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February 27, 2015
Volume 39, number 8
RAB kicks off AFAF campaign by Staff Sgt. Leslie Keopka 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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he Air Force Assistance Fund kicks off its campaign Monday on Ramstein, and it will last through April 10. AFAF is a six-week campaign that raises money for the Air Force Aid Society, Air Force Enlisted Village, Lemay Foundation and Air Force Villages Charitable Foundation.
“We are challenged to be good wingmen every day, and this is just another opportunity to help someone out when they need it most,” said Capt. Jason Glitz, AFAF installation project officer. “With our donations, Airmen receive needed funds, and nobody is turned away from the retirement communities because they are unable to afford it.” AFAS provides emergency and educational assistance to Airmen of all ranks and their families. It also
provides programs such as Phone Home and Bundles for Babies, both of which are initiatives set in place to help alleviate common military life stress. The General and Mrs. Curtis Lemay Foundation lends a financial hand to widows and widowers through assistance grants for various needs. Air Force Villages offers a home to spouses and family of officer and enlisted members who died on active duty or to active-duty members
when tragedy strikes. The AFAF campaign gives Airmen the opportunity to help out their fellow wingmen, whether that wingman works right next to them or is someone they have never met. “Recently, I lost my grandmother to pneumonia,” said Tech. Sgt. Tony Eclavea, AFAS recipient. “As a young child, my father was a single parent, and my brother and I lived with See AFAF, Page 3
CRG Airmen train during Stolen Cerberus II Story and photo by Senior Airman Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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Master Sgt. David Hough, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager, speaks to the crew of a C-130J Super Hercules as it approaches a runway Feb. 5 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 CRG to prepare landing zone operations, from picking the location to actually providing limited air traffic control.
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ELEFSIS, Greece — Airmen from the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing’s Contingency Response Group trained as landing zone safety officers during Stolen Cerberus II Feb. 2 to 14 in Elefsis, Greece. Stolen Cerberus II is a two-week flying training deployment designed to gauge both aircraft and personnel capabilities as well as improve the interoperability of the Airmen and their Greek counterparts. Several Airmen received the unique opportunity to practice skills associated with a new landing zone program, which is being piloted by the 435th AGOW. “We don’t get too many training opportunities to work landing zones,” said Tech. Sgt. George Broom, 435th Air Mobility Squadron contingency airfield manager. “This was a great opportunity to come out to Greece and work with the 37th (Airlift Squadron) on foreign soil.” The new program consists of a three-man team, including an engineer, a landing zone safety officer and an air traffic controller. “The team would have an engineer to determine if the surface can support the aircraft,” said Maj. James Greathouse, Air Mobility Command air mobility liaison officer assigned to the 21st Theater Sustainment Command. An airfield manager, who fills the role of landing zone safety officer, ensures the surface remains safe for the aircraft to use. The team’s air traffic controller potentially acts
721st AMXS spouses crochet for cancer, Page 9
Honoring MWD’s 8 years of service, Page 10
Club collects donations for Pfennig Bazaar, Pages 18