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  • Open house showcases US, German partnership

    NATO service members partnered together to showcase military capabilities and aircraft inventories during an open house here Saturday and Sunday.During the event, German and U.S. Air Forces Airmen expressed their commitment to furthering the countries' relations. "We exercise together, we learn from

  • Water survival training keeps pilots combat ready

    It was a brisk 50 degrees Fahrenheit when Tech. Sgt. Robert Martin took the plunge into the pool."It's not too cold once you start swimming," said Martin, 52nd Fighter Wing Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Training and Operations Survival NCO in charge, as he demonstrated the proper

  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Staff Sgt. Brian AmosUnit: 52nd Logistics Readiness SquadronDuty title: Fuels information managerHometown: Oceanside, Calif.; Canon City, Colo.; and Lexington, Ky.Years in Service: Eight yearsWhy joined: I was bored with the information-technology industry and needed to see more of the world.

  • Tornado alarm warns Sabers of weather threats

    Tornadoes have been observed on every continent except Antarctica. In fact, the nearby Netherlands has the highest rate of tornadoes by area on the planet. So, although Germany is not exactly in a high-threat area, a tornado here is not out of the realm of possibility.However, the event July 21 was

  • "Pig out" in Wittlich

    Legend says Wittlich was once a walled fortress constantly under attack by invaders.One evening, a guard charged with locking the besieged town's gate could not find the peg to secure the fortified door. Instead, he wedged a large carrot into the door. Later, a pig ate the carrot, the gate opened

  • Personal information removed from CACs

    The Department of Defense recently entered phase two of a three-phase process to remove social security numbers from service member, family member and civilian employee DoD ID cards.The changes are designed to reduce the risk of identity theft to card holders and to reinforce the growing DoD culture

  • Sabers break ground on new fitness center

    52nd Fighter Wing and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers leadership broke ground on a new fitness center here July 22.The center is part of the base's northwest expansion program, which includes the construction of a new Exchange, commissary, high school, middle school and multiple sports fields across an