IDEA earns 100th AMXS maintainer $10,000

RAF MILDENHALL, England – Tech. Sgt. Blake Cushing, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flightline expeditor, looks into the dry bay at the right-side hydraulic reservoir (yellow tank) on a KC-135 Stratotanker March 28, 2012, in Hangar 814. Cushing recently earned $10,000 through the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness program, after realizing it was not necessary to drain the reservoirs after every 900 flight-hour check when filters are changed. Until recently, during the inspection process the reservoirs were drained and 36 quarts of hydraulic fluid was replaced each time. Cushing’s idea will save the Air Force more than $132,000 per year, saving both hydraulic fluid and man-hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Karen Abeyasekere)

Assistant SecAF for Financial Management and Comptroller visits European Airmen

RAF MILDENHALL, England –Jamie Morin, Assistant Secretary of the Air Force for Financial Management and Comptroller, presents a finance management office coin, during a visit to RAF Mildenhall, to Staff Sgt. Tiffany Thompson, 100th Comptroller Squadron, for being an exceptional performer April 2, 2012. Morin met with comptroller Airmen from Team Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath during his visit to Europe. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Rachel Waller)

100th ARW flagship dedicated crew chief

RAF MILDENHALL, England – Staff Sgt. Scott Kenady, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, removes an engine cover from a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft here Feb. 23, 2012. Kenady works with all aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing but is the dedicated crew chief for the wing’s flagship aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Neal X. Joiner)

100th ARW flagship dedicated crew chief

RAF MILDENHALL, England – Staff Sgt. Scott Kenady, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chief, marshals a KC-135 Stratotanker aircraft here Feb. 23, 2012. Kenady, who has been assigned to RAF Mildenhall for one-and-a-half years, works with all aircraft assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing but is the dedicated crew chief for the wing’s flagship aircraft. (U.S. Air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Neal X. Joiner)

Team Mildenhall NCO commands convoys to Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA – A convoy of U.S. military vehicles lines up, during a combat convoy mission to Iraq Dec. 4, 2011. The convoy was led by Tech. Sgt. Joshua Moul, an Airman deployed from the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, and was conducted in support of the U.S. military’s drawdown and departure from Iraq. (courtesy photo)

Team Mildenhall NCO commands convoys to Iraq

SOUTHWEST ASIA– Tech. Sgt. Joshua Moul, left, a combat convoy commander with a joint logistics task force, stands with Chief Master Sgt. Matthew Wickham, the squadron chief of the 387th Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron, Dec. 4, 2011, prior to departing for a convoy mission to Iraq. Moul, deployed from the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron at RAF Mildenhall, led convoy missions in support of the U.S. military’s drawdown and departure from Iraq. (courtesy photo)