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  • 'Base is loaded' with intramural sports

    Intramural sports encourage friendly competition and camaraderie while affording players an opportunity to meet other Wyverns at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The 31st Force Support Squadron intramural sports program allows Team Aviano members to mingle out of uniform while still staying active.

  • Keep calm, jiu jitsu on

    The Wyvern Fitness Center hosts jiu jitsu classes for various age groups Monday through Friday. Jiu jitsu is a form of martial arts, which focuses on grappling and ground fighting. The class aims to teach students how to effectively defeat an opponent with joint locks and chokeholds.

  • Mothers, sons share lasting moments

    Mothers and their sons danced the night away during the first "Mother and Son dance" at the community center, July 25, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The event offered food and drinks, a photo booth area, music and games. Attendees were encouraged to dress up in their favorite superhero outfit for

  • Quenching a creative calling: Aviano Arts and Crafts

    Have a craving to craft? The Aviano Air Base, Italy, Arts and Crafts Store is a one-stop shop for almost any creative endeavor. From children's paints to yards of fabric, the store provides the resources, classes and tools required to craft anything a willful Wyvern could want.

  • Teens take initiative with Summer Hire Program

    The employees report to the Dragon Fitness Center on a muggy, early morning at Aviano Air Base, Italy. They receive their work for the day, hop in a golf cart and takeoff. They can't waste any time since they must leave work on time today.After all, they can't keep their parents waiting to pick them

  • Corrosion control: A fight against rust

    A door closes behind four Airmen donned in protective jump suits and respirators. On the other side, lie a large ventilated room and an F-16 Fighting Falcon stripped of its paint.Beside the aircraft, Airmen with the 31st Maintenance Squadron corrosion control section mix paint needed to restore the

  • Big wheels out for a spin

    Airmen with the 31st Civil Engineer Squadron fire department train on driving an engine truck, July 22, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. New drivers train for approximately 25 hours before receiving a certificate to drive a truck responding to emergency calls.

  • PMEL Airmen calibrate Aviano assets

    U.S. Air Force Airmen assigned to the 31st Maintenance Squadron precision measurement equipment laboratory, ensure the accuracy and reliability of all weapons systems here. The Airmen calibrate and repair measurement, test and diagnostic equipment and adjust weapon systems test equipment that

  • Kids 'jam' over summer break

    Children and their parents came together to play, dance and make music during JAM Summer Camp, July 14, 2015 at Aviano Air Base, Italy. The week-long camp provided an outlet for toddlers to stay active while broadening their attention spans and listening skills. It also allowed parents to bond with

  • The powerful play goes on, wing schedulers contribute a verse

    If each mission is thought of as a play in the European forces theater, then behind the curtain is a network of teams ensuring all moving parts work properly. The maintenance squadron builds and repairs the set, while the pilots practice their performance for the stage. In the mix of it all, are