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  • AAFES Gas Ration Card

    Many of us may have wondered why the attendant is standing out in the Spangdahlem Air Base Shoppette parking lot. By checking authorizations to buy tax-free gas before pumping, that attendant is helping everyone and eliminating the need to wait in line. Purchasing tax-free gas on a military

  • Ropes leadership course

    Twenty one officers and senior non-commissioned officers from the 52nd Munitions Maintenance Group, Spangdahlem Air Base, competed in a ropes course filled with multiple puzzles and obstacles. The challenges enable individuals to overcome personal limitations and help build team communications and

  • Travel medicine update - rabies

    Like any disease, prevention is always the best cure, and avoiding the bite of an infected animal is the best way to prevent rabies. If you are bitten, post - exposure treatment comes in the form of a series of six injections of rabies vaccine over the course of one month. The supply of the rabies

  • Air Force senior leaders take up key decisions

    The nuclear enterprise, cyber organization, end strength, force shaping, and command and control of Air Force operations were just some of the topics discussed when Air Force senior leaders met at CORONA on Oct. 1-3 at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Colo. Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley

  • Energy Awareness in USAFE

    October is Energy Awareness Month, and a good time to remember that reducing energy use goes hand-in-hand with money savings for the U.S. government, or a personal bank account. In 2007, Executive Order 13423 presented federal agencies with a goal of reducing energy consumption by 3 percent each

  • Incentive Flight Program

    Staff Sgt. Ryan Conversi, 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit, prepares to take an incentive flight Sept. 29, 2008. Sergeant Conversi earned his incentive flight by earning 2006 U. S. Air Forces in Europe Lt. Gen. Leo Marquez award. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jenifer Calhoun) Name: Staff

  • Incentive Flight Program

    Senior Airman Edward W. Abney, 23rd Aircraft Maintenance Unit weapons section, prepares to take an incentive flight Sept. 26, 2008. Airman Abney earned his incentive flight by earning 2007 Weapons Load Crew of the Year. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Nathanael Callon ) Name: Senior Airman

  • The Big-22 hosts German-American First Friday

    They laughed and poked fun along with those wearing green flight suits as if they too were part of the Stinger Family and had long been in on the jokes. And if someone were to ask any of the guests as they left the close-knit celebration if they felt like members of the "fighter clan," they'd hear a