May 1, 2015
May 1, 2015
Kaiserslautern American
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Volume 39, number 17
435th SFS teaches Airmen Fly Away Security Story and photo by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs After months of planning and preparation, members of the 435th Security Forces Squadron initiated the new U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Fly Away Security program and had its first class of graduates April 18 on Ramstein. The 10-day predeployment course is designed to teach security forces Airmen how to keep aircraft and aircrew safe in austere locations. “The course is separated into several different blocks,” said Staff Sgt. Mark Karas, 435th SFS senior instructor. “There are classroom and hands-on portions, demonstrations, a field training exercise and evaluations. Instructors and students of a Fly Away Security course participate in a three-mile run prior to graduation April 18 on Ramstein. After completing the 10-day predeployment course, the defenders are ready to be deployed throughout the world, protecting aircrew and aircraft in austere locations.
See SECURITY, Page 2
Air Force provides additional support in Nepal by Master Sgt. Lesley Waters Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs Command Information
Photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Queen
Airmen and members of the U.S. Agency for International Development and the Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team, offload relief supplies for victims of the earthquake in Katmandu, Nepal, April 28. The Air Force, members of the USAID, the Los Angeles County Search and Rescue team and five search and rescue dogs, transported relief supplies to provide assistance to the men and women in Nepal.
WASHINGTON — The Air Force continues its support of the disaster relief operations in Nepal with the arrival of a second C-17 Globemaster III, in response to an earthquake that rocked the country April 25. “One of the U.S. Air Force’s great strengths is our ability to provide rapid global mobility in support of humanitarian efforts around the world, and we are proud to be able to
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See SUPPORT, Page 8
US, Polish air force fly toward brighter future, Page 3
86th CES operates environmental conservation, Page 9
Get moving, get fit with Army CFP2, Page 23