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AVIANO AIR BASE, Italy – Chief Master Sgt. Phillip Easton, U.S. European Command senior enlisted leader, visited Aviano Air Base, Italy, May 12-13, 2021. Easton briefed Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing on command priorities and provided leadership guidance. As the senior enlisted leader of EUCOM, he was able to provide a perspective on the current state of affairs for enlisted service members serving in Europe explaining EUCOM’s command structure, priorities and partnerships while passing ...

by Contributor on Friday May 14 2021 Shown left to right: Chief Warrant Officer Sharman Thomas, Private Sharman Thomas Junior, Major Nils French, and Honorary Lieutenant-Colonel (Retired) Sharman Thomas Senior. In a historic moment, 44th Engineer Squadron enrolled a new member on Thursday May 13th. The new member was Sharman Thomas Junior, now a third generation member of the squadron, marking a first in the unit’s almost 75-year history.  For the occasion he was ...

301 FW base civil engineers build lasting impact every day By Senior Airman William Downs and Mr. Jeremy Roman, 301st Fighter Wing Public Affairs / Published May 12, 2021 301st Fighter Wing Base Civil Engineers stand in front of the wings civil engineer squadron building at U.S. Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base Fort Worth, Texas on March 10, 2021. BCE consists of 17 people from across two sections—engineering and operations. They currently support the installation, the 30...

By Maj. Denise Hauser, 940 Air Refueling Wing / Published April 30, 2021 Civil Engineer Airmen assigned to the 940th Air Refueling Wing and 9th Reconnaissance Wing don their chemical warfare gear during Exercise Nexus Dawn at Beale Air Force Base, California, April 27. Nexus Dawn tested certain Air Force units to make sure they are trained, equipped and combat-ready to employ and sustain operations in degraded and contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Denise Haus...

By Maj. Denise Hauser, 940 Air Refueling Wing / Published April 30, 2021 Civil Engineer Airmen assigned to the 940th Air Refueling Wing and 9th Reconnaissance Wing don their chemical warfare gear during Exercise Nexus Dawn at Beale Air Force Base, California, April 27. Nexus Dawn tested certain Air Force units to make sure they are trained, equipped and combat-ready to employ and sustain operations in degraded and contested environment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Denise Haus...

10 This isn’t your father’s rapid runway repair. Eight Airmen from the 169th Civil Engineer Squadron (169CES) joined Pacific Air Forces and U.S. Navy engineers to participate in an Expedient and Expeditionary Airfield Damage Repair (E-ADR) Joint Capability Technology Demonstration at McEntire Joint National Guard Base (JNGB), South Carolina April 21-28, 2021. The demonstration simulated the rapid repair of a battle damaged runway. Swamp Fox engineers were joined by engineers...

These young men and women volunteered their time as citizen soldiers to their country and their community, many going on to serve in fields of conflict. Some may say they were an identity all to themselves, but all one has to do is look around the community to find projects constructed and gifted to the city by the 21 Field Engineer Squadron: the bridge from École Mcissac to Creekside, the bridge along the Ross Lake walking path, the soccer field at Phantom Lake, the playground at Parkdale S...

An Army engineer killed in an accident at Camp Bastion will be repatriated to Oxfordshire on Thursday. Sapper Adam Moralee, from 32 Engineer Regiment, was an “outstanding soldier” who had been marked for promotion, his commander said. The 23-year-old was from Newcastle and was due to be promoted to lance corporal later this year. He was killed on Wednesday last week at the Afghanistan base. The aircraft carrying Sapper Moralee’s body is scheduled to arrive at RAF Brize Norton at 1...