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  • Refueling Relations: COMREL program wins for base, community

    Systems checks were all go. The crew and passengers strapped themselves in. With the rumbling sound of freedom, Quid 34 infused its engines with 22,000 pounds of thrust and abruptly propelled the enormous 'classroom' from the British soil below. Classroom? Yes, classroom. A Great Heath Primary

  • Commentary: I just ask myself, 'What's in it for me?'

    If we were living 100 years ago, by this point in my life most of my family would probably be dead. My wife almost certainly would have died during childbirth with our son -- after a picture perfect pregnancy, she developed toxemia during labor, and our son had to be delivered by Caesarean section.

  • Bonfire Night - not quite the 4th of July

    Back in the states there are a couple of times a year when fireworks come out; New Year's, Christmas, and July 4, to name a few. Here in the U.K. you'll also see some of those same events bring out fireworks (not so much our July 4 for some reason) and a uniquely British holiday is right around the

  • Volunteers remember veterans, plan for growth

    To most people, digging up dirt and spreading mulch may not sound like a good time. However, that's exactly what more than 30 volunteers of all ages at RAF Mildenhall did in early September when they came together to create a remembrance garden for armed services veterans. And they thoroughly

  • Nurse commissioning program seeks enlisted applicants

    Officials at the Air Force Personnel Center here will conduct the annual Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program board May 11-13 to select candidates for fall 2010 start dates. The program offers active-duty enlisted personnel the opportunity to earn a bachelor's degree in a high-need academic major.

  • Honorary commanders survive deployment scenario

    Local dignitaries and their guests fought through vacuum-sealed meals and the blasting propwash of an MC-130H aircraft for the opportunity to experience the lighter side of military deployments here Oct. 29. Deployment training, equipment issue and demonstrations, a field lunch, and a shuttle on a