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  • Last to let you down: Aircrew flight equipment team supports AF12

    There is a seemingly silent group of Airmen here who work diligently to support Exercise Anatolian Falcon 2012 hoping their work and attention to detail goes unnoticed until the very last mission has made it home.The Airmen are from the 52nd Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop,

  • Pilots share perspective with orientation flights

    Pilots from the 480th Fighter Squadron from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, are sharing their bird's-eye perspective during Anatolian Falcon 2012 March 5-16 with the support Airmen who make flight possible.Orientation flights allow Airmen whose day-to-day job is working with or maintaining the

  • Handicraft, classic vehicles highlight annual Beda Market

    Weekend shoppers can get a taste of something different March 16-18 at the annual Bitburg Beda Market. The name Beda is the old Celtic name for Bitburg. The Beda Market is a community-wide event where townspeople and local businesses present their economic and cultural ways of life.The market

  • Airmen broaden horizons, experience Turkish culture

    Airmen from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, participating in Anatolian Falcon 2012 took part in a cultural immersion trip March 10 to Cappadocia, Turkey.Cappadocia is an ancient region in Turkey known for its unique landscape of free-standing rock formations; rolling hills of tufa, a type of porous

  • USAFE innovator creates AF efficiency

     Each Air Force base selects one person to compete as their major command's nominee for the Air Force Exceptional Innovator of the Year Award.According to Air Force Instruction 38-401 Air Force Innovative Development through Employee Awareness (IDEA) Program and the Department of Defense, the award

  • Mobility squadron gets it done in more ways than 1

    Getting the war fighter and cargo to and from the fight takes more than just loading an aircraft; however, that is one of the 726th Air Mobility Squadron missions here. But, that's not all they accomplish to ensure everything gets to where it needs to go, whether it's passengers flying space

  • Fasching Events

    Sabers and their families can observe Fasching events in the Eifel area.Most parades take place between noon and 2 p.m. Feb. 18-21. Fasching events always start of 11 minutes past the hour. People can ask their landlords or local mayors for details about the date and starting point of their town's

  • Barber recounts 4 decades of German, US partnership

    The year was 1972. Mario Puzo's novel "The Godfather" debuted on the big screen, Atari launched the arcade game PONG and the last U.S. ground forces withdrew from Vietnam.This was also the year Heinz Willems began cutting hair at the barber shop here.German students attend vocational schools to

  • Specialized vehicle maintenance supports global operations

    The U.S. Air Force partners daily with joint and coalition teams to win today's fight and protect U.S. and Allied interests across the globe.The 52nd Fighter Wing here does its part by supplying the European and combatant commanders with trained and proficient Airmen, and precise combat power

  • Celebrate Fasching: Germany's biggest bash

    Most people think Germany's biggest bash is "Oktoberfest" in Munich, but it isn't. Fasching is Germany's version of Mardi Gras and involves more celebrating than any other bash in Germany. This year, it kicks off 11 minutes past the 11th hour Feb. 16 and runs until Feb. 21. Fasching, or Fastnacht,