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  • 8th ASOS hosts first joint coalition jump week

    Airmen from the 8th Air Support Operations Squadron welcomed the U.S. Army 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team and Italian Army paratroopers for a joint coalition operations week hosted at Aviano Air Base, Italy, March 21-25.This was the first time the 8th ASOS hosted the training. More than 1,400

  • Operation Odyssey Dawn

    Joint Task Force Odyssey Dawn is the U.S. Africa Command task force established to support the larger international response to the unrest in Libya. A broad coalition of nations are partnering to enforce U.N. Security Council Resolution (UNSCR) 1973, which authorizes all necessary means to protect

  • 31st CONS: Air Force’s best small contracting unit

    The 31st Contracting Squadron recently received the 2010 Air Force Outstanding Contracting Award for a small unit. "I am extremely proud of the contracting professionals I serve every day," said Lt. Col. William Ping, 31st CONS commander. "This award recognized the dedicated support the 31st CONS

  • Aviano Airmen selected for promotion to senior master sergeant

    Twelve master sergeants assigned to Aviano Air Base were selected for promotion to senior master sergeant March 10. Please join the 31st Fighter Wing in congratulating Aviano's newest Senior Master Sergeant selects.The following Master Sergeants were selected for promotion today. Please join these

  • AFAF highlights Aviano's generosity

    Team Aviano kicked off its Air Force Assistance Fund campaign at the base exchange March 7. The AFAF is an annual campaign designed to raise funds for the charitable affiliates that provide support to the Air Force family in need. "The AFAF is the Air Force taking care of its people," said Capt.

  • 31st FW announces Aviano's best of the best

    The 31st Fighter Wing named its top performers for 2010 during an awards banquet at La Bella Vista Club here Feb. 25. Out of 51 nominees from across the wing and its tenant and geographically separated units, the awards recipients are:Airman of the Year - Airman 1st Class Cassidy Roy, 31st

  • Air Force has new weapon in fight against Spice

    Air Force officials began drug testing Airmen Feb. 22 to determine whether they are using Spice -- the street term for a range of designer synthetic-cannabinoid products. With the implementation of testing, officials intend to send a very clear message: use Spice, and you may lose your career, end

  • 31st OSS handcuffs 31st SFS, wins basketball championship, 59-51

    "Always a bridesmaid, never a bride" seems to be the 31st Security Forces Squadron's theme for the last two 30-and-above intramural basketball championships as they fell to the 31st Operations Support Squadron, 59-51, during the final game at the Dragon Fitness Center here Feb. 16.Going to the