22 Jan 2007

Application deadline for 2007-2008 AFAS General Henry H. Arnold Education Grant Program is March 9

Since its inception in 1942, the Air Force Aid Society (AFAS) has been committed to helping Air Force members and their families realize their academic goals. In recent years, the Society's emphasis has been on direct funding of new initiatives that provide greater value to Air Force families. The centerpiece of the Society's education initiatives

18 Jan 2007

Annual Military Marriage Conference slated March 2 to 4

Couples from across England will gather at the Crowne Plaza Cambridge March 2 to 4 for a Romance and Reintegration Military Marriage Conference. In the past, couples have attended from every Air Force base in the U.K. This annual Military Marriage Conference is sponsored by the RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath chapel communities. The chapels help

18 Jan 2007

Command Chief shares insight, perspectives

The Marauder staff sat down Wednesday with new Command Chief Master Sgt. Mike Warner, 100th Air Refueling Wing, to discuss the Air Force, today's Airmen and his personal philosophies. The following is a transcript of the interview.Marauder: As the new command chief here, what are your top priorities? Chief Warner: My priorities are to focus and

12 Jan 2007

100th ARW Public Affairs office merges with 100th CS Multimedia

The Air Force is changing the way it communicates with its Airmen and the rest of the world by merging base multimedia and public affairs shops. The service-wide merger will allow the Air Force to communicate better and is scheduled to become effective Oct. 1, though the offices here have already made the move. "I think it will benefit the Air

12 Jan 2007

Marauder to go Web based March 2

Beginning March 2, news about the people and mission at RAF Mildenhall will be just a click away. As the Air Force continues to use technology to become more efficient, the 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs Office is preparing to make the leap from a weekly magazine to an entirely web-based product that allows people to access information

7 Dec 2006

Skip paying road tax, face big fines

In the United Kingdom any vehicle used or kept on a public road is legally required to display a valid vehicle license (also known as a tax disc, car tax or road tax). Displaying a current tax disc shows that drivers have fulfilled their legal obligations, including paying his or her vehicle excise duty. The disc must be displayed on the left side

7 Dec 2006

RAFM supports Riga Summit

Heads of government and state of the 26 NATO countries descended on Latvia for the Riga Summit Nov. 28 and 29. While at the summit, the leaders discussed among other things, operations in Afghanistan. Getting the leaders and their staffs to the right place on time and providing support and security can take a huge amount of coordination,

7 Dec 2006

RAFM puts sortie generations under AFSO 21 scope

At a sortie-generation event held here last week, Airmen from all over RAF Mildenhall used Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century principles to examine the way the base produces KC-135 missions. "Our business case was to look at increasing our sortie-generation rate within existing manpower," said Mark Stokes, Intergraph system consultant

30 Oct 2006

When it absolutely, positively has to be there on time

The Air Force has many planes and tracking each take off and landing can take a lot of work. Keeping track of the planes that consistently take off on time or are consistently delayed helps leadership identify strong planes, according to Tech. Sgt. Christopher Goen, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron. "On-time planes are the planes sent on

30 Oct 2006

Mildenhall chief aids pedestrian, thwarts tragedy

Chief Master Sgt. Mark Gagnon, 100th Mission Support Squadron chief enlisted manager, put his Self Aid Buddy Care training to the test as he rushed to the aid of a pedestrian in the throws of a seizure in Haverhill town center Oct. 14. Chief Gagnon was driving through the town center when he noticed an individual collapse to the sidewalk. His 25