News for the Ramstein, Kaiserslautern, Landstuhl & Baumholder military communities in Germany Showing camaraderie with their battle buddies was more the goal than
winning as Soldiers from the 21st Theater Sustainment Command played
pool Feb. 27 during Right Arm Night at the Irish Pub on Vogelweh
Housing.
After World War II, the allies prohibited German aircraft designers
from undertaking any research for defense purposes within Germany.
Air Force A-10s streaked overhead as Army Joint Fire Observers and Air
Force Joint Terminal Air Controllers plotted coordinates of enemy
targets, sending the information to the pilots to have each target demolished.
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Statistically, traveling by air is often cited as the safest way to travel.
While taking to the skies has some inherent risk, advances in
technology, coupled with stringent maintenance requirements and
rigorous training procedures for aircrew, have contributed to a safe
aerial environment in most parts of the world.
A 30-year-old wooden name plate might not mean a lot to many
people, but to one Airman, the carved wood with the engraved words
The Bristol 188, certainly one of the most beautiful aircraft ever
made, had its genesis in 1952 when the British Ministry of Defense
issued specification ER. 134T for a test aircraft capable of speeds of
Mach 1.8 to Mach 2.5 to gather data for the development of the Avro
730, a Mach 2 reconnaissance bomber.
Managing one of the biggest military aerial ports might sound a bit
overwhelming to some, but for the men and women of the 721st Aerial
Port Squadron, the hustle and bustle of the gateway to Europe is no
match for them.
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