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  • Spangdahlem AB Beta tests new feedback form

    Beta testing for the new "Airman Comprehensive Assessment" performance feedback program is underway and lasts until June.Air Force leadership initiated this Beta testing as a way to improve the performance feedback program based on the needs of Airmen and their raters.U.S. Air Forces in Europe

  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Staff Sgt. Zach NeithamerUnit: 52nd Maintenance Operations SquadronDuty title: 81st Aircraft Maintenance Unit schedulerHometown: PhiladelphiaYears in Service: Six yearsWhy joined: I joined the Air Force to get on a straight path.Family: My wife, Mindy; a baby boy on the way; and my dog,

  • Air Force Medical Service turns to secure messaging

    Patients at Air Force medical treatment facilities will soon be able to communicate securely and privately with their health care teams anywhere and anytime due to the Air Force-wide expansion of secure messaging.Secure messaging will be available to patients through what is known as the MiCare

  • AF 2013 budget: Cuts while keeping agile, flexible, ready force

    The Air Force released its fiscal 2013 budget Feb. 13 and stressed the need for difficult budgetary cuts to meet the new defense strategy while maintaining the service's agility, flexibility and readiness.The Air Force is requesting $154.3 billion in the president's 2013 budget, a reduction of five

  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Staff Sgt. Elijah BonzerUnit: 52nd Medical Support SquadronDuty title: Biomedical equipment repair technicianHometown: Billings, Mont.Years in Service: Nine and a half yearsWhy joined: I joined to see the world and learn a skill in a field that interests me.Family: My wife, Barbara; and

  • DFAC re-opens to hungry crowd

    The Mosel Dining Facility here re-opened Feb. 1 to nearly 500 lunch customers.The facility closed in August 2010 for renovations to the cold-storage area, and engineers used this time to upgrade the serving line housing, electric infrastructure, seating area and overall appearance."This is a classic

  • Super Saber Performer

    Name: Airman 1st Class Jessenia Ayala Unit: 52nd Munitions Maintenance GroupDuty title: Knowledge operations technicianHometown: Orlando, Fla.Years in Service: One year and four monthsWhy joined: As a child, I always enjoyed seeing members of the U.S. Air Force in uniform. It gave me a sense of

  • CSAF: AF will be smaller but superb force

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz explained the service's contributions to the new Defense Department strategy during a Pentagon press briefing here Jan. 27. Schwartz said that as the Air Force approaches future constrained budgets, service officials will trade size for quality in order

  • 'A-Team' A-10s, Apaches hone CSAR, CAS skills

    A joint close air support and combat search and rescue exercise involving U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt II pilots and U.S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopter pilots took place for the first time at the Baumholder Major Training Area here Jan. 23 - 26. A-10 pilots who participated in this joint training