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  • Aviano Airman out-bowls competition

    Capt. Danielle Crowder, an assistant judge advocate with the 31st Fighter Wing legal office here recently represented the Air Force during the National Armed Forces Bowling Tournament held in San Antonio, Texas, beating out the competition in every event. The Endwell, N.Y. native bowled a 211.2

  • Aviano Airman selected for Thunderbirds

    An Aviano Airman assigned to the 31st Operations Support Squadron was recently chosen to serve as Thunderbird No.2 with the U.S. Air Force Aerial Demonstration Squadron for 2013 and 2014.Capt. Joshua Boudreaux, 31st OSS aircrew flight equipment commander, is scheduled to assume the role of the elite

  • Fundamentals of finance management overesas

    It's no surprise to most Airmen that different locations provide changes from what they may have grown accustomed to at their prior stations, but one area where these changes aren't expected are in their paychecks, particularly when stationed overseas.Though the concept remains the same, there are

  • JAG corps offers law school programs

    Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program (FLEP) and Excess Leave Program (ELP), military programs for officers interested in becoming legal advisors, are being accepted from January 1 through March 1, 2013. Interested officers are encouraged to compete. The number of FLEP and ELP

  • 603rd ACS strikes for final time at Aviano

    Another Chapter of Air Force history came to a close July 3 at Aviano Air Base, as the 603rd Air Control Squadron called "Primo," the unit call sign, last time before the unit is inactivated.The 603rd ACS, one of two Air Force theater air control systems in Europe, is being inactivated as part of a

  • USAFE band fosters community partnership

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Band, Check Six, visited Roveredo in Piano music school at the Parish Parlor July 6, to perform for aspiring musicians in the local community.Roveredo in Piano was one of four stops by the Check Six band, in an effort to help strengthen the Italian and American

  • 31st FW nears 60th Anniversary of pioneering operation

    Sixty years ago, we were a young wing, and a young Air Force. The technologies we take for granted today were in their infancy. Sixty years ago this week, the wing was directly involved in pioneering the use of aerial refueling to fly masses of fighter aircraft over the Pacific (rather than to ship