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  • Personal Responsibility: A blessing not a burden

    The most important thing to remember about personal responsibility is we may not be responsible for all that happens to us, but we are responsible for how we think, feel, and act. When it comes to the Air Force, personal responsibility goes hand-in-hand with integrity first. "Personal responsibility

  • Manage risks as holidays approach

    Cooking, decorating and celebrating are all traditions in preparation for holidays and with Thanksgiving Day less than two weeks away this message should get to you just in time. Since 1998, the Consumer Product Safety Commission has reports of 75 incidents that involved fires, flames or burns

  • Drunk, disorderly in the Alley

    Due to increase in complaints, the Turkish Jandarma will start enforcing drunk and disorderly and disturbing the peace violations in the Alley. "Basically, the 10th Tanker commander has received numerous complaints about our conduct in the Alley," said Special Agent Donald Nalley, Air Force Office

  • Safety vital component for EOD techs

    When thinking of safety in the workplace, hearing protection, goggles and latex gloves may come to mind. Sure, these are acceptable safety precautions for crew chiefs, maintenance back shop workers and even medical technicians, but for people who are playing with explosives all day, using just those

  • Trash talking runs high before football playoffs

    Incirlik Air Base is raring up for the Intramural Flag Football Playoffs starting Nov. 6. The season has been a tough one with a lot of close calls but the two teams who came out on top in the regular season were the 728th Air Mobility Squadron, ranked second, and the 39th Logistics Readiness

  • Off-base gas coupons void after New Year

    The Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs has mandated that as of Jan. 1, all gas coupons will no longer be valid. The gas coupons will be replaced by an electronic chip that will be installed in your vehicle. Each registered MA plated car is eligible to have a chip installed. This chip will then

  • 2006 Customer Satisfaction Survey

    In a continued effort to improve the quality of education the Department of Defense Education Activity provides for base children, the parent's voice is a critical one. How successful has DoDEA been in meeting base children's needs this year and are there areas where they have room for improvement?

  • November fuel prices to decrease

    The Army and Air Force Exchange Service is announcing a decrease in gasoline prices for the month of November. The average cost of a gallon of gasoline in the United States has been falling due to an oversupply of crude oil: good news for drivers. To establish November prices, AAFES used the two

  • Bands bring tour to Europe, deployed troops

    Bands from Air Force Reserve Command and U.S. Air Forces in Europe join up with guest artists to entertain families and troops in late November. Country music artist Jaime O'Neal, entertainer of the air waves Delilah, John Popper of the platinum-selling group Blues Traveler, and the New England

  • A base's worst nightmare

    One of a base's worst nightmares is responding to an aircraft crash. Imagine a plane getting ready to land on base, experiencing a malfunction and crashing off the end of the runway. When this happens there is a joint effort between American and Turkish responders that must go above and beyond to