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  • Red Nose Day - a fun way to help others

    Red Nose Day is a nationwide fund-raising event held every other year in the United Kingdom. It's organized by the charity "Comic Relief" and has been held 11 times since 1988. Comic Relief was launched to help relieve suffering caused by famine in Ethiopia, and has continued to help tackle poverty

  • Verifying records, personal information may effect promotions

    The one constant among all Airmen is the desire to be promoted. There are many things Airmen can do to affect their chances for promotion, but perhaps the most important is ensuring their personal information is correct. Missing or inaccurate enlisted or officer performance reports, decorations,

  • Tickets available for USAFE's Annual Awards Banquet

    Tickets for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Annual Awards Banquet are available for purchase. The USAFE Annual Awards Banquet will be 6:30 p.m. on April 6 at the Ramstein Air Base Officers' Club. Ticket prices for the mixed grill (chicken and beef) are $27 for club members and $29 for nonmembers; for

  • Galaxy Team 5/6 holds 'wounded soldier' clothing, item drive

    Army National Guard Private 1st Class Nate Detample was only 18 when he died in Iraq in August 2005. His death had a big impact on his close friend, Staff Sgt. Jessica Lara, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, and was a major factor in her decision to somehow help troops wounded in combat. So with

  • Air Force, British firefighters dampen off-base blaze

    Air Force firefighters here joined British firefighters from Mildenhall in response to an off-base fire Wednesday.  The 11 firefighters and one on-scene commander from the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department responded to the West Row fire after receiving a call from an on-base witness. Six

  • Book honors troops of all services

    Some people say a man is only as good as his word. If that's the case, then Maj. Robert A. Lindblom, RAF Lakenheath's 48th Fighter Wing chief of flight safety must be doing all right. The major wrote a short story about his experience downrange which was published in the book, "Operation

  • 'Keep moving toward your destination'

    When it comes to dealing with hard times, Lorraine Potter has a simple philosophy - "Face the challenge, move your lips in prayer and keep moving toward your destination." As a retired major general who holds the distinction of being the Air Force's first female chaplain, General Potter visited RAF

  • Left turn at front gate opens Friday

    The left turn at the Main Gate which leads to the south side of base will be open Friday. Cars will be permitted to turn left or right after passing through the ID check point. Vehicles exiting the ID check canopy may turn right from any lane, however, vehicles wishing to turn left must enter the

  • Last minute call leads to unplanned refueling mission

    A late night call, a cancelled sortie and flexibility led an aircrew from the 351st Air Refueling Squadron here to help expedite the transport of more than a dozen severely injured troops from Iraq to Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Feb. 7. According to Capt. Brent Toth, 100th Operations Support