April 2, 2014 US, Poland integrate flying capabilities Poland continues to build its relationship with the U.S. as both nations' air forces integrated their capabilities through training sorties in a joint theater capacity, April 1, 2014, for the first time since the arrival of U.S. aircraft and personnel to the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment 1
April 1, 2014 Av-Det keeps U.S.-Polish training running smoothly "All the expectations you have for a normal assignment -- throw those out the window. We have to analyze who we have, what our guys bring to the table and what we can do to overcome any challenges thrown our way," said Maj. Micah Chollar, 52nd Operations Group, Detachment 1 director of operations.
March 27, 2014 Romania, US partner to strengthen NATO Members of the Romanian air force visited the 52nd Fighter Wing this week in the first of a series of engagements designed to assist Romania in standing up its first F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter squadron.U.S. Airmen provided a familiarization tour encompassing several aspects of F-16 operations and
March 17, 2014 12 Aviano F-16s, support personnel arrive in Poland At the invitation of the government of Poland, twelve 555th Fighter Squadron F-16 Fighting Falcons and approximately 200 personnel assigned to the 31st Fighter Wing at Aviano Air Base, Italy, arrived at the U.S. Air Force Aviation Detachment here, March 14-15.Over the next several days, U.S. Air
Feb. 20, 2014 Saber Airmen and German leaders discuss partnership at forum Nearly 20 mayors, county commissioners and business leaders attended the 52nd Fighter Wing's information forum at the Eifel Lodging conference room Feb. 19. Hosted by Col. David Julazadeh, 52nd FW commander, the twice-yearly forum creates opportunities for community leaders to voice their opinions
Dec. 5, 2013 Ukrainian Verification Agency inspects Spangdahlem A group of Ukrainian inspectors visited Spangdahlem Air Base Dec. 5, 2013, in order to determine compliance with the Conventional Armed Forces in Europe treaty. While here, the Ukrainians had the option to look at various authorized facilities across the base to verify that the base did not exceed
Nov. 12, 2013 AF units join air defense mission in Iceland **Editor's note: Members of the 606th Air Control Squadron support this mission abroad.The final members of the 48th Air Expeditionary Group arrived at Keflavik International Airport, Iceland, Nov. 4, to conduct air surveillance and policing missions.The group, which is made up of U.S. Air Force and