News

  • Soccer helps Airman be ‘Ready, Balanced, Better … Square-D Away’

    While arriving at the protocol office, the phone rang. During the brief interview, it continued to ring three more times and the voice recorder is paused while the officer takes care of business. Waiting patiently for the interview to resume, there is a sense of just how busy the day is for these

  • COMUSAFE thanks Airmen, reflects on service

    After 37 and a half years in the U.S. Air Force, Gen. Frank Gorenc shared a few departing words to Airmen as he prepares for the Aug.11 change of command and future retirement.

  • Middleton Hall — a hero’s tale

    The land so many Airmen and civilians call home today was purchased in 1929. The construction of what is now RAF Mildenhall began in Oct. 1930. In 1931, contractors completed the first buildings including what is known today as Middleton Hall.

  • Red, white, blue saves lives

    Red, white and blue flows through all of us. Not only in a metaphorical “American pride” sense but through blue veins filled with red and white blood cells. The Armed Services Blood Program is scheduled to conduct a blood drive from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Aug. 9, 2016, at the main basketball court inside

  • Team Mildenhall welcomes DASD OE

    Team Mildenhall leadership welcomed distinguished guests July 28, 2016. Amanda Simpson, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Operational Energy, and Robert Warshel, Director of Operations, Operational Energy Plans and Programs, took part in a tour of the installation, hosted by the 100th

  • AFSOC Airman trains to be better in the long-run

    Airmen learn quite a bit during their eight-week basicmilitary training. They learn attention to detail, basic combat skills and more,but, overall – discipline. In 2009, as trainee Benjamin Glenn participated in mandatoryruns at BMT, he learned something else about himself.“(That’s) when I found

  • RAF Mildenhall chaplain accomplishes NAVAC board certification

    “I was there with his family when he drew his last breath. They didn’t know me, but they saw the cross and knew I was the chaplain. That’s all they cared about.”Chaplain Capt. David McGuire, assigned to the 100th Air Refueling Wing on RAF Mildenhall, England, recalled a distinct experience during

  • Speed, Adrenaline: Airmen enjoy Military Track Day

    Peering through a tinted visor, trees and grass transform into a mosaic blur as a sharp corner rapidly approaches. With a flick of the wrist the throttle rolls back and the exhaust erupts with a shrieking roar. Passing winds whip the rider forcing the pilot of the two wheeled beast to nestle closer

  • Strategic Bombers Participate in POLAR ROAR

    One B-52 Stratofortress from the 2nd Bomb Wing, Barksdale AFB, La., two B-52s from the 5th Bomb Wing, Minot AFB, N.D., and two B-2 Spirits from the 509th Bomb Wing, Whiteman AFB, Mo., are conducting simultaneous, non-stop flights from the U.S. to the North and Baltic Seas, around the North Pole and