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  • AFAS helps Airmen say goodbye

    The second to the last day of my temporary duty assignment to a squadron training exercise started like the rest, but ended leaving me feeling anxious and scared. That evening after we had ended the exercise, an instructor told me that I needed to call my wife. Of course I was glad to call her

  • American Idol Finalist Anthony Fedorov visits USAFE bases

    American Idol Season Four Finalist Anthony Fedorov will tour USAFE bases in April promoting the kick-off of the annual USAFE Services Extreme Summer program. Fedorov will also be a judge and perform at both the USAFE Youth and Teen Talent Contest April 13 and at the USAFE Idol Contest on April 14

  • Fire department offers candle saftey tips

    While candles make great decorations, provide fragrance and softly illuminate the house, they can also be very dangerous. In recent years candles in U.S. homes caused an estimated 17,200 fires, 200 deaths, 1,540 injuries and $200 million in estimated property damage. Thirty-eight percent of home

  • BHS students excel in DoDDS competition

    Twelve Bitburg High School students have earned first place awards in the European Senior Level at the recent DoDD's-Europe National History Day contest in Heidelberg. National History Day started in Cleveland in 1974 with the goal of reinvigorating the teaching and learning of history; it became a

  • Leadership answers meetings during town hall meetings

    Millions of dollars are flowing into Spangdahlem's military family housing to support the growing mission and base population. The 52Nd Civil Engineer Squadron is committed to not only rebuilding, but recreating a neighborhood friendly housing community. The first phase of the housing construction

  • Spangdahlem extending medical care to Bitburg Annex

    When the Bitburg Annex Hospital closes July 1, the 52nd Fighter Wing will have extended-care clinics using local German hospitals, to care for the medical needs of more than 19,000 servicemembers, civilians and their families. "In all reality, for most of our patients, they will see virtually no

  • 52nd MDG shares Avian Influenza information

    What is bird flu (avian influenza)? Bird flu --avian influenza--is an infection caused by avian (bird) influenza (flu) viruses, such as influenza A (H5N1) subtype. Influenza A infection occurs mainly in wild birds worldwide, which carry the viruses in their intestines, but usually do not get sick