The Luftwaffe’s Anteater
From well before World War II, the German aircraft designer Claudius Dornier had been interested in tandem engines.
From well before World War II, the German aircraft designer Claudius Dornier had been interested in tandem engines.
More than five years ago, the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center
started Aerial Port Expeditor courses, a program that changed the way
loading and unloading operations were conducted throughout the Air
Force.
After more than two years working for the U.S. Army Garrison
Kaiserslautern Army Community Service as the mobile station and program
manager, as well as being the glue for families and Soldiers before and
after going downrange, Bruce Malone will soon be taking the job of his
dreams for the American Battle Monuments Commission.
Known simply as “Gerhard” across Ramstein, one local barber has watched the base grow and change immensely over the last four decades.
One of the most successful aircraft types for the U.S. Army Air Forces
and Royal Air Force in World War II was the fast, very heavily armed
twin engine ground attack aircraft used for low level attack missions,
notably the Bristol Beaufighter, the de Havilland Mosquito and the
North American B-25 Mitchell.
Does a free hair cut sounds like a good deal? Perhaps it sounds even
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A Ramstein Airman was presented with the Air Force Transportation
Airman of the Year award May 27 at the Logistics Annual Awards Banquet
in Washington, D.C.
Senior Airman Aaron Luetzen, 721st Aerial Port Squadron and 521st Air
Mobility Operations Wing passenger service agent, was presented the
award from Lt. Gen. Loren M. Reno, Headquarters U.S. Air Force deputy
chief of staff for logistics, and Sue Lumpkins, Headquarters U.S. Air
Force Senior Executive Service deputy director of logistics.
The 86th Airlift Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Mark C. Dillon, presented
wing coins to two Eagle Scouts during a ceremony held here June 15.
By the end of the second year of World War II, both the British and the
Germans had lost so many bombers to fighters during day bombing raids
that they turned to night bombing to cut their losses.