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Aug
09
2010

Good, bad news in early USAFE fitness returns

After a month of testing under the new USAF Fitness Tables, there is both bad news and good news in U.S. Air Forces in Europe.
The bad news is that in more than 2,000 tests administered in the month of July, our failure rate is approximately 23 percent. The good news is that a significant number of [...]

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Jul
28
2010

Inter-opera-what?

I’ve spent the last 11 days at the 2010 Farnborough International Air Show in Hampshire County, UK, and it’s honestly been an eye-opening experience.
What I’ve realized is that planes are awesome but more than that, people are awesome.
There are over 70 American personnel who have been diligently working at the air show, all with the [...]

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Jul
21
2010

The magic of the Farnborough International Air Show

 Imagine some 150,000 business men and women from nationalities and cultures from across the world, all driving, walking, talking, collaborating, and trading amongst 165 static displays, 1300 exhibitors, branched beneath the umbrella of a heart-pounding, ear-numbing roar of whizzing aircraft that fill the sky. Now multiply that picture by seven and voila- you’ve got the Farnborough International Air Show.
  What started [...]

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Jul
15
2010

KMC baseball teams shooting for World Series

Kaiserslautern Military Community baseball is back on the hunt for bids to the World Series. Last year the KMC Little League made it to Williamsport and did a great job representing Europe and the U.S.
Many of those same players now find themselves battling it out in the Europe-Middle East-Africa Region tournament in hopes of making [...]

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May
16
2010

Expanded digital access requires same common sense

Social networking sites are open to Air Force servicemembers and employees in the workplace. This change to policy has raised many questions about using social media officially and personally in the workplace.
But when you get right down to it, little has changed. The rules established for Internet use at work are no different than before [...]

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