July 3, 2023 Jolly Vihar 23 enhances US, Hungarian air forces interoperability Exercise Jolly Vihar is aimed to enhance the U.S. and Hungarian forces’ ability to conduct integrated combat search and rescue scenarios and perform maintenance operations.
May 9, 2023 FY22 DAF Safety Awards released The FY22 Department of the Air Force Safety Awards Program provides organizations, teams, and individuals the opportunity to be recognized for their hard work, enhanced performance, accomplishments, and feats in safety.
Sept. 14, 2022 Aviano AB strengthens community relationships through English Teaching Program This summer, volunteers taught English to Italian children in local middle and high schools, as well as two summer camps.
July 18, 2022 Air Force announces top athletes of the year Department of the Air Force fitness and sports programs, like the Athlete of the Year Program, emphasize the importance of mission success through sustained dedication and hard work, and the importance of maintaining an active and healthy lifestyle.
Feb. 2, 2022 Aviano's own Olympian Skeleton is a winter sport in which athletes lie face-down on a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled, and slide down a frozen track reaching more than 80 mph.
April 27, 2021 31st FW, multinational allies conclude INIOCHOS 21 The exercise was a Hellenic air force-sponsored operational and tactical level field training exercise, hosted by the Hellenic Air Tactics Center at Greece’s fighter weapons school. The aim was to enhance combat readiness and fighting capability, while providing participants the opportunity to
March 23, 2021 Aviano AFB Fire Department wins 2020 AF Fire Department of the Year Aviano Air Base’s Fire Department extinguished the competition in this year’s Air Force Fire Department of the Year, saving lives and getting the mission done during 2020’s COVID-19 pandemic.
Feb. 22, 2021 31st FW, Italian air force complete Agile Combat Employment exercise The 555th and 510th Fighter Squadrons executed counter air training with the Italian air force 32 Stormo, Rome Air Squad Command. The 32 Stormo is the first European unit to acquire F-35A Lightning II aircraft.
Sept. 11, 2020 Bombers, Marine F-35s join Point Blank 20-4 exercise More than 50 aircraft from the U.S. Air Force, the U.S. Marine Corps, the Royal Air Force and the Royal Netherlands Air Force participated in exercise Point Blank 20-04 over the North Sea, Sep. 10.
July 8, 2020 Spangdahlem AB hosts USAFE large force exercise The exercise focused on aircrew integration of multiple platforms to enhance readiness and increase proficiency needed to maintain a ready force to ensure the collective defense of the NATO alliance.
June 4, 2020 USAFE-AFAFRICA conducts first large-force exercise amidst COVID-19 The purpose of the exercise was to continue high-end training with U.S. Air Forces in Europe and NATO partners to counter near-peer threats in the area of responsibility.
March 9, 2020 Air Force announces 2019 Safety Awards Maj. Gen. John T. Rauch Jr., Air Force Chief of Safety, recently announced the recipients of the Secretary of the Air Force, Chief of Staff of the Air Force Safety Awards and the Air Force Chief of Safety Awards for 2019.
Dec. 17, 2019 First virtual pitch day contract awarded U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa A8I Operational Innovation Branch and the 764th Enterprising Solutions Squadron awarded their first virtual Pitch Day contract, Dec. 13.
Sept. 30, 2019 31st Fighter Wing executes Rapid Buzzard exercise U.S. Airmen deployed from Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Ramstein Air Base, Germany, to Graf Ignatievo Air Base, Bulgaria, to participate in a bilateral exercise with the Bulgarian Air Force.
June 12, 2019 Hill AFB F-35As arrive at Spangdahlem AB Funded through the European Deterrence Initiative, the TSP provides a more robust U.S. military rotational presence in the European theater capable of deterring adversaries and assuring partners and allies of the U.S. commitment to regional security.