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September 12, 2014
Volume 38, number 36
Aircrews deliver on-time for Steadfast Javelin II by Airman 1st Class Jordan Castelan 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs More than a dozen C-130 and C-17 aircraft from two continents and six states are providing tactical airlift from the power projection platform at Ramstein Air Base for Exercise Steadfast Javelin II. The NATO-led exercise, which ended Thursday, included activeduty and Air National Guard
Airmen collaborating with paratroopers from the 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment (Airborne) and multinational forces to prepare U.S., NATO Allies and European security partners to conduct unified land operations. Combat airlift played a pivotal role in the exercise’s overall mission success, however the flying mission began well before takeoff. Photo by Senior Airman Damon Kasberg
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C-130s from the Air National Guard wait on the Ramstein flightline Sept. 2 just days before being loaded up with Army and Air Force paratroopers to support the Steadfast Javelin II exercise.
Partnership maintains NCO corps one NCO at a time Story and photo by Senior Airman Armando A. Schwier-Morales 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
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until the bazaar! WHEN: Sept. 18 to 21 WHERE: Ramstein hangars 1 & 2 VISIT: www.ramsteinbazaar.org
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Ukrainian army Senior Praporshchik (chief master sergeant equivalent) Roman Kuzmenko (right), Ukrainian Armed Forces General Staff, listens to a discussion during a class at the Kisling NCO Academy Aug. 29 on Ramstein. Kuzmenko is part of a Department of Defense initiative designed to improve the NCOs of partner countries.
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t is another day at the Kisling NCO Academy for an ambitious senior NCO. He sits at his desk cluttered with homework, notebooks and pens in an attempt to understand and learn how to interact with and relate to Airmen. What sets him apart from the 15 other students wearing the recognizable sage green, tiger-striped U.S. Air Force uniform surrounding him is the Ukrainian flag Velcroed on the side of his sleeve. Ukrainian army Senior Praporshchik (chief master sergeant equivalent) Roman Kuzmenko is a senior enlisted adviser who was born in Slavyansk, Ukraine, and lived in the Crimea peninsula for 15 years, both areas dominated by Russian culture. “I like Ukraine and I like the culture,” he said. “I have patriotic feelings toward Ukraine, because I want my children to grow up there. I want to improve the country.” When the conflict started,
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