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  • SSgts hone leadership skills during NCO PES

    More than 30 U.S. Air Force staff sergeants from Aviano Air Base, Italy, attended a three-day NCO Professional Enhancement Seminar, Feb. 10-12, 2016, to further develop their leadership skills.The seminar that covered topics ranging from the Enlisted Force Structure to healthy living focused

  • Aviano kindergartners brush up on oral hygiene

    National Children's Dental Health Month offers educators and healthcare providers an opportunity to teach children the importance of oral hygiene. The 31st Dental Squadron capitalizes on this opportunity every February by sending a team of dental dynamos to the Aviano Elementary School to teach

  • Wyvern warriors work toward wing goal day

    If Team Aviano members put their best foot forward, they may be able to earn a day off every other month for a job well done.Although poor weather stopped the wing from earning a recent goal day, there are two factors Airmen have control of that goal days depend on: executing scheduled flying hours

  • Down the rabbit hole: Students perform 'Alice in Wonderland Jr.'

    The Aviano Community Theater performed their newest play, "Alice in Wonderland Jr.," Feb. 3 to 6, 2016, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. High school students, Sara Barton and Maggie Lewandowski, directed the play performed by 3rd- to 12th-grade students for all of Team Aviano. For more information about

  • 2 Wyvern Alumni return to Aviano, discuss evolving missions

    Two 52nd Fighter Wing senior leaders from Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, visited Aviano Base, Italy, Feb. 5, 2016, to tour the future home of the 606th Air Control Squadron, which is scheduled to relocate from Spangdahlem to Aviano in the coming years.U.S. Air Force Col. Joseph McFall, 52nd FW

  • ALS: Airmen leading Airmen to success

    Each year, thousands of U.S. Air Force Senior Airmen are afforded the chance to join the ranks of noncommissioned officer.  The title, "front-line supervisor," isn't earned over night; it takes time, dedication and a willingness to learn.Much like a right-of-passage, each Airman must attend Airman

  • Ceremonial guardsmen: to honor with tradition

    Calculated steps come to a halt. "Okay, do it again," instructed U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Theodore Miller, Aviano Air Base Honor Guard NCO in charge. The synchronized steps continue their rhythm.Tasked with honoring Air Force members during traditional ceremonies, the Aviano Air Base Honor Guard is

  • Pilots, TACPs exercise mission capabilities

    U.S. Air Force pilots with the 555th Fighter Squadron and Tactical Air Controller Party members with the 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron participated in a training exercise Jan. 29, 2015 in Longarone, Italy. The scenario included surface-to-air threats in which TACPs provided pilots with

  • 2015 annual award winners announced during ceremony

    Fifteen Aviano men and women were recognized as the top base performers during the 31st Fighter Wing Annual Awards Ceremony at the La Bella Vista Club on Jan. 29, 2016.The annual award winners are:Airman of the Year:Senior Airman Justin Youngblood, 31st Security Forces SquadronNCO of the Year:Tech.

  • 31 CES 'plumbers' plunge more than just toilets

    Many have experienced a busted pipe, toilet or even a clogged sink.When Aviano Air Base Wyverns experience plumbing issues, a wrench wielding water and fuels systems maintenance journeyman from the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron comes to the rescue to keep the mission flowing.The CE Airmen are