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Community Events – June 17, 2022
Due to host nation regulations to prevent the spread of COVID-19, some community events may be cancelled or postponed. Please verify the status before making plans to attend a community event. Independence Day on the Rock Celebrate America’s Independence Day and the 70th Anniversary of the Baumholder Military Community on […]
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Commemorating D-Day 78 — A salute to sacrifice
Three C-130J Super Hercules aircraft assigned to the 86th Airlift Wing participated in the 78th Annual D-Day commemoration in Normandy, France, June 6.
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Installation Excellence: A year-round effort
As spring starts to warm, the time comes again to clean up Kaiserslautern Military Community facilities and neighborhoods, as part of Installation Excellence Day. But, the KMC can continue this effort year-round.
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Talk of the Town: Union Community Otterbach-Otterberg
Many members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community have found temporary or even permanent homes in one of the many villages and towns surrounding Kaiserslautern or in the heart of the Palatinate Forest. Talk of the Town is a series highlighting the union communities within the County of Kaiserslautern, the City […]
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Keeping our NATO allies strong: TACP Warfighters save Polish boy
POZNAN AVENIDA, Poland — U.S. Air Force members are sworn to protect not only the lives of their own countrymen, but also the lives of fellow allies. Two warfighters from the 4th Expeditionary Air Support Operations Squadron were able to put those vows into practice May 4 when they saved […]
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Tactical Teacher
U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Daniel McShan, 86th Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor at Ramstein Air Base, lives to teach.
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86 LRS fuels Air Force
When many people think of the U.S. Air Force, they may think about airpower, but airpower starts from the ground. Aircraft would not be able to get off the flightline at Ramstein Air Base without the 86th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight, the foundation of the airlift mission. Petroleum, […]
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Enlisted Summit: Building leaders
“In life, to truly bloom, you must fully prune,” said the 2022 Ramstein Enlisted Summit keynote speaker Anthony Brinkley, who retired as a Command Chief Master Sergeant for the 11th Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. More than 500 individuals, both in person and virtually, gathered to attend an Enlisted […]
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65 LRS: fueling tomorrow’s mission
Lajes Field, Portugal, known as the “Crossroads of the Atlantic,” has served as the backbone for airlift missions from the United States to Europe, Asia and Africa since its construction in 1934. The installation is uniquely situated on the islands of the Azores archipelago in the Atlantic ocean. A small […]