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The last upgraded block 40 F-16 (#89-2039) was handed over by Hellenic Aerospace Industry (HAI) to the United Start Air Force at Tanagra, Greece on December 15. HAI upgraded the electronic and structural modification (STAR/CCIP) as part of a program started in 2007 for 94 F-16 block 40 and block 50 aircraft for the United States Air Force in Europe (USAFE). The ceremony marked the completion of the work on the block 40s and by December of 2013 work on the block 50s will also be completed.

On a recent training exercise U.S. Air Force Europe (USAFE) C-130J Hercules tactical transport aircraft and their crews deployed to the Israel Air Force Base at Nevatim, in the Northern Negev desert in southern Israel, for a period of 10 days. According to USAFE, news release, the units, belonging to Ramstein, Germany based 37th Airlift Squadron participated in the exercise Dec. 1 through 10 to accomplish various training requirements for the C-130J Super Hercules which are not allowed in Germany because of country regulations.

A British activist is taking her case against an airman who detained her after she hopped a fence to RAF Croughton to the civil courts. Lindis Percy, co-coordinator for the group Campaign for the Accountability of American Bases, has filed a £1,000 claim against Senior Airman Frank McDonald, whom she alleges caused superficial cuts, swelling and pain to wrists from handcuffs being too tight and other injuries when he detained her at Croughton in February 2006. McDonald is now a staff sergeant at Croughton. A criminal case against McDonald was dismissed when U.S. officials filed a certificate of military duty...

12/15/2005 - RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFPN) -- Thousands of miles from the day-to-day bustle of holiday shopping and military missions, school children and orphans are receiving school supplies, toys and clothing -- from people they've never met. The children live in Afghanistan and they've been receiving these much-needed items through the generosity of men and women stationed here. This is where Maj. DuWayne Bredvik, the policy and doctrine chief for the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Plans and Programs Directorate, has stepped up to collect donations and mail the donations. "My boss was deployed to Afghanistan, and he mentioned...

Defender Challenge U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Dustin McPhillips fires an M240B machine gun on Fort Huachuca, Ariz., Oct.15, 2004. McPhillips is assigned to the 568th Security Forces Squadron, based on Ramstein Air Base, Germany, and he is representing the U.S. Air Forces in Europe team in the 2004 Defender Challenge competition, held on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The competition pits teams from major Air Force commands against one another over a series of events to include marksmanship, tactics and physical fitness. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Justin D. Pyle 6666666666666666 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman...

Reflecting on a remarkable yearReleased: Aug. 10, 2004    Two Aviano Air Base F-16's prepare to take off during the Air Warrior training exercise at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada. The 510th and 555th Fighter Squadrons from Aviano Air Base, Italy, were among several participants throughout the Air Force attending the Air Warrior and Red Flag training exercises. (Photo by Senior Airman Lakisha Croley) Click here for high-resolution image! By Gen. Robert H. "Doc" Foglesong Commander, U.S. Air Forces in Europe RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (USAFENS) – As we look back on the accomplishments of the past year, one...