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  • Joint training validates NATO peace commitment

    Poland and the United States continue their aerial training at Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group here as they move into the operational aspect of the flying program.The training is catered to create a realistic wartime environment, and the mission planning is a collaboration between the leadership

  • Poland, US unite during two-week aerial training

    Poland continues to build its relationship with the United States as both nations' air forces integrate their capabilities in a joint theater security cooperation event July 15-26, 2013.This marks the third time U.S. aircraft have flown into Poland as part of a partnership-building initiative that

  • PHOTO ESSAY: Post-flight procedures

    Members of the 451st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron work around the clock to ensure the F-16 Fighting Falcon fleet are mission ready at a moment's notice.Immediately after recovering an aircraft, maintainers begin their post-flight inspection checklist that would identify any damage,

  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Senior Airman Sierra HalsteadUnit: 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Duty title: Public health technicianHometown: Boone County, W.Va.Years in Service: 4Why joined: To see the world and experience life outside of the coal fields.Hobbies: Running, Muay Thai, traveling and weight liftingFavorite

  • Air control squadron trains to deploy

    Airmen from the 606th Air Control Squadron recently attended an intense combat readiness training course.Skills learned from this training enable the squadron to deploy and maintain a bare base site completely self-sufficient. "We have radar guys, we have radio frequency transmission guys,

  • 606th ACS departs for Operation Enduring Freedom

    Members of the 606th Air Control Squadron departed for Southwest Asia today in support of Operation Enduring Freedom to provide air defense of the Arabian Gulf for the next several months.The 606th ACS is a self-sustaining squadron consisting of maintenance, supply and approximately 19 other

  • Knowledge and experience passed on to 606th deployers

    The 606th Air Control Squadron has deployed to Afghanistan and another part of Southwest Asia for several months. A recent deployer, 1st Lt. Covey McAllister, 606th ACS deputy chief of current operations, has stepped in to share her knowledge and prepare Airmen for the road ahead."I am one of the

  • Super Saber Appreciation Day

    Click here to visit Spangdahlem Air Base's Flickr page where you can find photographs of Super Saber Appreciation Day events as they take place.The Public Affairs staff will upload their photographs to this photo set periodically throughout the day.The first photographs you'll see here will be from

  • Spangdahlem upgrades radar system

    Members of the 52nd Fighter Wing officially re-opened the ground-controlled approach facility with a ribbon cutting ceremony July 1.The facility closed in June to receive upgrades to the air traffic control radar system, replacing the aging radar based on 1980s technology with the state-of-the-art