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Air Force rolls out Flight Commander’s Edge program, Page 3
450th Intelligence Squadron hosts annual service day, Page 5
Dover, Ramstein set standard for AMOW C-5 maintenance training, Page 8
Healthy eating during the holidays, Page 12
December 21, 2018 | Volume 42, Number 51
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Santa, elves drop in for Operation Toy Drop 2018 by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Santa Claus and his elves delivered toys to children via military freefall and static-line jumps as part of the 7th annual Operation Toy Drop event on Alzey Drop Zone, Dec. 11 through 13. Each day of the operation, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and seven partner nations took off in an 86th Airlift Wing C-130J Super Hercules aircraft to conduct lowlevel passes over the drop zone. Throughout the operation, paratroopers conducted approximately 140 personnel drops each day. On the final day of the event, the 37th Airlift Squadron dropped several crates of toys while Santa Claus performed a high altitude military freefall jump, and Mrs. Claus and 12 elves performed static-line jumps onto Alzey Drop Zone. See OPERATION TOY DROP, Page 2
Mrs. Claus (center) poses with 12 of Santa’s helpers for a photo after being rigged into their parachutes for Operation Toy Drop 2018 on Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 13. Members of the 5th Quartermaster Theater Aerial Delivery Company worked with the 435th Air Ground Operations Wing, 86th Airlift Wing, and seven coalition partners. Photo by Airman 1st Class Kristof J. Rixmann
Airlifter of the Week: Defender delivers baby at East Gate Story and photo by Staff Sgt. Devin Boyer 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Most installation entry controllers expect to come into work and perform their usual duties to defend the base from unwelcomed visitors. Occasionally, something interesting happens and they respond accordingly. Then, there’s the unexpected. For Senior Airman Cadairo Domino, 86th Security Forces Squadron patrolman, the unexpected
U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Mark R. August, 86th Airlift Wing commander, presents a coin to U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Cadairo Domino, 86th Security Forces Squadron installation patrolman, on Ramstein Air Base, Dec. 6. Domino received the honor of being Ramstein’s Airlifter of the Week for assisting a pregnant mother through active labor during entry controller duties in late October.
See AIRLIFTER OF THE WEEK, Page 3