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  • Italian American Friendship Festival plans in high gear for Sept. 4

    The ninth annual Italian American Friendship Festival, hosted by the Honorary Squadron Commanders Association (of Aviano Air Base) and the community of Roveredo in Piano, Italy, Sept. 4, is planned as a day full of activities for Airmen and their families, and opportunities to maintain and

  • Aviano senior airmen selected for promotion

    More than 200 senior airmen from Aviano were selected for promotion to staff sergeant following the Air Force Personnel Center's virtual promotion release today. Team Aviano is hosting a staff sergeant release party to honor the selectees at 4:30 p.m. Aug. 20 at the La Bella Vista Club. Selectees

  • Aviano CE team wins 2010 USAFE Small Units Championship

    Six U.S. Air Forces in Europe softball teams gathered at Camp Darby Aug. 5 to play in the four-day 2010 USAFE Small Units Softball Championship. The 31st Civil Engineer Squadron team from Aviano defeated the Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany, team to win the championship, but it was not an easy take

  • NDI: Keeping Aviano safe one crack at a time

    Non-destructive inspections technicians are to aircraft as crime scene investigators are to humans as non destructive inspections technicians are to aircraft. They detect flaws such as cracks, de-laminations, voids, processing defects and heat damage using penetrants, eddy current, magnetic

  • Fighting Falcons return from joint exercise in Sweden

    Members of the 555th Fighter Squadron, known as the "Triple Nickel," and 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron pack up their tool boxes and set their jets on a return course to Aviano Air Base, Italy, today, after spending two weeks here conducting air-to-air and air-to-ground exercises with the

  • Bingo event to help connect spouses

    Aviano spouses are invited to a "Spouse It Up" event 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Aug. 24, at the La Bella Vista Club. "Spouse It Up" is a 31st Fighter Wing sponsored event that started back in 2005 to give spouses the chance to get together and network with other spouses. "Spouse It Up' is an

  • Taking the trouble out of trouble tickets

    The answer may sound simple and the solution should be an easy fix, but with an average of 700 trouble tickets a month, the members of the 31st Communications Squadron has their hands full juggling each priority."One of the main concerns I have is meeting our computer users' most pressing needs and

  • Ground crews throttle into the blue

    They turn the wrenches, load the munitions and coordinate all the moving pieces to get jets into the air. Day after day, they work hard on the ground to launch aircraft and recover them when they land, all the while never getting to see action in the skies.For about 30 Airmen, their dream of one day