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  • Women’s Equality Day honors fight for equality

    Aug. 26, 1920 is an important date for the women's rights movement in the United States. On that day, Secretary of State Bainbridge Colby, with the approval of President Woodrow Wilson, signed the 19th Amendment into law, granting women's suffrage -- the right to vote. Susan B. Anthony frankly

  • 52nd FW/CC coins firefigthers

    The 52nd Fighter Wing commander presented six 52nd Civil Engineer Squdaron firefighters with his coin as a token of thanks for saving the life of a fellow Saber from a house fire Aug. 10. Col. Darryl Roberson personally thanked Airman 1st Class Danny Maese, Staff Sgt. Tyrone Oden, Master Sgt. Brett

  • Staff sergeant promotion rates announced

    Air Force officials selected 15,130 of 36,608 eligible senior airmen for promotion to staff sergeant for a selection rate of 41.33 percent, up 5.46 percent from last year. The staff sergeant promotion list will be released at 9 a.m. Central Daylight Time Aug. 15, and score notices will be posted on

  • 52nd FW names quarterly award winners

    Congratulations to the following 52nd Fighter Wing quarterly award winners: Airman of the Quarter Senior Airman Christopher Sears, 701st Munitions Support Squadron NCO of the Quarter Tech. Sgt. Earl Thomas, 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron Senior NCO of the Quarter Master Sgt. Kenneth Gavin, 52nd

  • Top Saber Performer for Aug. 10 - 16

    Tech. Sgt. Michael Joseph Kodack Jr., a F-16 tactical aircraft maintenance instructor with Detachment 17, has been named the 52nd Fighter Wing's Top Saber Performer for the week of Aug. 10 - 16. Name: Tech. Sgt. Michael Joseph Kodack Jr. Unit: Detachment 17 Duty Title: F-16 tactical aircraft

  • Saber's COLA rate increases

    Spangdahlem Airmen will notice an increase in their Aug. 15 paycheck due to an increase in their cost and living allowance. In order for the COLA rate to change, the dollar must increase, or decrease, five percent against the Euro, which recently happened, increasing COLA for all of U.S. Air Forces

  • Birth announcements for June, July

    Congratulations to the parents of the newest Sabers. Mya Brianna Owens was born at 1:24 p.m. June 3 to Senior Airmen Robert and Tammy Owens. She weighed 6 pounds 13 ounces and was19 inches long. Airman Robert Owens is assigned to the 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and Airman Tammy Owens is

  • NCO retraining program seeks to fill some 900 positions

    The 2008 Noncommissioned Officer Retraining Program began Aug. 7 as the Air Force seeks to fill approximately 900 shortage career field and special duty positions. NCOs notified of their vulnerability to retrain must submit the shortage career field choices they would most like to retrain into or

  • Full replacement value for personal property begins soon

    Department of Defense customers, including servicemembers and DOD civilians, will soon be eligible for full replacement value protection on most DOD-funded personal property shipments. Full replacement value coverage will apply to personal property shipments with a pickup date on or after: -- Oct.

  • Major sentenced to five months confinement for drunk driving

    On July 9, 2007, a General Court-Martial at Spangdahlem Air Base sentenced Maj. Jonathan P. Elliott, 726th Air Mobility Squadron, to five months confinement and gave him a reprimand for driving drunk on July 21, 2006. Maj. Elliott accepted responsibility for his misconduct and pled guilty to the