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  • 250 volunteers still needed for Joan Mann Special Sports Day

    RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath need volunteers for the 30th Annual Joan Mann Special Sports Day, an invitational sports event for special-needs people across England.About 400 Airmen, and family members (16 years or older) have volunteered, but another 250 are needed.Many volunteered to be food

  • 3rd AF UK staff sergeant shares 9/11 memories

    Staff Sgt. Courtney Carroll, 3rd Air Force UK, shares his and his parents' story, remembering the day the world stood still ...I'd lived in New York for more than 20 years, in the Bronx, and was set for delayed entry into the Air Force since April 2001, and was scheduled to leave for basic training

  • 100th FSS civilian shares 9/11 memories

    Hillary Chlebisch, 100th Force Support Squadron, remembers the day the world stood still ...Back in 2001, I worked at the New York Stock Exchange, which was about a 45 minute train ride from where I lived. I was standing in my booth doing my pre-opening duties, checking trades from the day before,

  • Ohio-native firefighter shares 9/11 memories

    Tech. Sgt. Christopher Gerwick, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, remembers the day the world stood still ...I think everybody knows where they were Sept. 11 - it's one of those moments you never forget.Ten years ago, I was a senior airman in the fire department, and going through

  • San Diego-native firefighter shares 9/11 memories

    Tech. Sgt. Chris Smiley 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, remembers the day the world stood still ...I was a 20-year-old airman first class assigned to the fire department at Pope Air Force Base, N.C., and had been there for about a year. I'd just finished upgrade training, and had

  • Fire department station manager shares 9/11 memories

    Station Manager Chris Rhodes, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Fire Department, remembers the day the world stood still ...I was working at London Air Traffic Control Centre at West Drayton, about five miles from RAF Uxbridge.At the time, we were on a Ministry of Defence contract with National Air

  • 95th RS technical sergeant shares 9/11 memories

    Tech. Sgt. Jason Richards, 95th Reconnaissance Squadron, remembers the day the world stood still ...Although I was stationed at RAF Mildenhall in September, 2001, at the time I was deployed to a European location, and watched the second aircraft hit the second tower, live on CNN.Right after that,

  • Vice commander shares 9/11 memories

    Col. Kyle Voigt, 100th Air Refueling Wing vice commander, remembers the day the world stood still ... Back in September 2001, my oldest, and at the time, only, son was just 3 years old. My wife, Jean, (also an Air Force colonel and pilot, currently stationed at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.)and I had