Features

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Just hanging out …

Just hanging out …

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

Despite their vulnerability demonstrated in World War I, zeppelins
still offered seductive attractions to the world

January 30, 2009 ×

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Good luck tradition to continue in the KMC

Good luck tradition to continue in the KMC

Story and photos by
USAG Kaiserslautern

Schornsteinfeger (chimney sweeper) Thomas Scharwatz isn

January 23, 2009 ×

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Of floats and boats

Of floats and boats

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

Up through World War II, seaplanes were an integral part of virtually
all the world

January 23, 2009 ×

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86th Airlift Wing rides the Wild West

86th Airlift Wing rides the Wild West

Story and photo by Capt. Michael Trimble 37th Airlift Squadron

Maj. Robert May and Capt. Justine Perlberg turn a 37th Airlift Squadron
C-130 onto final approach course, just a mile from touchdown.

January 16, 2009 ×

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Enlisted Heritage Hall encourages Airmen take walk down memory lane

Enlisted Heritage Hall encourages Airmen take walk down memory lane

by Airman 1st Class Scott Saldukas 435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Enlisted Heritage Hall offers visitors a
glimpse of what the enlisted corps has done and how it has evolved
while offering a sense of pride.

January 16, 2009 ×

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Major leads sergeant onto education‘s path

Major leads sergeant onto education‘s path

Story and photo by Capt. John Ross 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

When Master Sgt. Matthew Ulichney of the 835th Civil Engineer Squadron
walks across the stage to receive his Community College of the Air
Force diploma, one seat in the house will be conspicuously empty.

January 16, 2009 ×

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Ring announcer rumbles around KMC

Ring announcer rumbles around KMC

Story and photos by Senior Airman Amber Bressler 435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

Michael Buffer, professional ring announcer for boxing and wrestling
matches, and his wife Christine visited the United Service
Organizations throughout the KMC in December for their second time.

January 9, 2009 ×

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66th Trans. Co. trains for deployment at JRMC

66th Trans. Co. trains for deployment at JRMC

Story and photoStory and photos by Sgt. Fay Conroy 21st TSC Public Affairs

The 39th Transportation Battalion

January 9, 2009 ×

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Kentucky ANG supports, learns from 86th CRG

Kentucky ANG supports, learns from 86th CRG

Story and photo Story and photo by Capt. John Ross86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

A new Kentucky Air National Guard unit, the 123rd Contingency Response
Group, is coming up big for Ramstein

January 9, 2009 ×

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Flamingo Wing history

Story and photo Story and photo by Capt. John Ross86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs

• The 435th TCW(M) was established May 10, 1949, and activated June 26, 1949, as an Air Force Reserve Wing. It was operated out of the Miami facility and relocated to Homestead Air Force Base, Fla., in 1960. By then, the legacy was entrenched as the Flamingo Wing.  • The […]

December 19, 2008 ×