FEATURE
LEISURE
Air Force Surgeon General visits Ramstein, Page 3
Shining a light on women in aviation, Page 6
Gartenschau offers flowers, displays, family fun, Page 14
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NEWS
March 22, 2019 | Volume 43, Number 11
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African Partnership Flight Rwanda concludes, connecting militaries through safety Story and photos by Tech. Sgt. Timothy Moore 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
KIGALI, RWANDA The African
Partnership Flight Rwanda concluded with a closing ceremony in Kigali, Rwanda, March 8. Hosted by U.S. Air Forces Africa and the Rwanda Defence Force, the weeklong event allowed 45 air force delegates from Rwanda, Cameroon, Ghana, Senegal and Zambia to learn from and share ideas with each other and the U.S. Air Force about their safety programs, particularly flight. “The African Partnership Flight is (U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa) premiere military-tomilitary engagement program, and the goal is primarily to build partnerships with various African nations and get them used to working with the United
Participants in the African Partnership Flight Rwanda work together during an ice breaker — the marshmallow challenge — in Kigali, Rwanda, March 4. The challenge is designed to facilitate communication within teams and get them to look at a task from various perspectives. The African Partnership Flight program aims to build aviation capacity, enhance regional cooperation, and increase interoperability by creating opportunities for African nations to work and collaborate together.
See PARTNERSHIP, Page 2
435 CRG celebrates 20 years of Air Force contingency response Story and photos by Senior Airman Devin M. Rumbaugh 86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs The 435th Contingency Response Group hosted a training symposium for the 20th anniversary of the creation of Air Force Contingency Response, March 5 to 8, on Ramstein Air Base. Guest speakers from around the European theater, members of different Air Force Contingency Response units, and the 19th Secretary of the See RESPONSE, Page 10
Members of the 435th Contingency Response Group display their equipment during the Air Force contingency response 20th Anniversary training symposium open house on Ramstein Air Base, March 8. The 435th CRG was originally founded as the 86th CRG in Feb. 1999. The unit was later redesignated as the 435th CRG.