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  • Holding down the fort

    The U.S. Air Force graduates approximately 36,000 Airmen from basic military training each year. The training never stops. The Air Force upholds high standards and training requirements to maintain mission readiness and ensure that Airmen are fully capable of carrying out core tasks and are prepared

  • CES springs into action

    The Saber community recently came together in the interest of improving conditions for the Youth Programs Instructional Gymnastics program practice facility. The 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron in conjunction with the Defense Commissary Agency Europe and the Exchange Service renovated an old warehouse

  • Trier hosts 3-day old-city festival

    Trier, Germany's old city, celebrates its traditional Altstadtfest, or old city festival, June 28-30. Activities will occur in the center of town, mainly between the Porta Nigra and Neustrasse. The Altstadtfest will officially kick off at 6:30 p.m., with opening remarks by the mayor of Trier, Klaus

  • Spangdahlem women have Hearts for Elim

    In the early morning of May 17, 2013, a group of 22 women, known collectively as Hearts for Elim lined up in front of a chartered bus in Kaiserslaughtern, Germany, to create a human conveyor belt loading 320 bags of donated clothing and shoes, and 50 boxes of donated medical supplies. Their

  • Logistics Airmen own the night during joint-service training

    A joint-coalition team led by the 451st Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron peers into a dark, moonless sky in preparation for a nighttime helicopter sling load mission. All of their other senses are heightened to compensate for the reduced visibility as a UH-60 Black Hawk flown by Soldiers

  • Community bonds take root through flower project

    Due to current fiscal hardships and limited resources, the Air Force continues to evaluate base operations to see which carry out the mission and which can be cut.Despite the reduced funding, community members and private organizations have stepped up to find an alternate means of providing luxuries

  • Av-Det NCOs 'Speak Up' for local community

    As an American, living and working in Poland can be a daunting experience. Language barriers, cultural differences, lack of familiar connections and having no family are among the many challenges the 10 Airmen of Aviation Detachment 1, 52nd Operations Group are faced with each day. However, two

  • Honoring the fallen

    A fragile silence engulfs a field of white crosses. Three slow, somber notes then resonate through the headstones. A small group of service members of past and present stand with their loved ones as taps is played from an unseen bugler."This is a very touching and memorable occasion today," said

  • Beware ... witches make things disappear the night before May 1

    German Labor Day is May 1 in Germany. Prior to the federal holiday, people in the Eifel observe a number of local traditions. The most common symbol for the holiday is the May pole, a symbol of freedom. Every community in the region has their own tree, usually set up by members of the local fire

  • First-time deployer prepares for war

    It was a cold, gray April morning as the Airmen lined up outside of the building to prepare for their deployment. One by one, they escaped the icy wind and shuffled into the building with backpacks, personal belongings and the infamous brown deployment folders in tow.Small talk quietly buzzed around