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  • Newly renovated building replaces old fitness center

    The fitness center in Area 2 is scheduled to close permanently on Dec. 15 and a newly renovated fitness facility is projected to open on Jan. 20 in Area F.For the past 15 months, Tanya McCormick and Luca Del Tin, 31st Force Support Squadron fitness and sports center directors, led a combined team

  • Aviano defender returns, performs with TIB

    Returning to Aviano after nine months, a 31st Security Forces Squadron journeyman set off to perform as a member of the elite Air Force entertainment group, Tops in Blue.Senior Airman Jeffrey Ellis and his 35 coworkers brought entertainment in the form of singing and dancing to more than 500 Team

  • Liberty and Wyvern Airmen participate in joint training

    Following close on the heels of the 31st Fighter Wing's herculean efforts in the first sortie surge of fiscal year 2015 last week, F-15 Strike Eagles from the 48th Fighter Wing based at RAF Lakenheath in the UK are training alongside members of the 31st Fighter Wing this week, here.The Strike Eagles

  • Aviano stays 'Forward, Ready, Now' with joint exercise

    The 555th Fighter Squadron hosted a weeklong exercise with the U.S. and Netherlands joint tactical air controllers Dec. 2 here as a part of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces in Africa's "Forward, Ready, Now" initiative.Together, the U.S. Air Force 2nd Air Support Operations Squadron,

  • Forecasting a sweeter holiday

    The Aviano Officers and Civilians Spouses' Club is set to snare the taste buds of Airmen who reside in the dorms during their annual cookie drive, Dec. 8.The drive serves as a chance for Airmen to indulge in holiday sweets and give them a taste of home while serving overseas."This is a good chance

  • Tuscany: Central Italian region rich with tourism hot-spots

    I'm all for figuratively killing as many birds as possible with one stone, if at all possible and on a recent family vacation to Tuscany we did just that.The central Italian region is home to a handful of cities, each with its own historically famous attractions. On our trip we visited three: