• Liberty Warrior awarded Purple Heart

    Senior Airman Edgar Veguilla received a Purple Heart on March 28, 2011, for injuries received when a gunman boarded their bus at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, and opened fire on his security forces team and the bus driver on March 2, 2011. Airman Veguilla was the last of four Airmen who

  • Liberty Wing pays tribute to fallen Airman

    More than 500 Airmen and family members gathered in Hangar 7 on March 11 to honor the memory of Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden.Airman Alden, a 48th Security Forces senior patrolman, was killed March 2 in a shooting at Frankfurt International Airport.The service painted a picture of a devoted man

  • KMC remembers, celebrates fallen Airman

    Members of the Kaiserslautern Military Community and local host nation leadership gathered to pay respect to one of their own during a memorial ceremony in Hangar 3 here today.Members from throughout the KMC joined the 86th Vehicle Readiness Squadron to bid farewell to Airman 1st Class Zachary R.

  • USAFE commander addresses 48th SFS Airmen about Frankfurt Shooting Incident

    Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, U.S. Air Forces in Europe commander, spoke to more than 200 Airmen from the 48th Security Forces Squadron at the RAF Lakenheath Gymnasium, March 3, urging them to take care of each other in the wake of a shooting that claimed the lives of two Airmen and wounded two more. The

  • 48th FW commander speaks to media on Frankfurt shooting

    Col. John T. Quintas, 48th Fighter Wing commander, addressed media about the March 2 shooting incident at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany, which involved 15 Airmen from RAF Lakenheath, England, during a press conference March 4. "On the second of March, the 48th Fighter Wing family suffered

  • Air Force officials identify Frankfurt Airport shooting deaths

    Air Force officials announced March 3 the deaths of two Airmen as a result of the March 2 shooting at Frankfurt International Airport, Germany.Killed were:Senior Airman Nicholas J. Alden , 25, of Williamston, S.C., assigned to the 48th Security Forces Squadron at Royal Air Force Lakenheath,

  • UPDATE: USAFE Airmen killed in shooting were from Ramstein, Lakenheath

    RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany - One of the Airmen killed in yesterday's shooting at Frankfurt International Airport was a vehicle operator stationed at Ramstein Air Base, while the other Airman killed was part of a Security Forces team stationed at RAF Lakenheath, U.K. The two injured Airmen are being

  • Commander addresses Frankfurt shooting incident

    Col. John T. Quintas, 48th Fighter Wing commander, issued a statement about the shooting incident that happened at Frankfurt Airport on March 2, 2011, involving Airmen from RAF Lakenheath, England.That video can be found

  • USAFE Airmen killed, wounded in Frankfurt shooting

    U.S. AIR FORCES IN EUROPE PRESS RELEASEThe two Airmen killed and two Airmen wounded in the shooting today in Frankfurt were all assigned to United States Air Forces in Europe units.The shooting took place on a U.S. Air Force bus outside Terminal 2 of Frankfurt International Airport. The bus was