Story by Alexandra Shea | 300th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment | 08.16.2024
ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. – Robins Air Force Base is located in the heart of Central Georgia. The base’s mission is to keep the Air Force and Navy’s fleets of F-15 Eagle fighter jets, C-130 Hercules, C-17 Globemaster, and C-5 Galaxy aircraft in peak performance to continue to ensure air superiority through scheduled depot maintenance....
Story by Martin Heinen and Michael Kenfield | U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden | 06.04.2024
Local national hires are the foundation of the U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden workforce and are key to providing institutional knowledge and continuity of operations when U.S. military and civilian personnel regularly rotate out – to new duty assignments – every three to five years....
Story by Christopher Gardner | U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Europe District | 06.21.2023
U.S. Army engineers oversaw the construction of air infrastructure that ultimately played a key role in the success of the Berlin Airlift....
Story by Staff Sgt. Nicholas Perez | 151st Wing | 05.20.2022
Ret. U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen, known as the “Candy Bomber”, was honored by top leadership from the Utah Air National Guard, Utah National Guard, and Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany with the laying of two wreaths at his gravesite on May 20, 2022. Col. Halvorsen was laid to rest on Feb. 22, 2022, at the Provo City Cemetery. He passed away at the age of 101....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Kentavist Brackin | 89th Airlift Wing | 02.08.2022
The 18th Air Force commander delivered the 89th Airlift Wing's newest and final C-37B whose tail number is #1949, dedicated to the year of the Berlin Airlift, one of the biggest airlift operations in U.S. Air Force history....
Story by Tech. Sgt. Liliana Moreno Miranda | 621st Contingency Response Wing | 02.07.2020
Just last week, the famed Candy Bomber, a 99-year-old war hero, visited Travis Air Force Base in California to share his amazing story with the Airmen and families around the base, Jan. 31. As part of his visit, retired U.S. Air Force Col. Gail Halvorsen visited the 821st Contingency Response Squadron where he spoke about the importance of being a part of the airlift team and told Airmen......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden | 06.11.2019
WIESDABEN, Germany – More than 45,000 people attended a celebration at U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden’s airfield on Clay Kaserne June 10 and 11 in commemoration of 70 years since the end of the Berlin Airlift....
Story by Emily Jennings | U.S. Army Garrison Wiesbaden | 06.10.2019
WIESBADEN, Germany – The “Candy Bomber,” retired Col. Gail Halvorsen, flew into the Berlin Airlift 70th Anniversary Commemoration on Clay Kaserne June 10, 2019, in a C-47 Skytrain, the type of aircraft he flew during the airlift....
