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  • Combating the Cold: Snow Patrol priority list ensures mission success first

    For more than three decades, RAF Mildenhall has annually averaged about one day of heavy snow, and fewer than six days with enough snowfall to accumulate on the ground.But when the conditions are right and the ground becomes blanketed by fresh powder, trained professionals implement well-established

  • Looking like a dork better than the alternative

    By day, I'm mild-mannered Air Force journalist Austin May. But when night falls, and morale is in danger, I don my sweats and cutoff t-shirt and take to my art studio.In each of my Air Force-themed comics, "Air Force Blues," "Box D Blues" and "Air Force Toons," on varying levels of facetiousness I

  • AFSA reaches out to local community

    The Air Force Sergeants Association hosted a Christmas luncheon for more than 100 special needs citizens at the Galaxy Club here Saturday.Dozens of base Airmen who helped with the event volunteered their time, money and attention during the season which is known for goodwill toward men. The Airmen

  • Salute during "God Save the Queen"

    First Sergeant says "All Airmen must salute during 'God Save the Queen.'" While nearly every Airman knows what steps to take when they hear the "Star-Spangled Banner," some may be confused what to do when an allied nation's national anthem sounds.Senior Master Sgt. Todd Ramsey, 100th Civil Engineer

  • TSA releases info on increased security measures

    As evidenced on Christmas Day with the attempted detonation of an improvised explosive device on board a midair flight destined for US soil, those who oppose the US and its interests are determined to inflict harm on innocent civilians to further their radical views. As a result of this incident,

  • Project Ruby -- a look at RAF Mildenhall's history

    Project Ruby came about towards the end of World War II due to the failure of the large bombs developed to penetrate the reinforced concrete shielded targets in Germany. Both the Army Air Force and the Royal Air Force developed a series of heavy bombs to penetrate the heavy protective shielding and

  • A look at air power in the Battle of the Bulge

    If you had been an American military member stationed in East Anglia during December 1944, you would probably have been involved in the campaign to stop the surprise German attack that developed into the Battle of the Bulge. A little historical imagination can move us and our units 65 years back in