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  • Senior Airman David Leatherwood, a special cargo handler with the 727th Air Mobility Squadron, RAF Mildenhall, has been accepted into Tops in Blue as the only guitarist. Airman Leatherwood is now training with the other Tops in Blue entertainers at Lackland Air Base, San Antonio, Texas, in preparation for the 2008 worldwide tour. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

    Mildenhall Airman chosen as sole guitarist for Tops in Blue

    David Leatherwood's passion for music is obvious the moment you meet him. When he's not working his day job as a special cargo handler, the senior airman practices playing his electric guitar five to seven hours per day. He's also a singer-songwriter, plays the violin, piano and bass guitar, and performs karaoke three times a week, both at the
  • Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve is home to rare Konik ponies, which are direct descendants of the now extinct Tapan, which were brought here from Poland. (U.S. Air Force photo by Judith Wakelam)

    British Wildlife: Wicken Fen National Nature Reserve

    Wicken Fen is one the oldest National Nature Reserves in Britain and one of the most important in Europe. It is also a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and was the first nature reserve to be bought in 1899 by the National Trust - an organization dedicated to protecting Britain's Special Places. Situated close to the Cambridgeshire -

  • British air commodore visits RAF Mildenhall

    Air Commodore Sue Armitage-Maddox, Royal Air Force Air Officer Commanding Directly Administered Units at High Wycombe, visited RAF Mildenhall Feb. 15 to get an overview of the base and to see how the RAF and U.S. Air Force work together. For video coverage click here.While here, Air Commodore Armitage-Maddox took time to sit down with staff from
  • 1st Lt. Jessica Bishop, 351st Air Refueling Squadron, simulates turning a KC-135 in one of the many worldwide landscape scenarios used in the simulator here at RAF Mildenhall, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

    Simulator provides realistic training to pilots while saving Air Force money

    A white half dome with a yellow cooling pipe underneath it, being moved slowly about in different directions by a hydraulic motion system, doesn't look very impressive. But get inside, and it's a whole different story. The device is actually the KC-135 Stratotanker simulator, and while it cost about $25 million, it saves the Air Force a lot of
  • 1st Lt. Danielle Berra, right, 352nd Operations Support Squadron, puts M-9 tape on Maj. Richard French, 352nd OSS, during Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defence Survival Skills training Feb. 5, 2008. Unit schedulers for each squadron register their personnel for practical training at the 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Readiness and Emergency Flight in Building 562. Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

    CBRN training prepares personnel for deployment

    For those deploying, it's absolutely vital they know how to don and use chemical warfare equipment in a very limited amount of time. The 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Readiness and Emergency Management Flight here provides Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense training to Airmen to ensure they are able to do what it is needed to
  • Airman 1st Class Shawn Carter, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Fuels Management Flight technician, drags a fuel line from an R-11 vehicle to a KC-135 Stratotanker at RAF Mildenhall. Fuels management Airmen kept the lifeblood of airpower flowing by delivering more than 35 million gallons of JP-8 in fiscal 2007. Airman Carter recently returned from a four-month deployment to Southwest Asia with the distinction of pumping the most fuel, more than 7 million gallons, at that location. (U.S. Air Force by Senior Airman Teresa Hawkins)

    100th LRS Fuels Management Flight keeps RAF Mildenhall lifeblood pumping

    The average human heart pumps about 250,000 gallons of blood a year to nourish every cell of the body, without which the body would not function. Similarly, fuels management Airmen keep the lifeblood of RAF Mildenhall - JP-8 - pumping through thousands of feet of underground pipeline "arteries," but to the tune of about 35 million gallons in
  • Command Chief Master Sgt. Michael Warner, 100th Air Refueling Wing, explains how his English bulldog, Achilles, squints his eyes tight and shakes his head and tail when greeting a potential new friend, Jan. 25, 2008.

    Faces of RAF Mildenhall

    A family could include a parent or parents, children maybe, and often a family pet. Achilles, an English bulldog with the ability to vocalize or communicate when he would like to go for a walk, has traveled the world with his military family. Born March 20, 2006, in Budapest, Hungary, Achilles came from a litter of four puppies. After first meeting
  • Senior Airman Tim Trujillo, 100th Maintenance Squadron crew chief, looks for a replacement bulb here Dec. 10, 2007. Every 15 months Airman Trujillo and others in the 12-person shop do a little heavier maintenance on the old tanker. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Teresa M. Hawkins)

    Not quite a day at the office

    When someone says the word "office" many people think of a large room with dozens of cubicles, computers, cluttered desks, ringing phones and people typing a thousand words a minute. That description might be typical in some work environments, but in the military not all offices can be described that way. Senior Airman Tim Trujillo's office ranges
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    Taking a shot

    Maj. Gen Jack Egginton, takes a shot at playing Couronne -- a game similar to billiards -- during a visit to the 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron at RAF Alconbury. The general was visiting the base during a three-day sweep of the 501st Combat Support Wing.  The board was built by  Michael Gutteridge, a 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron apprentice

  • Dental Squadron offers advice about guarding the athlete's smile

    The American Dental Association estimates mouth-guard use prevents about 200,000 injuries yearly in high school and collegiate football alone. "Using a mouth guard is protection for the mouth, just like wearing a helmet to protect your head when biking or skating," said Master Sgt. Daniel Louviere, 48th Dental Squadron, Records element flight
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