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  • Airmen who submitted ideas to improve the 86th Airlift Wing during the Innovation Madness tournament showcase were presented a $250,000 check and the Lt. Gen. William H. Tunner Trophy May 1, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The inaugural competition started with nine wings from around USAFE-AFAFRICA competing with each other in a tournament-style match to determine which wing promotes the best innovative culture. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)

    Ramstein awarded $250,000 for innovation

    Gen. Frank Gorenc, the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa commander, presented the 86th Airlift Wing here a $250,000 check and the Lt. Gen. William H. Tunner Trophy May 1, for winning the USAFE-AFAFRICA Innovation Madness tournament.
  • Capt. Kenneth Jubb, a 37th Airlift Squadron pilot, reaches for his clipboard to review flight plans during a training mission in a C-130J Super Hercules at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Jan. 22, 2015. Since he was a child, Jubb has chased a dream to fly one day, and now as a pilot, he relives his childhood fantasy every time he takes to the air. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)

    Child’s dream turned pilot’s reality

    Since he was a child, Capt. Kenneth Jubb has chased a dream to one day fly, and now as a pilot he relives his childhood fantasy every time he takes to the air.

  • AF Special Victims' Counsel provides legal assistance, support

    If a sexual assault happens, it is crucial for individuals to know who they can turn to, where they can go and what help is available to them. April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The month focuses on ensuring Airmen and families are aware of the resources available to aid in the prevention of sexual assault and the different types of reporting procedures available.
  • Tech. Sgt. James Shanks and Tech. Sgt. Chris Willingham brief a group of enlisted leaders from six different nations’ air forces throughout Europe about the 86th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron mission inside a C-130J Hercules Feb. 23, 2015, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. The group of enlisted leaders including the chief master sergeant of the Romanian and Estonian air forces and other leaders from the German, Italian, Slovenian and the U.K.’s air forces visited Ramstein AB before attending the Kaiserslautern Military Community First Sergeant Council's First Sergeant Symposium. Shanks and Willingham are both assigned to the 86th AMXS. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

    Enlisted European leaders attend first sergeant symposium

    Enlisted leaders from air forces throughout Europe visited Ramstein Air Base, Germany to attend the Kaiserslautern Military Community First Sergeant Council's First Sergeant Symposium along with 120 Airmen from around the KMC Feb. 23 to 27.
  • Then Capt. Matthew Boyd stands next to the motto of a special operations unit he deployed with in 2009 as their chaplain in the Middle East. Now a major, Boyd joined the Air Force and pursued his passion in religion after finishing his career as a howitzer cannon crew member for the Army Reserve. (Courtesy photo)

    A chaplain’s story: Legacy, life, love

    As a young boy growing up in West Palm Beach, Florida, Matthew Boyd understood he was destined to serve. With two granddads who served in World War I and a father's return home after World War II, Boyd said he knew he was born to be a warrior. Now a major in the Air Force, he continues the family tradition of service, not on the battlefield firing his weapon or piloting a supersonic war machine, but as a savior of souls.
  • Tech. Sgt. George Broom watches as a C-130J Super Hercules takes off Feb. 5, 2015, from a runway in Elefsis, Greece. The 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group is implementing a new landing zone program that will allow members of CRGs prepare landing zone operations from picking the location to actually providing limited air traffic control. Broom is a contingency airfield manager with the 435th Air Mobility Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Timothy Moore)

    New landing zone procedures practiced at Stolen Cerberus II

    Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing's Contingency Response Group from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, trained as landing zone safety officers during Stolen Cerberus II in Elefsis, Greece, from Feb. 2-14.
  • Aerial porters from the Kentucky Air National Guard’s 123rd Contingency Response Group load a pallet of red blood cells and frozen plasma Oct. 10, 2014, onto a C-130 Hercules aircraft from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, at Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport in Dakar, Senegal. The aerial porters are part of Joint Task Force-Port Opening Senegal, an air cargo hub that’s funneling humanitarian supplies and equipment into West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Agency for International Development-led, whole-of-government effort to respond to the Ebola outbreak there. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Maj. Dale Greer)

    AF Ebola support winds down

    After more than four months of continuous airlift support to Operation United Assistance, the U.S. Air Force is winding down efforts in Senegal, Monrovia and Liberia.
  • Airman 1st Class Lamar Richerson manages a satellite dish during exercise Juniper Thunder Jan. 29, 2015, on Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Juniper Thunder is a joint communications exercise between Air Force and Army members with the focus on establishing bilateral communications across the two branch’s networks. Richerson is a transmissions systems technician assigned to the 1st Combat Communications Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Jonathan Stefanko)

    Juniper Thunder strengthens AF, Army communications

    Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and Soldiers from Rhine Ordnance Barracks, Germany, came together here to take part in a joint communications exercise and establish bilateral communications across the two branch's networks, Jan. 19.
  • Cargo is loaded onto the ramp of a C-130-J Super Hercules, Oct. 7, 2014, at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. As the Ebola outbreak becomes a potential global threat, U.S. Africa Command is working in support of the U.S. Agency for International Development, the lead federal agency, as part of a comprehensive U.S. government effort to respond to and contain the outbreak of the Ebola virus in West Africa as quickly as possible. This was the first flight launched from Ramstein AB to Monrovia, Liberia in support of Operation United Assistance. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Sara Keller)

    Ramstein launches first C-130J flight to assist Ebola outbreak efforts

    Airmen with the 37th Airlift Squadron here loaded a C-130J Super Hercules with needed supplies and launched their first mission Oct. 7, to West Africa in support of Operation United Assistance.
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