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  • Airmen process mobility line, prepare to deploy to 'Base X'

    More than 100 Airmen processed through a personnel deployment function line in preparation for an operational readiness exercise here Oct. 3 to 5.The PDF line ensured Airmen were medically, legally and financially ready to deploy. It also included 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron, 100th Mission

  • Overseas COLA levels to drop

    Beginning Oct. 1, American service members and their families living overseas will see a reduction in their Cost of Living Allowance. The extent of the reduction depends on the member's rank, years of service, number of dependents and duty location. For example, for service members stationed at

  • World War II veterans visit RAF Mildenhall for first time in 66 years

    From when he was a child, Stan Franks wanted to fly. He got his wish when he joined the Royal Air Force in the early 1940s and became a pilot, flying Lancaster bombers out of RAF Mildenhall, at 15 Squadron, when the RAF was still stationed here.According to Jim Gooding, another World War II veteran

  • RAFs Mildenhall, Lakenheath learn from the ‘Kings’

    Staff members from the youth centers on RAF's Mildenhall, Lakenheath and Croughton learned some new tricks from the kings- the King's Foundation that is. Thirty youth center staff members joined members from the foundation for a three-day training camp on RAF Mildenhall from the 22nd to the 24th of

  • It's 'round about' time to learn to drive the British way

    Many newcomers are alarmed by roundabouts when they first arrive to the United Kingdom.Locally, the Five-Ways roundabout at Barton Mills seems to be quite intimidating to many, but after a few encounters with that roundabout and others like it, most drivers build confidence.Managing roundabouts in

  • Town hall meeting addresses quality-of-life issues

    Straight-forward answers to tough questions were on the agenda at a town hall meeting here Sept. 22, as commanders and civilian managers from RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath responded to a recent quality-of-life survey.Col. Christopher Kulas, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, hosted the meeting and