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September 18, 2012
Airmen supporting Combined Endeavor 2012 celebrated the U.S. Air Force’s 65th birthday with representatives of approximately 40 nations and multinational organizations during a cake cutting ceremony Sept. 18.
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July 6, 2012
Sixty years ago, the 31st Fighter Wing was a young wing in a young Air Force, and the technologies taken for granted today were in their infancy.
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June 4, 2012
As American service members prepare for events to commemorate the 68th anniversary of the D-Day landing, there are many opportunities to better understand the legacy of valor that stems from the hedgerows and beaches of Normandy.
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June 1, 2012
The four-day Critical Lifesaving Skills for First Responders course culminated in a mass casualty exercise here June 1.
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May 30, 2012
More than 50 U.S. Air Force and Marine Corps students are attending an expeditionary medical support course during Shared Resilience 2012 here, May 28 - June 8.
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May 26, 2012
Immediate Response 12 (IR12), the multinational military exercise between U.S. Army Europe, U.S. Air Force, the Croatian Land Forces and partner militaries from six other Balkan nations, started today with an opening ceremony in Slunj, Croatia.
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May 24, 2012
Airmen and an Air Force Reserve Command C-130 Hercules from Colorado’s 302nd Airlift Wing left here today and will be one of three Air Force Reserve C-130 wings participating in events commemorating the 68th Anniversary of the D-Day invasion of France.
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April 30, 2012
On May 1, 1960, a United States U-2 spy plane was shot down in the airspace of the Soviet Union. The incident happened fifteen days before the scheduled opening of an East–West summit conference in Paris.
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October 8, 2010
When U.S. Air Force Capt. Benjamin Sandy and his wife Angie ran the half-marathon event at the 2010 U.S. Air Force Marathon, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, recently, the results were impressive. Out of 4,302 participants, Capt. Sandy finished in 1:12:15 hours: placing 6th overall, 6th for men and 1st in the 35-39 men's age group. Meanwhile, Angie finished in 1:22:45: placing 27th overall, 3rd for women and 3rd in the 30-34 women's age group.
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July 21, 2010
FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom -- Approximately 285,000 spectators caught a glimpse of the C-130J Super Hercules cargo plane at the Farnborough International Air Show July 19-25.
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June 9, 2010
BERLIN, Germany -- Ten active-duty and Reserve aircrew flew the aircraft from Dover Air Force Base, Del., to showcase one of the largest aircraft in the world and the Air Force’s largest airlifter June 9.
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June 26, 2009
ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England - An international rescue effort is currently en route to a ship in the Atlantic approximately 700 miles off the west coast of Ireland. A crew member on board container ship "Pascha" has fallen seriously ill and needs urgent medical attention.
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June 15, 2009
PARIS, France - A congressional delegation of six senators and Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley arrived in Paris June 13, 2009, to partake in a wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial de l'Escadrille Lafayette, in Marnes-la-Coquette, just outside Paris, France. They are also here to show their support for the Paris Air Show.
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June 10, 2009
WADEBRIDGE, United Kingdom - Joint Maritime Facility (JMF) St. Mawgan, United Kingdom, joined local citizens of Cornwall, England, June 4-6 to celebrate the U.K.'s premier agricultural event the 2009 Royal Cornwall Show, marking the last major community relations project for the installation prior to disestablishment.
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April 21, 2009
NOVO SELO RANGE, Bulgaria - Fighter pilots from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, and Bezmer Air Base, Bulgaria, participated in an integrate combat search and rescue training scenario April 15, 2009.
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April 21, 2009
BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria -U.S. and Bulgarian Air Force pilots are honing their close air support and combat search and rescue skills during "Reunion April 2009" here, April 7-28.
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April 20, 2009
ROYAL AIR FORCE LAKENHEATH, England - Twelve F-15E Strike Eagles from the 494th Fighter Squadron departed April 17, to participate in Strike Lance 2009 an exercise at Campia Turzii, Romania.
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April 9, 2009
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - Aircrews from Spangdahlem Air Base and Royal Air Force Mildenhall participated in the NATO Baltic Air Sovereignty Training Event April 7 with the air forces of six other nations.
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April 6, 2009
WOENSDRECHT AIR BASE, The Netherlands - Boarding an airplane can be cumbersome. Most cabins are roughly eight feet wide and six feet high, with an aisle barely wide enough to fit a person and a carry-on. Imagine navigating through the cabin in the dark, loaded down with gear. Add an element of thick black smoke and the intense heat of a fire, blazing at more than 2,000 degrees.
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March 30, 2009
RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany -U.S. Air Force active duty and Reserve Airmen and a Polish aircrew delivered the first of five refurbished C-130E Hercules military transport planes and spare parts to the Polish Air Force at Powidz Air Base, March 24.
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March 30, 2009
SPANGDAHLEM AIR BASE, Germany - After accepting a U.S. Air Force offer to use the base as the springboard in Canada's intensive global search for strategic hub locations offering operational support to its deployed troops, the Canadians are coming to Spangdahlem.
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![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007013021im_/http://www.eucom.mil/Img/18613/LowRes/eucom-photo.jpg "MARNES-LA-COQUETTE, FRANCE — Secretary of the Air Force Michael B. Donley praises Tech. Sgt. Mike Jackson, 1st Lt. Chris McDaniels and Staff Sgt. Fred Stevenson, members of the 52nd Fighter Wing, Spangdahlem Air Base Honor Guard in Germany, for their support to the wreath laying ceremony at the Memorial de l'Escadrille La Fayette just outside of Paris June 13. The ceremony attended by U.S. senators, the Secretary of the Air Force, U.S. and French dignitaries, paid honor to the American volunteer combat flying aces known as the "Lafayette Escadrille" who flew under the French flag during World War I. (Department of Defense photo by Master Sgt. Bill Gomez)")
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007013021im_/http://www.eucom.mil/Img/18945/LowRes/eucom-photo.jpg "NOVO SELO RANGE, Bulgaria — A Bulgarian AS-532AL Cougar helicopter hovers overhead in search of simulated downed NATO pilots April 15, 2009. The helicopters were used to support "Reunion April 2009," a joint combat search and rescue training exercise between the U.S. and Bulgarian Air Forces. (Department of Defense photo by U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Bill Gomez)")
![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20121007013021im_/http://www.eucom.mil/Img/18939/LowRes/eucom-photo.jpg "BEZMER AIR BASE, Bulgaria — U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Patrick Parrish, 81st Fighter Squadron pilot, suits up and prepares to fly on a training mission over Novo Selo Training Range, Bulgaria. Parrish deployed here to support a joint training exercise "Reunion April 2009." (Department of Defense photo by Air Force Master Sgt. Bill Gomez)")
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