Photos from October, 2012

  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, U.S. Third Air Force Commander, the senior AC12 US commander in Israel for the exercise, and Israel Defense Forces Brig Gen Nitzan Nuriel, the IDF's lead AC12 exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, U.S. Third Air Force Commander, the senior AC12 US commander in Israel for the exercise, and Israel Defense Forces Brig Gen Nitzan Nuriel, the IDF's lead AC12 exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Franklin, U.S. Third Air Force Commander, the senior AC12 US commander in Israel for the exercise, and Israel Defense Forces Brig Gen Nitzan Nuriel, the IDF's lead AC12 exercise. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • U.S. Army Europe Soldiers, assigned to 2nd Cavalry Regiment, study a map and prepare to convoy though the Maneuver Rights Area near Amberg, Germany, enroute to the Joint Multinational Readiness Center’s Hohenfels Training Area, Oct. 16. The U.S. Army Europe's exercise Saber Junction 2012 trains U.S. personnel and 1800 multinational partners from 18 nations ensuring interoperability and an agile, ready coalition force. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Members of the German and International media visit 2 CR HQ Troop, Reg. RHHT, Monday, 15 October, 2012, to video, photograph and interview U.S. and multinational Soldiers during USAREUR's Saber Junction 2012 exercise. The 2 CR Soldiers were in the process of moving their headquarters south towards Hohenfels and were setting up communications outside the Bavarian town of Kleinoberpfalz. HQ Troop, 2 CR, based in Vilseck, Germany, is commanded by Col. Keith Barclay. Saber Junction 2012, USAREUR's premier training event, is a large-scale, joint, multinational exercise involving thousands of personnel from 19 different nations and hundreds of military aircraft and vehicles.It is the largest exercise of its kind that U.S. Army Europe has conducted in more than 20 years. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • MAINZ, Germany – Michael Billen, left, Rheinland-Pfalz Parliament representative of the Bitburg-Pruem district; Bernhard Schaefer, center, 52nd Fighter Wing community relations advisor; Herbert Schneiders, Rheinland-Pfalz Parliament representative of the Vulkaneifel district; and U.S. Air Force Col. David Julazadeh, 52nd FW commander, talk Oct. 10, 2012, about the functions of the German state parliament here. Wing leadership toured the city of Mainz and discussed how Spangdahlem Air Base works with the neighboring communities to solve shared problems or issues. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...
  • Col. Mark D. Raschke, left, 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team commander and Command Sgt. Major James A. Ackermann, case the colors of the 170th Infantry Brigade Combat Team in a ceremony on Smith Barracks in Baumholder, Germany Oct. 9. Hi-res / Details / Comments ...