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Ramstein C-130Js with ‘invasion stripes’ head to Normandy for 75th D-Day anniversary
May 29, 2019 - The 37th Airlift Squadron sent three C-130Js to France on Wednesday decked out with a new paint scheme. [Read more...]
U.S., French Airmen build trust in the skies over France
Mar 19, 2019 - Members of Team Ramstein traveled to Orleans-Bricy Air Base, France to conduct C-130J Super Hercules flying training with the French air force for an off-station training March 18-19. [Read more...]
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USAF’s newest C-130 joins Ramstein fleet
Dec 06, 2017 - A crew assigned to the 37th Airlift Squadron crossed the Atlantic Ocean to retrieve a brand new C-130J Super Hercules from the Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company production facility, in Marietta, Georgia, November 29th. [Read more...]
US, Israeli airmen fortify airlift capabilities
May 22, 2017 - Two C-130J Super Hercules along with about 80 Airmen attached to the 86th Airlift Wing from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, deployed to Israel in support of exercise Juniper Falcon from May 7-18, 2017. [Read more...]
Flying through the years: 37th AS celebrates 75 years
Feb 14, 2017 - Friday February 10th, was a cold, dreary day on Ramstein Air Base. A blanket of dark clouds eclipsed the sun and sky, shutting out the light and dappling the landscape with delicate snow. Anybody would have wanted to stay inside and succumb to the stillness of a grave winter morning. [Read more...]
37th AS provides worldwide airlift for NATO allies
Jun 18, 2016 - Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron out of Ramstein Air Base, Germany, are just one of the units deployed to the Baltic countries to participate in Saber Strike 16; a 13-country NATO training exercise held annually. [Read more...]
Hohenfels Training Area cleared to land C-130 Aircraft at STOL
Jul 31, 2015 - A joint team from the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Army conducted the first C-130 landing at Joint Multinational Readiness Center in over two years, July 29. [Read more...]
US, Bulgarian forces synchronize training to strengthen future
Jul 20, 2015 - Airmen from Ramstein Air Base, Germany, went wheels up for a bilateral training exercise with the Bulgarian air force, July 14 through 24. [Read more...]
Ramstein airmen train with French Air Force
Jan 26, 2015 - Airmen from the 37th Airlift Squadron participated in a multilateral training event as part of Volfa 15-1, an annual training event led by the French Air Force at Orleans - Bricy Air Base, France, January 21, 2015. [Read more...]
Ramstein airmen rekindle piece of D-Day history
May 30, 2014 - Seventy years ago, young men from the 37th Troop Carrier Squadron at RAF Cottesmore, England, prepared their aircraft and themselves for what would soon be known as one of the most significant and meaningful days in the history of the world...D-Day. [Read more...]
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