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  • Master sergeant promotion list release

    Congratulations to the following technical sergeants chosen for promotion to master sergeant:52nd Aerospace Medicine SquadronTammy JennessCandace Slaughter52nd Aircraft Maintenance SquadronLance BakerTimothy BliefnickMark ChildsMichael DealyPeter HazleyErik KuhlmannEric MayesBrian McRoryMark

  • Spangdahlem Spouse named AF Spouse of the Year

    Spangdahlem Sabers continue to earn individual and unit awards for the 52nd Fighter Wing, and Saber spouses have shown they are no different.Mara Wight, wife of Col. Tip Wight, 52nd Fighter Wing commander, was named both the USAFE and Air Force-level 2010 Joan Orr Spouse of the Year.Mrs. Wight found

  • 17-year Airman sentenced to prison, bad-conduct discharge

    Following a Special court-martial April 26, Senior Airman Roderick Schmitt, 52nd Communications Squadron, listened to the military judge as she sentenced him to five months of confinement in military prison, reduction to the lowest enlisted grade and a bad-conduct discharge from the U.S. Air Force.

  • 'On road, off phone:' Order bans texting while driving

    Driving to work, you hear the sound of a new text message on your phone and are now faced with a decision -- to text back or not to text?For federal employees, to include military, Department of Defense civilians and contractors, the answer is simple ... not to text back.According to an executive

  • Combat Arms Firing Range under construction

    Firing on the Spangdahlem firing range can be a little unnerving for both the shooters and the instructors. Some may have had the pleasure of having a hot piece of brass land on your neck and burn you. Others may have had an instructor kick your feet while they are trying to get to a student who

  • 52nd MDG receives outstanding HSI rating

    The 52nd Medical Group recently received an overall outstanding rating for a Health Services Inspection.According to the Air Force fact sheet about the inspection agency, these inspections are completed in order to assess and improve medical war plans, readiness, management and healthcare quality at

  • Top Saber Performer

    Name: Staff Sgt. Brian Rhodes Unit: 52nd Civil Engineer SquadronDuty title: Fire protection crew chiefHometown: Chino Hills, Calif.Years in Service: Six yearsWhy joined: Education and travelFamily: Wife, Melissa, son, Caleb, and daughter, KaylynnHobbies: Playing football and softball, teaching my

  • Newly deployed A-10 unit provides close air support

    More than 200 pilots, maintainers and crew chiefs of the 81st Expeditionary Fighter Squadron and the 81st Expeditionary Aircraft Maintenance Squadron arrived May 11 here to provide close air support throughout Afghanistan. They are taking over from the Airmen of the 184th Expeditionary Fighter