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In a musical Triumph of Spirit members of the cast sing about the experiences during the Berlin Airlift. The musical commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, and was presented at Rhine-Main Airbase, Germany

In a musical Triumph of Spirit featured, US Air Force Major General (select) John W. Brooks, commander, 86th Airlift Wing and Kaiserslautern Military Community, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, playing a grandfather telling his granddaughter, played by Audrey Layendecker, about his experiences in the Berlin Airlift. The musical commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, and was presented at Rhine-Main Airbase, Germany

In the musical Triumph of Spirit, US Air Force Major Bob Griffin, 86th Civil Engineer Squadron commander, plays General Curtis LeMay, who organized air operations for the Berlin Airlift. The musical commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, and was presented at Rhine-Main Airbase, Germany

The United States Air Forces Europe Band, Sembach Air Station, Germany, led by US Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Dennis Layendecker, marches proudly down the streets of Ramstein Village, Germany. The festivities were part of a German celebration called Fausching. (Duplicate image, see also DF-SD-02-01405 or search 010227-F-7920M-511)

A bluegrass band from Bitburg Air Base, West Germany, led by SGT Thomas Wright, perform in the Air Force Talent Contest

US Air Force (USAF) MASTER Sergeant (MSGT) Bryan L. Langerud, a vocalist with the USAF "Tops in Blue" performs a "Blues Brothers" classic during a show entitled "Spirit of America" which highlights the ethnic diversity and contributions made by Americans at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany

Members of the US Air Force Band rehearse for their original musical "Born of a Dream" in their rehearsal hall at Bolling Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, District of Columbia (DC). The musical which celebrates this years centennial of powered flight is set to debut at the National Theater, located in Washington DC

Members of the US Air Force Band rehearse for their original musical "Born of a Dream" in their rehearsal hall at Bolling Air Force Base (AFB), Washington, District of Columbia (DC). The musical which celebrates this years centennial of powered flight is set to debut at the National Theater, located in Washington DC

The US Air Force (USAF) premiere entertainment group "Tops In Blue" perform for an enthusiastic audience at Ramstein Air Base (AB), Germany (DEU). Tops In Blue is celebrating 50 years of being an expeditionary entertainment unit providing quality entertainment from within Air Force resources for the Air Force family

Members of the cast of "A Triumph of Spirit" sing the high-spirited "If Pigs Could Fly," celebrating the seeming absurdity of the order to deliver coal in airplanes to Berlin. The musical commemorated the 50th Anniversary of the Berlin Airlift, and was presented at Rhine-Main Airbase, Germany

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Base: Rhein-Main Air Base

Country: Deutschland / Germany (DEU)

Scene Camera Operator: SRA Molly Freng, USAF

Release Status: Released to Public

Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files

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26/05/1998
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AIRMAN First Class (A1C) Lewis Noriega, USAF, 437th Aircraft Generation Squadron (AGS), Charleston AFB, South Carolina, services the liquid oxygen (LOX) system on a C-17A Globemaster III, on the flightline at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany during Operation ENDURING FREEDOM

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Coast Guard crews aboard four 52-foot Motor Life Boats,

An explosive ordnance disposal technician with Explosive

A C-5 Galaxy from the 9th Airlift Squadron, Dover AFB, Delaware, unloads equipment at Rhein Main AB, Germany, in support of Operation Joint Endeavor

U.S. Marines assigned to 5th Battalion, 11th Marine

Members of the 626th Aerial Port Squadron (APS), push a pallet of cargo into a C-141 Starlifter for deployment. US Army soldiers from the 3rd Infantry Division and Ukrainian Army soldiers from the 24th Motorized Rifle Division will participate in the humanitarian and peacekeeping exercise in the training area near L'viv, Ukraine

A 8-year old boy named Keith Trott, checks out the control panel of a US Army (USA) UH-60L Black Hawk helicopter, during the Summer Knights car show and swap meet, held at Bradley Air National Guard Base (ANGB) Berlin Connecticut (CT). The program donates contributions for families of deployed service men and women, of the Connecticut Army National Guard (CTARNG) and the Connecticut Air National Guard (CTANG)

German paratroopers head toward the parachute turn

Team United Kingdom veteran Bombadier David Wilson,

Members of the 2nd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron check on a wounded Afghan rebel before he is taken aboard an aircraft for a flight to Rhein-Main Air Base, West Germany. Twenty-four rebels wounded in Afghanistan's civil war are being evacuated to hospitals in Europe and the United States for donated medical treatment

A U.S. Army Special Operator with Operational Detachment

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