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        Policy UpdatesNewsroomReoptimizationBIOGRAPHIESAF Senior Leaders      Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks with Staff Sgt. Gregory Beach, a 86th Maintenance Squadron member, during his visit to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2016. Beach gave Goldfein a brief on a unique innovation developed and implemented locally where a filing cabinet was converted into fuel tank trainer. The trainer eliminates exposure to hazardous fuel tanks on operational aircraft and without this innovative tool the unit would need to gain access to a wing section of a C-130J Super Hercules to ensure personnel remain trained. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Clay Lancaster)1st Lt. Clay Lancaster
                        
                        
                        Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein speaks with Staff Sgt. Gregory Beach, a 86th Maintenance Squadron member, during his visit to Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2016. Beach gave Goldfein a brief on a unique innovation developed and implemented locally where a filing cabinet was converted into fuel tank trainer. The trainer eliminates exposure to hazardous fuel tanks on operational aircraft and without this innovative tool the unit would need to gain access to a wing section of a C-130J Super Hercules to ensure personnel remain trained. (U.S. Air Force photo/1st Lt. Clay Lancaster)
                
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        Dawn Goldfein, wife of Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, is greeted by Lt. Col. Thomas Ausherman, the 86th Force Support Squadron commander, and members from the Ramstein Airman and Family Readiness Center at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2016. Dawn had the opportunity to meet with other spouses on base and several dependents who were part of the ordered departure from Turkey in late March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Amanda Callahan)Dawn Goldfein, wife of Air Force Vice Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, is greeted by Lt. Col. Thomas Ausherman, the 86th Force Support Squadron commander, and members from the Ramstein Airman and Family Readiness Center at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, April 18, 2016. Dawn had the opportunity to meet with other spouses on base and several dependents who were part of the ordered departure from Turkey in late March. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Amanda Callahan)
                
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VCSAF, spouse take in Ramstein mission setsPublished April 19, 2016
                    
                    By 1st Lt. Clay Lancaster
                    
                    
                    86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs
            **RAMSTEIN AIR BASE, Germany (AFNS) --**The Air Force's vice chief of staff and his spouse visited Ramstein Air Base on April 18 to meet with Airmen and familiarize themselves with the mission sets of Ramstein’s three different wings.The base is one of several installations Gen. David L. Goldfein and his wife, Dawn, plan to visit throughout U.S. Air Forces in Europe. The couple had the opportunity to hear from Airmen in the 86th Airlift Wing and also those in the 521st Air Mobility Operations Wing and 435th Air Ground Operations Wing."The Airmen here at Ramstein, and the missions they're all performing, are truly phenomenal and it shows in the few examples I've experienced while visiting," Goldfein said. "Although I'm familiar with the area having graduated from high school here, I'm less familiar with recent accomplishments and it's been great hearing about the amazing work of the Airmen here in USAFE."During his visit, Goldfein toured the Deployment Transition Center, received a briefing on the base’s support roles in the ordered departure of dependents from Turkey, and saw innovations that the installation has made in the past year.Dawn was introduced to several of the base’s key spouses, many of whom were instrumental in the success of the reception efforts when families from Turkey started arriving. She was interested in finding out how those families, especially children, were adjusting to their new home."It truly speaks to the resilience of military spouses," said Carri May Waite, a 435th Construction Training Squadron key spouse. "The children bounce back because the parents are setting such a great example."She continued to tell Dawn about all the other activities and events made available to the children through youth sports and other force support initiatives."It is a testament to just how much our military spouses and families serve, as well," Dawn said.She also heard firsthand accounts from three displaced spouses whose children are completing the school year at Ramstein AB, and visited the Vogelweh Child Development Center, Vogelweh School Age Program and Vogelweh Elementary School library."The efforts made by the installation during the families' departure from Turkey are just one example of how the Airmen in USAFE are caring for people and leading the Air Force and its mission," the general said.visit 



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