducted a Disease Containment Plan exercise using a point of distribution to administer the influenza vaccine to as many Airmen as possible in a single day, Oct. 21, 2015.The DCP exercise was held to evaluate the wing's capability to service the base population in the event of a

  • AFN and TKS: answers to your questions

    Are you a TKS client who watches AFN? Have you been trying to figure out why you can't watch your favorite AFN commercials and programs? We've got an answer for you.Recently, TKS phased out their analog service Germany-wide. All existing analog television content has been transferred to DVB-C

  • 480th FS participates in Trapani Air Show

    Two F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft, assigned to the 480th Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, participated in the Trapani Air Show at Trapani Air Base, Italy, Oct. 19, 2015.The air show initiated Trident Juncture 2015, a multiservice, multinational training exercise involving

  • Reading across the globe promotes literacy

    Spangdahlem Airmen helped the American Red Cross and Points of Light to try and make history, Oct. 19-20, 2015."We are reading across the globe," said Sara Johnson, an American Red Cross volunteer instructor. "We are trying to break the Guinness World Record for most kids read to in a 24-hour