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  • The big push - Airmen depart RAF Mildenhall for deployed locations

    The largest group of Air Expeditionary Force responders this cycle - about 100 Team Mildenhall members - departed for various locations in Southwest Asia Friday. The passenger terminal was packed. Families cuddled in nearly every corner of the ground level. Supportive comments from commanders

  • Bowers seals game for 95th RS

    Brian Bowers squeezed the ball home late in the second half to give the 95th Reconnaissance Squadron a narrow 3-2 win over the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron in intramural outdoor soccer played in very blustery conditions at RAF Mildenhall, Sept. 19. Both teams found it hard to adapt to the

  • How to spot a suspicious package

    If a package exhibits any of the warning signs, follow these procedures: If the suspicious package has not been touched. -- If a suspicious delivery is spotted, do not touch it, mark the area and don't allow anyone else to touch it. -- Evacuate the room. If the device appears to be very large,

  • Suspicious package reminder to Team Mildenhall to stay vigilant

    Friday didn't seem like a day that he could die. But, the five minutes it took a stranger to hand Tech. Sgt Bobby Wood a package was enough time to detonate a bomb. It all started when Sergeant Wood strolled up to Building 257 at about 10:15 a.m. to prepare a house for its next occupants. As

  • Volunteers still needed for JMSSD

    About 250 volunteers are still needed to help with the 26th annual Joan Mann Special Sports Day Saturday. The event, at Hangar 711, will provide games, fun and entertainment for more than 250 special-needs students from around East Anglia. Twenty volunteers are needed to help with parking, about 30

  • Airman Convicted for Illegal Use of GTC

    A Senior Airman from the 352nd Special Operations Group was convicted by a Special Court Martial Aug. 31 for using his government travel card about 60 times for unauthorized personal expenses between Nov. 24 and Dec. 28, 2006. Specifically, the Airman used his GTC to pay his personal cellular phone

  • AFSO21: Open to suggestions; helping make life better for Airmen

    Do you have an idea that will improve a process here at RAF Mildenhall? Suggestions that will help reduce wait time, eliminate waste or add efficiency? If so, the Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century (AFSO21) office now has a formal suggestion program, open to everyone, which can put your

  • Team Mildenhall joins together, remembers 9/11

    More than 200 Team Mildenhall members gathered at Remembrance Park at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday in honor of the innocent victims killed in the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. With a fire truck and two firefighters positioned at the rear of the memorial, and the base Honor Guard at the front, wing

  • A STEP in the right direction

    Tech. Sgt. Charles H. Pope, 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron flight line expediter, took another step on his chosen career path Monday when he was promoted to the rank of master sergeant. But, Sergeant Pope didn't get his new stripe the traditional way - he was promoted under the Stripes for

  • 'Smart Gate' barrier project to begin Monday

    Main gate commuters will begin using a new traffic pattern when construction on a new barrier project to increase security begins here Monday. Four final denial barriers are planned for installation as part of the Air Force's Smart Gate program, which calls for hundreds of barriers to be installed