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  • Cryogenics Airmen ensure quality O2

    Every 90 days, petroleum, oil and lubricants Airmen inspect liquid oxygen tank locks for leaks and tests the oxygen's purity. Liquid oxygen is necessary for pilots while flying at high altitudes. To handle the -238 degree liquid oxygen, Airmen must wear proper personal-protection equipment, which

  • My first badge of honor: being a military child

    From the corner of the covered window in my home, a slow, black blob moved slowly down the street. Pulling back the lemon-themed curtains, my mother stood silent, completely transfixed. The jet-black sedan, windows fully tinted, crawled down the boulevard weighed down with the heavy news we knew

  • Map managers make their mark

    The 31st Civil Engineer Squadron geo-integration office creates maps and blueprints for use by other 31 CES personnel before any construction takes. The detailed maps and blueprints are stored in a physical and digital vault for future use.

  • 507th ARW train with 31 FW Airmen

    U.S. Air Force Reserve Airmen with the 507th Air Refueling Wing from Tinker Air Force Base, Okla., completed their required two-week annual tour at Aviano Air Base, Italy.  More than 50 reservists including chaplains, crew chiefs and force support performed daily operations with Team Aviano.

  • Healthy Airmen, healthy mission

    Airmen infected or affected by a disease may ultimately degrade mission effectiveness.  The 31st Aerospace Medicine Squadron communicable disease section aims to keep Team Aviano free from disease, as healthy Airmen are better capable to get the job done.The section's one-woman-team is responsible

  • Avionics Airmen excel behind the scenes

    Avionics intermediate section Airmen with the 31st Maintenance Squadron monitor F-16 Fighting Falcons avionics system. These Airmen ensure flight safety by repairing communication, navigation and radar systems.

  • Earth Day: Aviano AB focuses on recycling, energy saving

    Aviano Air Base is encouraging its members to promote recycling and energy saving to celebrate the 45th Earth Day anniversary April 22.Established by Senator Gaylord Nelson, and first observed in 1970, Earth Day provides an opportunity for every Airman to understand their role in preserving natural

  • Security Forces forges fighting skills

    Airmen from the 31st Security Forces Squadron participated in a week-long combat expertise training program beginning April 13, 2015, at Aviano Air Base, Italy. Instructors provided security forces Airmen with advanced techniques to their repertoire. The skills included evasive grappling, suspect

  • Remembering the past to shape the future

    Eliseo, a 17-year-old man, resides in his Pordenone, Italy, home in 1945. He could have never known what would happen next or imagine what inhumanities his young eyes would witness. Through the next four torturous months, he learned the depths of human depravity.He learned these horrors in the

  • Radiology Clinic looks below the surface

    The 31st Surgical Operations Squadron Radiology Department provides x-ray, ultrasound, mammogram and magnetic resonance imaging services for Team Aviano. The images produced are used to diagnose and treat diseases seen within the body.