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  • DECA team arrives at the “Lik”

    The Defense and Economic Cooperation Agreement team is arriving Nov. 28 and is conducting their 27th annual visit through Dec. 1. The annual visit doesn't assess a pass or fail grade, but rather serves to strengthen the bilateral relationship between Turkey and the United States. This agreement,

  • 39th SFS gets high-caliber training with new firearms simulator

    More than a dozen enemy insurgents staged an assault on two Security Forces Airmen Nov. 9, some of them shooting automatic rifles while others fired rocket-propelled-grenades toward the Airmen's position. Capt. Jonathan Richeson, 39th Security Forces Squadron training and tactics officer, and Staff

  • Turkish pay tribute to the father of modern Turkey

    The Turkish people pay tribute to the father of their modern republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, with nation-wide memorial services on Nov. 10. During the day, this year marks the 67th anniversary of Ataturk's death, the entire country will stop for two minutes at 9.05 a.m., the moment of his death for

  • Health and Wellness Center helps Airmen get ‘fit to fight’

    Some Incirlik Airmen may have lived a healthy lifestyle long before the Air Force implemented its current physical training requirements, but others may need a higher degree of support to attain their health goals. These individuals need look no farther than the 39th Medical Group's Health and

  • Incirlik strives to Surpass '07 CFC goal of 100K

    Team Incirlik has raised more than $100,000 for the Combined Federal Campaign since the event kicked off Oct. 1 and, with two weeks to go, CFC representatives are confident the wing will surpass its $114,035 goal before the campaign ends Nov. 30. Twenty five wing CFC representatives have been

  • SERE training now online, mandatory for all Airmen

    While survival, evasion, resistance and escape training was previously mandatory for only a select few servicemembers, all Airmen are now required to complete online SERE training by June 30. SERE training teaches Airmen how to survive in harsh climates, evade enemy capture and endure

  • ATFP office relies on units’ “eyes and ears”

    While the 39th Air Base Wing Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Office manages the base's ATFP program, the success of their efforts depends on commanders, unit ATFP representatives, and all of Incirlik's residents to be the "eyes and ears" of their work centers. One area where the ATFP office relies

  • The other side of the coin

    A young United States Air Forces in Europe Airman had just returned from the worst leave in his life. He had flown back to the US with his wife to set her up in her mother's house as they prepared to divorce. While he was in the US he visited his own mother who lived nearby and then made his way

  • Flu vaccinations

    Maj. Charles Simmons, 39th Air Base Wing command post officer in charge, receives his flu mist Oct. 30 at the wing conference room. It is recommended that personnel get their vaccinations during the months of October and November to give the immune system enough time to be prepared for the