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Keep your feet, knees together: ‘Don’t Burke it’

Keep your feet, knees together: ‘Don’t Burke it’

by Senior Airman Katherine Holt
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

“Don’t Burke it” is the phrase used in the beginning of every pre-jump briefing given by the 435th Contingency Response Group. It is used to remind jumpers to keep their feet and knees together when getting ready for a landing. The phrase came from an incident that happened to Tech. […]

March 23, 2012 ×

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The history of Ramstein Air Base

by Dr. Silvano A. Wueschner
86th Airlift Wing historian

If there is one question I have been consistently asked in the past six
months, it is,

March 16, 2012 ×

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Seminar a success for KMC couples

Seminar a success for KMC couples

by 2nd Lt. Kay M. Nissen
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

KMC couples took part in the Ramstein Chapel Couples Retreat March 9 through 11 in Rüdesheim.

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Treat yourself at the E Street Cafe

Treat yourself at the E Street Cafe

by Marissa-Ellen Patterson
86th Force Support Squadron

For many people on Ramstein, part of getting to work includes a stop at the E Street Cafe in the Enlisted Club.

March 16, 2012 ×

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Soldier’s Medal awarded to Staff Sgt. Eddie Peoples

Soldier’s Medal awarded to Staff Sgt. Eddie Peoples

by Grant Sattler
USAG Vicenza Public Affairs

A Soldier stationed in Vicenza, Italy, received the Soldier

March 9, 2012 ×

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Army Reserve Soldiers receive life-saving training

Army Reserve Soldiers receive life-saving training

Story and photo by Spc. Glenn M. Anderson
7th Civil Support Command Public Affairs

According to the Army Medical School

March 9, 2012 ×

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Fleet services reaches new heights

Fleet services reaches new heights

Story and photos by Airman 1st Class Trevor Rhynes
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The 721st Aerial Port Squadron Fleet Services Flight won its second
straight Air Mobility Command Fleet Services Flight of the Year Award
and won its third straight Air Mobility Operations Wing Flight of the
Year, becoming the first

flight to achieve both milestones.

March 2, 2012 ×

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German orphans tour Ramstein

German orphans tour Ramstein

Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Travis Edwards
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

Three children from the St. Nikolaus Kinderheim, an orphanage in
Landstuhl, got a taste of Ramstein and its facilities during a tour of
the base Feb. 23.

March 2, 2012 ×

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2012 reading list

Recently, the Air Force chief of staff, Gen. Norton Schwartz, released
the 2012 reading list with 13 books and, for the first time,
supplementary films, treatises and Internet-based resources.

March 2, 2012 ×

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521st AMOW award winners

The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing announces its annual award
winners for 2011 as follows (unless otherwise noted, all winners are
from Ramstein):

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