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  • Five EOD troops recieve Bronze Star Medals for actions downrange

    Five Airmen from the 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Device Flight were presented Bronze Star Medals for their performances supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Tech. Sgts. Jennifer Burch, Josh Gidcumb, Master Sgt. Danton Humphries, Senior Master Sgts. Dale Moser and Shawn Witten

  • Steps to detect breast cancer, build awareness

    October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Breast cancer is the second leading cause of death in women. There is also, a one in eight chance that a woman will be diagnosed during her lifetime. Screening mammography provides women with the best opportunity for early breast cancer

  • Sabers hone deployment skills

    The 52nd Fighter Wing wrapped up Saber Crown 07-01 Oct. 5, a wing-level deployment exercise that highlighted and challenged Sabers on some of the critical skills they need to remain proficient at as they go about their daily missions. This was the first exercise after the normally heavy permanent

  • Life support technicians keep pilots safe

    MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, Romania -- Five life support technicians with the 22nd Expeditionary Fighter Squadron work split shifts to ensure the equipment entrusted to their team is in stellar condition for the pilots and their mission. More than 270 Airmen were here Aug. 8-25, supporting the

  • A-10s surge for offensive

    BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan -- Six U.S. and Coalition troops peer out from a remote position on a ridge top in Afghanistan. At sunset on the third day of their vigil, a large force of Taliban extremists carrying heavy machine guns and rocket-propelled grenades surround and pin down the team. By

  • Smart Card Logon begins July 31

    Beginning July 31, Sabers are required to have a personal identification number for their Common Access Card to log on to their government computers. For wing members, this means they will no longer need to type in a username and password to log on to military networks, rather, they will use a Smart

  • Base legal warns drug use by base civilians punishable offense

    Despite rumors to the contrary, all civilian family members and base employees who use drugs are subject to administrative sanctions available to base authorities, even if such "soft" drugs are legal in the Netherlands. Civilians considering purchasing, using, selling or transporting drugs, such as

  • New fuels system eases aircraft refueling in high tempo areas

    Airmen here are refueling aircraft faster than ever before and with fewer people thanks to the next generation of fuels mobility support equipment. The new system is called Fuels Operational Readiness Capability Equipment, or FORCE. This equipment is making life easier here for Airmen and saving the

  • Teachers help accident victim cling to life

    A quarter mile of debris; a demolished guardrail on the right side of the road and a shoe in the middle lane; the hood of a car on the left. This was the scene that two Spangdahlem Air Base members drove up on at approximately 6:45 a.m. May 6 on Autobahn A-1 near Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Karen