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A Fasching dance team dressed up as clowns performs a choreographed routine during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. Fasching is a time of year where participants can dress in costumes and attend events like Kappensitzung. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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Celebrants gather on stage to dance during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. Both traditional and humorous chants, songs and dances are performed by many teams of dancers as part of the season’s festivities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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Local party band Dom Piraten plays music during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. The annual festival, welcoming extravagant costumes and dance routines, takes place during the German Fasching season of festivities. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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A DJ plays music during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. The annual festival hosted loud music, choreographed dance team performances and a mix of traditional and creative costumes. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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A choreographed dance team dances in a kick line on stage during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. Teams of dancers in costumes varying from traditional to humorous performed in front of Airmen and families as part of the German Fasching, or ‘fifth season,’ tradition. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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A choreographed dance team forms a human pyramid on stage during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. Teams performed choreographed dances, skits and stunts as part of the German tradition of celebrating the centuries old Carnival, or ‘fifth season.” (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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11th Annual Saber Kappensitzung: Spangdahlem AB welcomes German Fasching tradition

Published Feb. 11, 2026
By Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty
52nd Fighter Wing Public Affairs

SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, RHEINLAND-PFALZ, GERMANY -- A Fasching dance team dressed up as clowns performs a choreographed routine during the Saber Kappensitzung festival at Spangdahlem Air Base, Feb. 6, 2025. Fasching is a time of year where participants can dress in costumes and attend events like Kappensitzung. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Gretchen McCarty)

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