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Aiming high: local servicemembers climb Mount Kilimanjaro

Aiming high: local servicemembers climb Mount Kilimanjaro

by Senior Master Sgt. Hollis Dawson
3rd Air Force Public Affairs

“Aim high” was the official Air Force slogan for more than 16 years. But for a group of local Air Force members, it’s more than a thing of the past; it’s their mission statement. The USAF 7 Summit is a group of 12 officers dedicated to the challenge of reaching […]

May 21, 2009 ×

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Vernazza, Italy

Vernazza, Italy

by Larry A. Burns, Jr.
Contributing writer

The quaint fishing village of Vernazza, Italy, promises its visitors an
adventure that they will remember for the rest of their life.

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Special Olympics makes champions out of young, old

Special Olympics makes champions out of young, old

by Christine June
USAG Kaiserslautern

Army Lt. Col. Trevor Shaw said it was a great feeling watching his
daughters cross the finish line at the 50-meter wheelchair assisted
race May 6. The race was one of the many activities held at the German
Police Academy in Enkenbach-Alsenborn as part of the Special Olympics
Spring Games.

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NCO survives attack, fights to continue his Army service

NCO survives attack, fights to continue his Army service

Story and photos by Angelika Lantz
21st TSC Public Affairs

His decorations include the Purple Heart, the Bronze Star, the combat
action badge and an assortment of

May 15, 2009 ×

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Sweden’s Flying Barrel

Sweden’s Flying Barrel

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

Most associate the Swedish company SAAB with automobiles, but SAAB is
the acronym for Svenska Aeroplan A.B., and for many years it produced
high tech jet fighter aircraft, in many ways the equivalent of any
fighter in the world, certainly in Europe.

May 15, 2009 ×

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86th AES members care for heroes on their way home

86th AES members care for heroes on their way home

by Senior Airman Amanda DickRamstein Public Affairs

Seats and stanchions line the inside of the cargo area as chilly morning air fills the aircraft.

May 8, 2009 ×

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KMC ‘stands where they stood’

KMC ‘stands where they stood’

Story and photo by Christine June
USAG Kaiserslautern

Imagining what it must have been like weighed heavy on some of the 39
Soldiers, civilians and family members who visited the Concentration
Camp Memorial Site at Dachau, Germany, on April 28, the day before the
64-year anniversary of when it was liberated by American forces.

May 8, 2009 ×

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Area Rules!

Area Rules!

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

Several previous articles have alluded to the

May 8, 2009 ×

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A lawn dart on the water

A lawn dart on the water

by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian

The post World War II late 1940s and early 1950s were a period of
considerable innovation in military aviation in the United States.

May 1, 2009 ×

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Command Sgt. Maj. embodies spirit of NCO

by Spc. Adrienne Killingsworth
18th Military Police Brigade Public Affairs

In a year that the Army has dedicated to its non-commissioned officers,
there will invariably be those who stand out for embodying what it
truly means to be a leader of Soldiers.

May 1, 2009 ×

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