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  • Slam dunk for community relations

    The RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath combined youth seventh and eighth grade basketball team played two teams from Lynn Nets basketball club at the Lakenheath Fitness Center May 5.This was the fifth time this year the British basketball club, part of the Peterborough, England Basketball League

  • Team collaborates to save the Air Force money

    In April, members from the 727th Air Mobility Squadron identified energy saving improvements, helping eliminate high financial costs to the Air Force. They acted immediately and put together a team from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron, 100th Communications Squadron and

  • 100th Bomb Group veteran shares tales of war

    Albert Lochra, an 86-year-old World War II and 100th Bomb Group veteran, was part of the 100th BG reunion visit to RAF Mildenhall May 7 and 8 - on the 67th anniversary of V-E Day.He joined the U.S. Army Air Force when he was 18 years old."I tried to get in at 17, but they held me off until I was 18,

  • RAF Mildenhall honors World War II veterans during 100th Bomb Group reunion

    On the 67th anniversary of V-E Day May 8, veterans from the 100th Bombardment Group, formerly stationed at RAF Thorpe Abbots, Norfolk, during World War II, visited RAF Mildenhall and met the men and women of the 100th Air Refueling Wing.The 100th Bomb Group - ancestor to the 100th ARW - celebrates

  • Identity theft: Don’t let it happen to you

    Credit scores can be such a fragile thing. They take a lifetime to build but only one identity thief with your stolen information to destroy.Identity theft is when someone acquires another's personal identifying information, such as social security or credit card numbers, without the owner's

  • Wingmen remember brother, lived life with no regrets

    On Aug. 8, 1996, Staff Sgt. Thomas Perkins, graduated from basic training and entered the Air Force.After 16 years of active duty service, Perkins, previously assigned to the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron vehicle maintenance shop, passed away from cancer on April 25, 2012, and a memorial

  • Local Airmen contribute to CCAF's largest graduation class in history

    More than 50 Team Mildenhall Airmen received their degree from the Community College of the Air Force during a commencement ceremony May 4 at the Galaxy Club here. "As the representative for the commander and president of the Community College of the Air Force, I certify these candidates have met

  • Cycling strengthens fitness, environment

    With fair weather on the horizon, National Bike Month couldn't come at a better time of the year for RAF Mildenhall and Lakenheath.Keeping with the vision of the Air Force Fit-to-Fight program, Bike Month is an option that U.S. Air Forces in Europe is excited to encourage it's Airmen take part in.