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Unused forklift tines, a sheet of diamond-plated metal and one yard of steel hose. The list of spare parts technician Thomas Geibel read did not seem like much to modify a standard lift-deck, but it would save Ramstein’s 721st Aerial Port Squadron in several ways.

The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing and 435th Air Expeditionary Wing welcomed their new command chief, Chief Master Sgt. Samuel T. Simmons.

On a blustery morning in the middle of an isolated German field full of trees and tall grass, Soldiers hoped to witness an event that hadn’t been seen in over eight years. A Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules aircraft cruised toward a drop zone before it began employing a low velocity aerial delivery system, commonly referred to as LVADS, carrying a payload.

As Chip Middleton looked around the theater in Saarbrücken, waiting for a performance by the Russian Ballet to begin, she felt something was missing.

Summer can not officially kick off before you bite into your first juicy, sweet and refreshing slice of watermelon. A dry slice has the power to disappoint more than a summer blockbuster with a weak plot, and when they disappear from the produce department, your heart sinks as it recognizes that summer’s “fun” season has ended.

Members of Task Force Harvest rounded up more than $978,000 worth of turned-in, nonexpendable equipment during a visit to U.S. Army Garrison Baumholder June 9 to 13.