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  • 3 AF, 17 AEF leaders visit Aviano, host all call

    Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, 3rd Air Force and 17th Air Expeditionary Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth Wright, 3rd AF and 17th EAF command chief, visited Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 21, 2016.In his first visit to Aviano, Ray toured the base, met with Airmen and hosted an all call to

  • Aviano observes National Prayer Breakfast

    The 31st Fighter Wing chapel hosted the base's annual National Prayer Breakfast, March 21, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The National Prayer Breakfast has taken place in Washington D.C. since 1953. The President, national leaders and international guests come together in fellowship to discuss a

  • Aviano kicks-off AFAF campaign

    Team Aviano members attended the Air Force Assistance Fund kick-off breakfast, March 18, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The AFAF campaign continues until April 29, 2016, and aims to collect $75,000 in donations. The assistance fund was established to help Airmen and their families in need of

  • Protecting children from harmful chemicals

    National Poison Prevention Week is March 20 - 26, 2016. According to the National Poison Prevention Week council, the majority of non-fatal poison incidents are children younger than six years old. Team Aviano members are reminded to safely store cleaning and medical supplies and to educate

  • Logistical tour leaves Airmen hungry for more

    What do Air Force logistics officers, an Italian family-run business and endless mozzarella cheese have in common?Pizza.The Air Force is constantly faced with ever-changing obstacles that require outside-the-box, or rather, outside-the-crust thinking. To help get in that mindset, 31st Logistics

  • Experts nourish Aviano with nutrition knowledge

    In a culture consumed by calorie counting, the 31st Medical Support Squadron nutritional medicine clinic staff stands as a bastion of best practices concerning nutritional health."Proper nutrition is a mystery for a lot of people," said Staff Sgt. Negelly Del Orbe-Burgos, 31st MDSS nutritional

  • Wyverns assist in Aviano cleanup

    Seventy Aviano Airmen and their families stepped up this weekend alongside 130 Italian volunteers from the local community to collect nearly 1,500 kilograms - more than 3,300 pounds - of trash on the first of three annual community cleanup days.For more than 10 consecutive years, the 31st Fighter

  • Aviano receives MIHA-Security benefit

       Team Aviano members can now take advantage of a new move-in housing allowance for installations of certain home security upgrades for their residences.The MIHA-Security benefit is also retroactive for members in the community who meet the criteria."MIHA-Security is designed to reduce costs

  • Cold Response 16 wraps up in Norway

    After two weeks of partnering together, the Belgian, U.S. and Norwegian air forces wrapped up Exercise Cold Response 16's air operations March 9, 2016, at Bodø Main Air Station, Norway."We've wrapped up the exercise at this point," said Lt. Col. Byron Pompa, 555th Fighter Squadron commander. "We had

  • Wyvern Warriors qualify at CATM range

    A group of eight Wyvern Warriors qualified to use a variety of firearms, March 9, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Staff Sgt. Alejandra Stutts, 31st Security Forces Squadron combat arms training and maintenance instructor, provided lessons on how to properly handle and function check the M4 carbine