by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian
The beginning of World War I marked the beginning of the first serious attempts to turn the airplane into a useful weapon.
It quickly became obvious that they should be armed and that the best
position for a machine gun was just in front of the pilot, so he could
aim by pointing the plane
April 18, 2008 ×
by Capt. Jason McCree
386th Air Expeditionary Wing Public Affairs
While the spiraled rows of concertina wire, countless watch towers and
endless miles of fencing resemble that of detention facilities
throughout the world, for the more than 600 Airmen deployed to the
Theater Internment Facility at Camp Bucca, Iraq, the mission is unlike
anything they
April 11, 2008 ×
by Petra Lessoing
435th Air Base Wing Public Affairs
The Landstuhl Union Community was established in 1971 and includes the
villages of Bann, Hauptstuhl, Kindsbach, Mittelbrunn, Oberarnbach as
well as the city of Landstuhl. It has almost 17,000 inhabitants plus
several thousands of U.S. servicemembers and members from other NATO
countries. The community
April 4, 2008 ×
Story and photo by Chuck Roberts
Landstuhl Regional Medical Center Public Affairs
When Tiamae Cruz needed a helping hand in Guam, a friendly face always seemed to arrive within minutes.
April 4, 2008 ×
by Myko Banks, David Ross and Christopher Wells
Kaiserslautern High School juniors
The GR-081st Cadet Corps of Kaiserslautern High School held their second Commander
April 4, 2008 ×
by Dr. Marshall Michel
86th Airlift Wing historian
When the colonial powers left Africa in the 1960s, many
artificially-formed countries on the continent dissolved into civil
strife, including the densely populated, oil-rich province of Biafra,
which seceded from Nigeria in May 1967.
Nigeria
April 4, 2008 ×