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  • RAF Mildenhall hosts Leadercast event

    RAF Mildenhall hosted a Leadercast event on base for Airmen to enhance their leadership skills March 14, 2019. The goal of Leadercast is to improve people’s leadership skills lines of with the Air Force’s goals making it the most lethal, ready and combat effective fighting force in the world. This

  • RAF Mildenhall spouses host dual-military seminar

    Two married senior master sergeants facilitated a dual-military seminar for Airmen from RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath March 7, 2019, at RAF Mildenhall, England.The seminar included lectures such as “The 5 Love Languages,” dual-military assignments, and a dual-military panel at the end.

  • Team Mildenhall Airmen attend Airmen Enhancement Seminar

    As I sat down in the classroom, I looked around to see 24 other Airmen also quietly looking around, none of us knowing what was in store over the next two days.The first speaker was Chief Master Sgt. Daniel Clark, 100th Civil Engineer Squadron chief enlisted manager, and I remember him saying, “The

  • Electrical systems Airmen light way for RAF Mildenhall mission

    Electrical systems Airmen have a hand on nearly every part of RAF Mildenhall, from the lights on the runway that help the maintainers see; to the lights in the dorms enabling those same Airmen turn to on the lights in their room. “We keep the power on for everyone, we have a hand on everything,”

  • Air Force One touches down at RAF Mildenhall

    Air Force One, carrying President Donald J. Trump and a contingency of White House officials and media members, arrived at RAF Mildenhall for refueling and logistical support Feb. 26, 2019.Air Force One, along with a C-32, known as “Air Force Two” and an E-4B National Airborne Operations Center

  • Mi Amigo flypast, memorial service touches millions

    In a time of war, it is often true that a brief life burns brightly. For many of the 416,800 Americans who sacrificed their lives for freedom during World War II, their brief moments are known as part of a greater tide of courage that freed Western Europe of genocidal oppression. For the ten men of

  • NDI; Exposing the cracks

    Non-destructive inspection technicians perform five different types of inspections – x-ray, ultrasonic, eddy current, magnetic particle and penetrant – to detect abnormalities. NDI Airmen are tasked with ensuring aircraft and weapons systems parts are structurally safe with no damage, flaws or

  • Boom operator shows full circle of mentorship

    Boom operators on KC-135 Stratotankers are charged with the responsibility to prepare the jets as well as pump thousands of pounds of fuel to any capable aircraft, while only feet away from colliding into each other. Staff Sgt. Kevin Satberry, 351st Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, not only

  • Jets in the air, 100th AMXS put them there

    The health of the KC-135 Stratotanker fleet at RAF Mildenhall is of the utmost importance as it is the only air refueling mission in the European and African theaters of military responsibility.Every day, these tankers take to the sky to provide fuel support to not only their U.S. Air Force

  • Bloody Hundredth wraps up UEI with Highly Effective

    The 100th Air Refueling Wing successfully completed its Unit Effectiveness Inspection here on Feb. 8 with a score of “Highly Effective”. The U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa Inspector General team visited RAF Mildenhall Feb. 4 to 8, and evaluated the 100th ARW in four major areas: