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  • AETC Special Duty Team to brief RAF Mildenhall Airmen

    A team from Air Education and Training Command will visit RAF Mildenhall April 16 to brief interested Airmen on special-duty opportunities available within the command.The briefing will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at the Northside Fitness Center. The team will brief Airmen on all aspects of being a

  • KC-135 testing aims at fueling efficiency, cost savings

    Engineers at the Air Force Flight Test Center here are testing a system known as the Automatic Receiver Aircraft Identification, or ARAI. Currently installed on a test aerial refueler, if the tests are successful, they say, the system will significantly improve air-to-air refueling.The ARAI is

  • Commentary: Sexual Assault -- a supervisor's Story

    When I arrived at Osan Air Base, South Korea, the wing commander warned everyone in his welcome briefing, "If you commit a sexual assault, I will kill you. Actually, that would be too easy. If you commit a sexual assault, I will prosecute you to the full extent of the law and, rest assured, you will

  • Get fit with Irish Hurling

    Members of the 48th Medical Surgical Operations Squadron say they believe hurling can help people get ready for the new Air Force physical fitness standards. Hurling, a traditional Irish game more than 3,000 years old, is considered to be the fastest field sport in Europe, blending skills from

  • Commentary: Respect leads to a healthy work environment

    The late Rodney Dangerfield was famous for the quote, "I get no respect!" He would have audiences hysterical as he joked about his family, wife, dog and the world showing no empathy for his life or the situation he was in. He would say, "My psychiatrist told me I was crazy. I told him I want a