News

  • Europe & Africa: The fascinating challenge

    Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, 3rd Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, will relinquish command to Lt. Gen. Richard Clark on Oct. 21. During his 15 months here, Ray experienced one of the most turbulent times in Europe.

  • 100th ARW receives Doolittle Award

    Col. Thomas Torkelson, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, accepted the Air Force Historical Foundation’s Doolittle Award for the 100th ARW’s sustained and significant contributions to Air Force history Sept. 27, 2016, in Arlington, Virginia. The award is named after the pioneering pilot Gen. James

  • Mission first, safety always

    It is a busy Monday morning, there have been meetings and extra jobs to carry out. A short-notice tasking comes in to fix a fuel cell to get a tanker ready to take to the skies. So what if Personal Protective Equipment isn’t worn just this once. It will save time and energy. But is it worth it?This

  • Airman paints picture of success

    As the sun rises on a warm summer morning, many people are sleeping in and enjoying a well-earned weekend before the busy workweek begins. But one Airman seizes the opportunity this time of the day offers. The sun is not yet hot as the orange rays entangle with greens of the land. Senior Airman

  • Team Mildenhall catches Green Dot fever

    Betrayal is something people hope never to feel, but betrayal from someone you trusted and loved with all your heart is the worst kind. For one Team Mildenhall member her friend suffered betrayal, and rather than turning to others for help, she tried to take her own life.“My friend was in a pretty

  • Fog lights, clear path to safe driving

    During the autumn and winter months, dangers on the roads increase. The weather will begin to fluctuate, and with the fluctuation comes fog. Fog can form many ways, one of which happens, when cold air from the night or early morning conditions reacts with the release of heat from the ground that was

  • Square D Spotlight: Staff Sgt. Lauren Wagner

    “I joined the Air Force when I was 18 years old. I was a new Airman and I didn’t know what I was doing. When I was 19 years old, I met this now–senior master sergeant, who took me under her wing and taught me everything I know today. She made me who I am. Without her, I might still have been that