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  • Saber Spouse 1 nominated for spouse of year

    Mara Wight, wife of 52nd Figher Wing Commander Col. Tip Wight, has been nominated for the Military Spouse of the Year award.Mrs. Wight has been a military spouse for 26 years. In the past year, she has contributed more than 1,600 hours to 52nd FW activities, generated U.S. Air Forces in Europe's

  • Top Saber Performer Jan. 29-Feb. 4

    Staff Sgt. Patrick Weaver, 52nd Comptroller Squadron, is the 52nd Fighter Wing's Top Saber Performer for the week of Jan. 29-Feb. 4.Name: Staff Sgt. Patrick WeaverUnit: 52nd Comptroller SquadronDuty title: Special Actions NCO in chargeHometown: Fairview Heights, Ill.Years in Service: 7 years and 10

  • Tricare offers family dental plan

    For active duty servicemembers, receiving dental care while stationed in Europe is simple--just visit your local military dental treatment facility and ask for an appointment. But if you're a military family member, things aren't always so straightforward.The dental clinic at Spangdahlem, as with

  • Shadow Day offers insight to Eifel students

    Job Shadow Day is a nationwide event dedicated to giving students an opportunity to "shadow" a parent or a mentor at the workplace during the course of a duty day. The purpose of Job Shadow Day is to help students explore career options, while making a connection between the school and workplace. In

  • Communication vital to Red Cross operations

    Not every U.S. Air Forces in Europe installation has an American Red Cross office like Spangdahlem.In fact, there are 19 base-located American Red Cross offices in the U.S., and only 50 on military installations worldwide."That's a small number of people doing a large number of things," said Tom

  • SLIDESHOW: 52nd Fighter Wing participates in Operation Saber Crown 10-3

    The 52nd Fighter Wing participated in Operation Saber Crown 10-03 Jan. 19-22. The exercise evaluated the wing's ability to support short-notice deployments and to prepare for the upcoming operational readiness inspections and NATO force evaluation this summer.View the slideshow.