• Aviano’s STEM Junk Box Challenge

    The Aviano Elementary School held a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math challenge on Jan. 8, 2020. The STEM Junk Box is a monthly challenge that the school holds for their students to practice out-of-the-box thinking and creative problem solving.

  • Exercise Astral Knight 2019 boasts multinational relations

    Senior leaders, Italian Air Force Maj. Gen. Silvano Frigerio, Combat Force Commander, U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Steven Basham, U.S Air Forces Europe and Air Forces Africa deputy commander, Brig. Gen. Mato Mikic, Croatian Air Force commander, and Maj. Gen. Alenka Ermenc, Slovenia chief of defense,

  • USAFE-AFAFRICA command team visits Aviano Airmen

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa command team, Gen. Tod D. Wolters, commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Phillip L. Easton, command chief, visited Aviano Air Base, Italy, July 23, 2018.

  • Aviano Airmen return from deployment

    Airmen from the 555th Fighter Squadron and the 31st Maintenance Group returned to Aviano Air Base, Italy in early November 2017, from a deployment to Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan.

  • Blood, sweat, tears decide first CWC champ

    Eight teams of Airmen representing squadrons from the 31st Fighter Wing participated in the first Combat Warrior Challenge at Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 14-17, 2017.

  • The moment when everything clicks

    It was a hot Afghanistan deployment and the flightline power generators were all experiencing the same problem, too much rotation speed.