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  • Service members from the 470th Air Base Squadron, Geilenkirchen, Germany, participate in a morale run during a squadron sports day Sept. 12, 2014. Service members from the unit took part in various sporting events including basketball, volleyball, racquetball, football and kickball. (Courtesy photo by U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Caber/Released)

    470th ABS Airmen compete in sports day events

    Under a soft blue sky in sunny, spring-like weather, service members of the 470th Air Base Squadron, Geilenkirchen, Germany, participated in a morale-boosting squadron sports day Sept. 12, 2014.The event began with a morale run to enhance camaraderie, which fostered a sense of togetherness and started the on the right foot."During the squadron run,

  • Program provides pre-K education

    With the beginning of the school year, Saber Nation continues to ensure every family has the resources they need for success. The Sure Start Program, a Department of Defense initiative, provides students with a stepping-stone before starting their formal education. "The Sure Start Program focuses on children who may need an extra boost," said
  • Bitburg Barons football players watch game film prior to the start of their season opener game against the Baumholder Buccaneers Sept. 6, 2014, at Bitburg Annex, Germany. The team plays five games during the course of the regular season. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusty Frank/Released)

    Barons win home opener 32-8

    During a warm Saturday afternoon, the smell of smoke from hotdogs and hamburgers grilling, and the sound of the crowd cheering at the end of every play, provides the perfect backdrop for a high school football game. And this backdrop set the environment for the Bitburg Middle-High School Barons football team season opener against the Baumholder
  • Anna Andlauer, an educator from Markt Indersdorf, Germany, foreground, looks at her notes as a video of Greta Fischer, a German social worker, plays on a screen as part of the Diversity Day celebration at Club Eifel at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 25, 2014. Andlauer spoke during the event about Fischer’s work to help displaced children after the Holocaust. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Joe W. McFadden/Released)

    'Rage to Live' speaker documents child survivors

    People who attend presentations about the horrors of war often leave with more questions than answers. Questions like "How could something like this happen?" or "How could people allow this to go on so long?" and perhaps most frequently "Why?"But for any children who may have survived the murder of their parents, the hardest question to answer may
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Andres Gomez, a 52nd Aerospace Medicine Squadron bioenviromental engineering technician, and Karin Jung, a German and English school teacher in Bitburg, Germany, pose for a photo Aug. 21, 2014, at Wissmannsdorf , Germany. Gomez and Jung are bringing back the Adopt an Airman program. Designed to build partnership capacities and strengthen local ties by allowing German families to adopt dorm Airmen. (Courtesy photo/Released)

    Wanted: Airmen up for adoption

    For Airmen living in the dorms, being away from home can cause a sense of lonliness during the weekends and holidays. Some might even miss that good, old-fashioned, home cooked meal or the feeling of being around a family. To combat that, an old program is coming back."The Adopt an Airman program is a program where we get German families to adopt
  • Therese Gatterburg, left, 10th grade student at Bitburg Middle-High School and native of Heidelberg, Germany, interacts with her colleagues at the Student 2 Student orientation event in Bitburg Middle-High School at Bitburg, Germany, Aug. 22, 2014. The Student 2 Student members lead the orientation event to help welcome the new students entering their school. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Timothy Kim/Released)

    A heart 2 heart with Student 2 Student

    The first day of school can be a day filled with anxiety, unease and jitters about starting over.For Department of Defense Education Activity students, any initial fears may be multiplied when starting school in a foreign country away from their familiar friends.For military children like Gavin Lerch, a native of Albuquerque, New Mexico, and son of

  • Manderscheid castles hold annual medieval festival Aug. 30-31

    The ruins of two fortresses - the upper and lower fortresses - will form an impressive background for a medieval castle celebration,Aug. 30-31, 2014, at the health resort of Manderscheid.At the Turnierwiese, (jousting meadow or training grounds), at the foot of the Niederburg or lower castle, a group of knights from Duesseldorf will create a
  • Base Airmen start a 5K during the second annual Tier II 5K Mud Run Aug. 20, 2014, at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany. More than 100 people participated in the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Rusty Frank/Released)

    Sabers keeping it muddy

    Under the warm sun and blue sky, the stillness of the environment is interrupted by the shouting of "three, two, one, go!"With that countdown, the second annual Tier II Mud Run kicked off, and it was time to get down and dirty for Saber Nation. U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Robert Nolen, 52nd Component Maintenance Squadron avionics maintenance section
  • U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Alec Vautherot, 52nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron 480th Aircraft Maintenance Unit electrical environmental specialist and native of Waterford, Mich., reviews a technical order before beginning preventative maintenance on a U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft at Souda Bay, Greece, Aug. 20, 2014. The equipment Vautherot uses must be checked out each morning from a controlled supply line. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Daryl Knee/Released)

    Equipment accountability vital to partnership

    The U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon fighter aircraft is a unique airframe.Its wingspan is wider than 32 feet, it's nearly 50 feet long and its top is 16 feet high. It can travel at speeds of roughly 1,500 miles per hour, and the aircraft engines create thrust -- the force that moves the aircraft through the air -- of about 27,000 pounds.It
  • Airmen and families from the 52nd Fighter Wing community attend a religious service in the chapel at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Aug. 17, 2014. The chapel offers many different religious services to help people exercise spiritual fitness. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kyle Gese/Released)

    Faith and values: a pillar of spiritual fitness

    When people think about their road to fitness, they may think about a five-mile run, weighted pull-ups or 500-pound squats. However, strong values or character can also be a form of fitness. The Air Force promotes all areas of fitness that are a part of the Comprehensive Airman Fitness program which include mental, physical, social and spiritual
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