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  • Thunderbirds perform 4,000th show

    The United States Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, performed their 4,000th air show May 13 at Robins Air Force Base, Ga. The show was the team's 14th of the 2006 season.“We perform about 70 air shows throughout the year, representing the 530,000 men and women in our Air

  • DOD, Congress making progress on Tricare changes

    The Defense Department, working hard with Congress for the past several months, has reached some conclusions about how the fee system for military health care should be changed, a top DOD official said here May 11."It's universally agreed that there is a serious issue, a serious problem, with the

  • Smart Operations 21 office formed at Pentagon

    In February, Air Force leaders created a new program office at the Pentagon that will take the lead in optimizing the way the Air Force conducts its mission.The Air Force Smart Operations 21 office, created in response to an initiative by Secretary of the Air Force Michael W. Wynne, will look at

  • Third Air Force inactivates

    Headquarters 3rd Air Force inactivated today during a ceremony here as part of a larger U.S. Strategic Theater Transformation.Although 3rd Air Force was inactivated, the Air Force will leave a general officer in country. Maj. Gen. Paul Fletcher will remain at Royal Air Force Mildenhall as U.S.

  • Missing Airman’s body found

    The body found in a Freckenham field four miles from this tanker base was that of missing Master Sgt. Bernard Huggins, 100th Air Refueling Wing officials said.Found Nov. 18, the sergeant was last seen Nov. 12. He was reported missing Nov. 14 when he did not show up for work.Wing commander Col.

  • Mildenhall mourns sergeant’s death

    Master Sgt. Bernard Huggins was what people in the Air Force call a “fast burner.”In the military for 14 years, the flightline expeditor with the 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron was promoted in July -- fairly early at age 33.Sergeant Huggins, who was from Manning, S.C., was found dead Nov. 18 in

  • Pet-friendly TLF now offered at RAFM

    Moving to a new base or leaving an old base can often be a stressful time for servicemembers and their families. Those having additional members of their family, in the shape of cats or dogs, have the added stress of having to put their pets in kennels while staying in temporary lodging on base.But