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  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Eagle Eyes – Everyone’s a sensor

    E agle Eyes is an Air Force program designed to turn every Airman into a sensor to prevent terrorism in the future. It's based on similar successful programs in Israel and Ireland. It's also a direct response to the events of 9/11. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations is the lead agency

  • Top 10 traits to dazzle the IG

    1. Competence - Know your job inside and out and perform those duties to the best of your ability despite the inspection scenario or the inspector's glare. 2. Responsiveness - Always show a "sense of urgency"; lean forward in the starting blocks and then realistically propel yourself into every

  • Making time to take a stand

    October is Domestic Violence Prevention Month. Many may think domestic violence only affects married couples, but that isn't true. Intimate partner abuse can affect anyone in any relationship. Abuse can be caused by current or former partners, by anyone who shares a child in common or by cohabiting

  • 10 Airmen facing drug charges at Lakenheath, Mildenhall

    Ten Airmen at RAFs Lakenheath and Mildenhall are under investigation for alleged use and sale of cocaine, marijuana and ecstasy. Nine Airmen are from Lakenheath's 48th Maintenance and Medical groups; the other is from Mildenhall's 100th Air Refueling Wing, said Capt. Beth Horine, RAF Lakenheath

  • One Airman dead, four injured in unrelated weekend accidents

    A senior airman assigned to the 100th Maintenance Squadron here who was killed in a traffic accident Oct. 6 has been identified as 24-year-old Julious Hawkins. The Airman was traveling west in the eastbound lane between the Bury St. Edmunds central and west exits before colliding with a lorry. The