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  • Returning Mildenhall NCO receives new stripes for exceptional performance

    After a 120-day deployment to Southwest Asia, returning Staff Sgt. Alan Jackson was surprised to find new technical sergeant stripes waiting for him Jan. 13, moments after he reentered the United Kingdom. Col. Eden Murrie, 100th Air Refueling Wing commander, handed the 12-year hydraulics craftsman

  • General Brady assumes command of USAFE

    The former senior officer in charge of manpower, personnel and services at the Pentagon was promoted to four-star general and assumed command of U.S. Air Forces in Europe at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, during a ceremony Jan. 9 at the Pentagon. Gen. Roger A. Brady will command the organization which

  • Services survey begins today

    The Air Force Services Survey is here, and Team Mildenhall is invited to participate.To get involved, click ">here, or cut and paste this Web address (http://www.100svs.com/ )  into your browser for access to the 100th Services Squadron web page. Then click "Enter," and finally, click on "Start

  • Stepping up to E-6 fit ending to '07

    In the pre-dawn stadium lighting of RAF Mildenhall's Heritage Park, Col. Brian P. Cutts, 352nd Special Operations Group commander, displays technical sergeant stripes to a stunned but smiling (then) Staff Sgt. Jared Pietras, 321st Special Tactics Squadron combat controller, and his coworkers 28

  • RAF Mildenhall Airmen work to save KC-135

    Units with the 100th Air Refueling Wing proved they are ready for action at a moment's notice when they responded to an in-flight emergency Dec. 18. "We received an in-flight emergency call from the tower for an aircraft with a blown tire," said Master Sgt. Mark Annis, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • MLK Jr. luncheon to be hosted at RAF Lakenheath Jan. 17

    The Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Luncheon will be held at RAF Lakenheath's Eagle's Landing Jan. 17. The luncheon, which will run from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., is open to all Airmen, civilians and family members and will celebrate the life of Dr. King. Lt. Col. Keith Compton, 48th Aircraft

  • Air Force set to streamline military, travel pay procedures

    The financial management career field is transforming its operations with the largest change in its 60-year history. RAFs Mildenhall and Lakenheath, along with all other Air Force units in England, will see their military and travel pay back-shop processes transfer to the Air Force Financial

  • 100th MXS maintainers replace vertical stabilizer

    RAF Mildenhall maintainers recently had the opportunity to do something a little out of the ordinary - they removed and replaced a vertical stabilizer. During major inspections, the vertical stabilizer, or fin, on each KC-135 is inspected for corrosion, though the fin isn't removed unless repair

  • British Christmas traditions explored

    Many of our Christmas traditions have grown out of earlier rites, practiced long before Christianity ever reached these shores. The earlier date of Christmas Day, Dec. 21, signaled the start of the winter equinox, and is the shortest day of the year. It was dark and cold. Pagan sun worshippers used

  • MEO, EEO to merge Jan. 1

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing's Equal Employment Opportunity and Military Equal Opportunity office functions will merge Jan. 1. The local initiative is part of a plan to unite the two throughout the Air Force, said Master Sgt. John Mills, 100th ARW military equal opportunity chief. "The two processes