2011- Year of Motorcycle Safety

Tech. Sgt. Jason Smith, 31st Fighter Wing motorcycle safety program manager, demonstrates the proper protective gear required by Air Force Instruction 91-207 when operating a motorcycle. Protective eye wear, approved motorcycle safety foundation helmet, gloves, closed-toe shoes and brightly colored reflective clothing are all required items when operating a motorcycle on or off base. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

8th Air Support Operations Squadron community clean up

Staff Sgt. Wesley Jackson, 8th Air Support Operations Squadron vehicle maintainer, collects trash along the side of the road as part of the 8th ASOS community beautification project, March 27. Eighteen volunteers cleaned roads from Area F to Area 1, and those leading from Area F to the mountain highway, collecting 25 bags of refuse. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

31st Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

Col. Brian T. Kelly, former 31st Mission Support Group commander, passes the guidon to Brig. Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr. Colonel Kelly relinquished command during a change-of-command ceremony March 11 at the Personnel Alert Holding Area at Aviano air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katherine Windish)

31st Mission Support Group welcomes new commander

Brig. Gen. C.Q. Brown, Jr., 31st Fighter Wing commander, passes the guidon to Col. Brian D. Pukall, 31st Mission Support Group commander. Colonel Pukall took the reins from Col. Brian T. Kelly during a change-of-command ceremony March 11 at the Personnel Alert Holding Area at Aviano Air Base, Italy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katherine Windish)

CAS Training

Maj. Bryan Trinkle, 8th Air Operations Support Squadron operations officer and joint terminal attack controller, discusses close air support training scenerios with Slovenian army Sgt. 1st Class Sergej Savov, 1st Brigade tactical air control party leader, during a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, Feb. 2. The exercise consisted of close air support training between Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Slovenian army joint terminal attacks controllers and tactical air control party operators as well as Slovenian PC-9M aircraft.(U.S. Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

CAS Training

Tech. Sgt. Eduardo Ramos, 8th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack contoller, provides training feedback to Slovenian army Sgt. 1st Class Sergej Savov and Staff Sgt. Rudolf Rot, JTACs, on lessons learned during a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, Feb. 4. The exercise consisted of close air support training between Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Slovenian army joint terminal attacks controllers and tactical air control party operators as well as Slovenian PC-9M aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

CAS Training

Col. Jean Vite, 4th Air Support Operation Group Commander, coins Slovenia's first ever joint terminal attack controllers in recognition of their hard work during a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, Feb. 3. The exercise consisted of close air support training between Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Slovenian army joint terminal attacks controllers and tactical air control party operators as well as Slovenian PC-9M aircraft(U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

CAS Training

Airman 1st Class Craig Gabrielson, 8th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party operator, observes Slovenian army joint terminal attack controllers conduct training during a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, Feb. 3. The exercise consisted of close air support training between Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Slovenian army joint terminal attacks controllers and tactical air control party operators as well as Slovenian PC-9M aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

CAS Training

Airman 1st Class Craig Gabrielson, 8th Air Support Operations Squadron tactical air control party operator, uses a mark 7 laser range finder to map the distances of potential targets during a NATO coalition combat capability training exercise at Pocek Range in Postojna, Slovenia, Feb. 2. The exercise consisted of close air support training between Aviano Air Base, Italy, and Slovenian army joint terminal attacks controllers and tactical air control party operators as well as Slovenian PC-9M aircraft.(U.S. Air Force photo/ Staff Sgt. Nadine Y. Barclay)

31st MXG welcomes new commander

Brig. Gen. C.Q. Brown Jr., 31st Fighter Wing commander, presents Col. Fredrick Plaumann, 31st Maintenance Group commander, the group flag during the 31st MXG change of commander ceremony Feb. 3 at Hangar 2 here. Colonel Plaumann replaced Col. Dennis Shumaker as the group commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. MercedesKimble Crossland)

Air Force surgeon general visits Aviano

Senior Airman Katherine Ferguson, 31st Surgical Operations Squadron, receives a coin from Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, Air Force Surgeon General, at the 31st Medical Group Hospital Jan. 12. Aviano Air Base was the first stop on the surgeon general’s USAFE tour, which aims to educate military health care providers on a new initiative that will be implemented in June 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katherine Windish)

Air Force surgeon general visits Aviano

Capt. Gretchen Waldvogel, 31st Surgical Operations Squadron, receives a coin from Lt. Gen. (Dr.) Charles B. Green, Air Force Surgeon General, at the 31st Medical Group Hospital Jan. 12. Aviano Air Base was the first stop on the surgeon general’s USAFE tour, which aims to educate military health care providers on a new initiative that will be implemented in June 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Katherine Windish)