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Community Events – June 4, 2021

Community Events – June 4, 2021

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. Lifting of appointments for Auto Skills Appointments are no longer necessary for self-help bay usage and oil changes at […]

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Remembering Asian American Pacific Islanders, their contributions and sacrifices through celebration and awareness

Remembering Asian American Pacific Islanders, their contributions and sacrifices through celebration and awareness

May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, a celebration of Asians and Pacific Islanders across the United States. The term Asian American Pacific Islander encompasses the Asia continent and all the Pacific Islands. Like most commemorative months, the Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage originated with a congressional bill. […]

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Port Dawgs never forget: 721 APS 8th Annual Memorial Run

Port Dawgs never forget: 721 APS 8th Annual Memorial Run

On a Sunday where even the steady spring rain was willing to pause for a few moments, the names of 12 fallen teammates were read aloud in front of the Ramstein Passenger Terminal next to a crowd of at least 80 people. These names will continue to be read around […]

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Kristian Grajales, 435th Contingency Response Squadron aircraft maintenance craftsman, left, and Airman 1st Class Michael Stabile, 437th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron aerospace maintenance apprentice, perform a post-flight check during exercise Swift Response 21 at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, May 8. Swift Response 21 included launch and recovery of multiple C-17 Globemaster III and C-130 Hercules aircraft within a strict time frame, and demonstration of the capabilities to perform airbase opening and airfield operations in a contested environment.

435th CRG brings readiness, interoperability to Swift Response 21

The 435th Contingency Response Group, assigned to the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing at Ramstein Air Base, showcased strategic readiness and interoperability during exercise Swift Response 21 at Pápa Air Base, Hungary, May 5-14. The exercise highlighted agile combat employment initiatives through joint and combined training in a simulated contested […]

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Raising morale on the runway

Raising morale on the runway

   

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Army’s prime-time players protect thousands during DEFENDER-Europe 21

Army’s prime-time players protect thousands during DEFENDER-Europe 21

MIHAIL KOGALNICEANU AIR BASE, ROMANIA – They are some of the best shows on prime-time television – shows about police officers, firefighters, and health-care professionals, serving communities and saving lives. Now, put them all on one show serving a massive military population, without commercial breaks, late-night television show appearances, or […]

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U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Edwin Bowser, 569th U.S. Forces Police Squadron flight sergeant, left, receives a fist bump from 86th Airlift Wing Command Chief Master Sgt. Hope Skibitsky, after being named Airlifter of the Week at Kapaun Air Station, May 12. Bowser was recognized for his reliability, expert knowledge and leadership. Photo by Staff. Sgt. Kirby Turbak

Airlifter levels up

At a young age Edwin Bowser was introduced to the wrong side of the law, but an arrest that happened more than 20 years ago turned it all around and led him to be the man he is today. Bowser recalls being a child running around in the back of […]

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70 years later: Baumholder military, civilian community ties still strong

70 years later: Baumholder military, civilian community ties still strong

Seventy years ago this year, the U.S. Army took over control of the Baumholder Military Community from the French. Since then, as the post ebbed and flowed, so did the city outside the fence line. In a 1945 agreement, the French occupied the post after World War II. The German […]

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Airmen participate  in RADR training

Airmen participate in RADR training

The 52nd Civil Engineer Squadron and the 786th Civil Engineer Squadron participated in the Rapid Airfield Damage Recovery program training event May 10-14 to create Airmen who are multi-capable. The training consisted of Airmen from both Ramstein and Spangdahlem Air Base spanning six different Air Force Specialty Codes. “This kind […]

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U.S. Air Force maintenance and aircrew Airmen assigned to Ramstein Air Base, guide a forklift carrying Crash Damaged Disabled Aircraft Recovery equipment toward a C-130J Super Hercules aircraft during Exercise Operation Varsity 21-2, May 19. The CDDAR equipment and a team of 86th Maintenance Group Airmen were dispatched from Ramstein to Chièvres Air Base, Belgium, as part of the wing’s readiness exercise. Photo by Airman 1st Class Alexcia Givens

Ramstein Airmen tested during Operation Varsity

Ramstein Airmen concluded Operation Varsity, a week-long exercise testing the base’s ability to respond to a variety of scenarios, on May 21. The exercise began May 17, simulating multiple scenarios including air attacks, unauthorized entry to the flightline, ground attacks, and responding to unexploded ordnance. “The purpose of the exercise […]

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