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NATO Interfly, joint airborne training, Pages 16-17
Soldiers not immune to damage of sun’s rays, Page 18
July 21, 2023 | Volume 47, Number 29
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521 AMOW hosts Mobility Rodeo by Staff Sgt. Megan Beatty 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing The 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing hosted its first Mobility Rodeo at Ramstein Air Base, July 11-12, for nearly 120 U.S. and Dutch mobility professionals across the U.S., Europe and the Middle East. The Mobility Rodeo coincided with the wing’s 15th anniversary and tested mobility Airmen, including a Royal Netherlands Air Force team and Polish observers, on Ready Airman Training, aerial port and functional aircraft maintenance tasks over the course of two days to enhance home-station and deployed readiness. “The Mobility Rodeo is an extension of the traditional Port Dawg Rodeo,” said U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Virginia Walsh, Mobility Rodeo boss and 721st Aerial Port Squadron Combat Readiness and Resources Flight commander. “As the air transportation hub in See MOBILITY RODEO, Page 2
U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 305th Maintenance Group, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey, push a B-2 maintenance stand during the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing’s Mobility Rodeo at Ramstein Air Base, July 12. An objective of the Mobility Rodeo is to enhance the readiness and lethality of mobility Airmen, and to build teamwork and trust across mobility units, helping to maintain air superiority and deliver rapid global mobility anytime, anywhere. Photo by Airman 1st Class Jordan Lazaro
Bremen: A city explorer’s paradise
ANNOUNCEMENT From July 3 – Sept. 30, the A6 exit (toward Mannheim) and the Jacob-Pfeiffer Bridge will be closed for construction. Expect delays in traffic and plan for detours. The designated detour route will be Biellandstrasse, Opel Circle, B 270, and L-395.
Alive with music, food, drink, culture, parks, and water, Bremen is a brilliant place to visit. It has the vital energy of a Northern German city, but is much easier to navigate than Hamburg or Berlin. Worth a weekend, Bremen will surprise and delight you. See BREMEN, Page 28
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by MilitaryInGermany.com