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  • Air Force releases first-term Airman retraining quotas for FY18

    Eligible active-duty first-term Airmen may choose from more than 1,400 approved retraining quotas in over 20 career fields for fiscal year 2018.  Retraining allows enlisted Airmen, to include staff and technical sergeants on their first enlistment, to retrain into skills where a shortage exists, in

  • Team Mildenhall makes Isleham boy ‘Pilot for a Day’

    Martin Davidson, holds his son, Jay, while he looks through binoculars in the air traffic control tower during a Pilot for a Day visit July 7, 2017, on RAF Mildenhall, England. Jay was diagnosed with high-risk medulloblastoma in January 2017 and was offered the opportunity to visit the base to view

  • New Air Force health mobile app available for patients

    The Air Force Medical Service has launched a new mobile app to connect Airmen and patients to news and information about the AFMS. The new app is a mobile version of the AFMS website, and lets users customize their experience based on the Air Force military treatment facility (MTF) they use. This

  • 100th MXG changes command

    U.S. Air Force Col. Thomas D. Torkelson, left, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, passes the guidon to U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Pollock, 100th Maintenance Group commander, July 6, 2017, during a change of command ceremony on RAF Mildenhall, England. The ceremony is a time-honored tradition in

  • Norfolk firefighters train at RAF Mildenhall

    As the aircraft fire raged, sirens sounded as blue and white warning lights flashed and a huge U.S. fire truck roared up on scene. Turning on the truck’s water cannons, British and American firefighters quickly extinguished the flames before refilling their water supply ready for the next

  • Coping with PTSD: Help is out there

    “I was deployed back in 2005 to Iraq and was in a few firefights, explosions and improvised explosive device incidents.” It was during an explosion that Staff Sgt. Clifton Flint was thrown about 30 feet from where he was standing. He was knocked unconscious for more than 30 minutes and his resulting

  • Security forces train with FBI, British crisis negotiators

    Defenders from the 100th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Mildenhall and 48th Security Forces Squadron at RAF Lakenheath joined forces June 19 - 23 for top-level training in crisis negotiation. Facilitators from the FBI at Quantico, Virginia, along with experts in hostage and crisis negotiation from

  • AETC Announces Changes to Developmental Special Duty Assignments

    Air Force officials are making three substantial changes to the Developmental Special Duty process that will significantly improve the Air Force’s ability to fill these important positions by adding more flexibility to the process and increasing opportunities for noncommissioned officers. The

  • DFAC chefs learn to add a touch of finesse

    Straight out of technical training, the Air Force gives enlisted Airmen the basic skills to accomplish their specific career field duties. It is then up to that Airman’s leadership and their own self-motivation to hone those skills through on-the-job training. Getting the training opportunity to