Articles from January, 2007

  • U.S. missile defense in Europe to counter rogue states

    WASHINGTON - Missile defense assets the United States is planning to base in Eastern Europe will be aimed at countering threats posed by rogue nations, such as Iran, and will not pose a threat to allies in the region, a senior defense official said here yesterday.

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    • U.S. Air Forces in Europe, Ukrainian Air Force continue spirit of cooperation

      RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — As the Ukrainian Air Force continues its steady progress, information exchanges with partnering nations such as U.S. Air Forces in Europe help further that development, said Gen.-Col. Anatoliy Yakovich Toropchyn, Chief of the Ukrainian Air Forces.

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      • Turkey signs on for next phase of Joint Strike Fighter

        In a Pentagon E-wing room, flanked by about 30 Turkish and U.S. dignitaries and program officers, U.S. Deputy Defense Secretary Gordon England met with Turkey's National Defense Minister Mehmet Vecdi Gonul and Undersecretary for Defense Industries Murad Bayar for the signing of the memorandum of understanding that will take Turkey into the production, sustainment and follow-on development phase of the Joint Strike Fighter program.

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        • Finance command encourages housing cost survey completion

          SCHWETZINGEN, Germany — Service members living "on the economy" in Europe and concerned about their housing costs are encouraged to complete the annual Overseas Housing, Utility and Move-in Allowance surveys in February.

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          • U.S. Air Forces Europe medics bring expertise to Liberia

            MONVROVIA, Liberia -- A team of eight medics from five U.S. Air Forces in Europe bases recently arrived in Liberia as part of a technical training initiative for the new Armed Forces of Liberia.

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            • U.S. Naval Forces Europe delivers maritime security, safety survey to Ghana

              NAPLES, Italy — Results of the six-week-long U.S. Navy hydrographic survey of Tema were delivered to representatives of the Ghana Navy and Ports and Harbors Authority Jan. 24.

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              • Establishment Day time of reflection, looking ahead for Special Operations Command, Europe

                "The command changed names several times throughout the years — from [the] Support Plans Branch, to the Support Operations Command, to the Support Operations Task Force, the Special Operations Task Force and finally in 1983 to the Special Operations Command, Europe," he said. "Throughout those changes, it never lost its joint flavor."

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                • U.S. Air Forces in Europe celebrates 65 years of airpower

                  RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany — United States Air Forces in Europe celebrates its 65th anniversary as the oldest, continuously active Air Force major command.

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                  • Amphibious Strike Group visits European theater

                    ABOARD USS BATAAN, At Sea - The Bataan Expeditionary Strike Group (ESG) entered the European area of operations Jan. 10 in support of initiatives to strengthen emerging and enduring partnerships with the nations and armed forces of Greece, France, Morocco, Italy, Spain, Turkey and Malta.

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                    • Africa Partnership Station arrives in Libreville, Gabon

                      “In this part of the Gulf of Guinea there are many crimes to include human and drug trafficking, with this training, it will increase our Gabonese Sailor’s awareness and help to protect these waters,” said Gabon Navy Lt. Cmdr. Marcel Mihindou.

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                      • Airmen assist Burundi's first-ever deployment

                        RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany â€" Members of the 86th Contingency Response Group deployed to Burundi Dec. 1 to train the country's foreign military in deployment planning, personnel and cargo preparation and processing for its first-ever deployment outside the Burundi border.

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                        • Medical team sees nearly 1,500 Rwanda, Botswana patients

                          STUTTGART-VAIHINGEN, Germany — A withdrawn elderly man entered the makeshift optometry clinic tent in Rwanda hunched over nearly crawling so he could see the ground and avoid any obstacles on his way to the exam chair. But he walked out standing tall with a grin from ear to ear.

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