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  • Team Incirlik awarded the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award

    Congratulations Team Incirlik on winning the Air Force Outstanding Unit Award for 2006! The text below includes direct excerpts from the official citation: From November 1, 2005, to December 31, 2006, Team Incirlik, made up of active duty, Reserve and Guard members, as well as, civilian and host

  • Travel safe, come home in one piece

    As we enter the travel season, Incirlik Airmen and their families are venturing out to experience all that Turkey has to offer. When traveling there are some things to keep in mind to ensure your explorations begin and end safely.Precipitation is common during the spring here. Driving in the rain

  • Crescent Star Holocaust Observation

    A rose planting ceremony honoring the memory of Selahattin Ulkumen, Turkish consul-general, on the Island of Rhodes will be held on April 20 at 10 a.m. at Arkadas Park. Mr. Ulkumen is recognized as a Righteous Gentile for his heroism rescuing 50 Jews from the Nazis. Col. "Tip" Stinnette, 39th Air

  • MDG to hold town hall meeting April 20

    The 39th Medical Group will be holding a town hall meeting at 11:30 a.m. April 20 at Crossroad's Café. The meeting, which is open to all, will have the medical group's doctors and nurses as well as people from the business side to answer any medical questions or concerns you might have. The meeting

  • USAFE crowns new idol

    After astonishing Team Incirlik with his vocal ability in the first round of the U.S. Air Forces in Europe Idol competition, Staff Sgt. Jeff Nevison moved on to win the final round of competition April 14 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. Sergeant Nevison, a still photographer with the 39th

  • Incirlik welcomes warm weather with a splash

    New Year's resolutions of getting back into shape can be tested when you join Outdoor Recreation in kicking off summer 2007 at the Incirlik Pool opening event April 16."The base pool opens just early enough in the year when people are dying for lap swim," said Chris Whitener, Incirlik's ODR

  • Flying tributes: KC-135 nose art modern masterpieces

    Unless you're looking from an engineering perspective, a $40 million aircraft is rarely viewed as a work of art. However, the nose art on the KC-135s deployed here from the Pennsylvania Air National Guard's 171st Air Refueling Wing may be modern masterpieces. Nose art on the refueling aircraft was

  • Wing celebrates Spring Fling

    It looked like the entire base was out at Arkadas Park this Saturday for the wing' s annual Spring Fling festival. The activities ranged from pony rides, face painting and pie in the face to a variety of games, food booths and talent contests. The booths were set up to raise money for various

  • Spring is Here: Wing to host annual fling

    Looking for something fun to do this weekend? Look no further, the annual Spring Fling festival will be held this Saturday at Arkadas Park. Bring the kids and get ready for a day of fun. The festival runs from 11:00 am-5:00 pm and will include pony rides, bouncy castles, a pet contest and much more.

  • A lawyer by trade, a JAG when duty calls

    In March, attorney Ken Fredette was conducting a criminal plea with his client in the Ellsworth District Court. Just a month later, Capt. Kenneth Fredette, a Judge Advocate General with the Maine Air National Guard, found himself working side-by-side with the men and women of the 39th Air Base Wing