100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Christian Barboza, left, and Airman 1st Class Demetrius Bates, both 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment apprentices, check a training “Class C” chemical bag ready to issue to a customer at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, and issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Demetrius Bates, left, and Airman 1st Class Christian Barboza, both 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment apprentices, operate materials-handling equipment to move storage bins containing gas masks and canisters at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop issue gas masks every Tuesday to base newcomers and are responsible for issuing and receiving all training and real-world chemical gear issued to military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Demetrius Bates, right, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment apprentice, scans in old, used gas masks before they are packed and returned to depot in the States at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, and issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kendrew Olboc, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment apprentice, stacks old, turned-in gas masks ready to be shipped back to depot in the States at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, and issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Kendrew Olboc, left, and Airman Yomar Celeste, both 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment apprentices, pack a real-world chemical “Class C” bag at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, and issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

Items from a real-world chemical, biological, radiation and nuclear bag are ready to be packed for deployment in the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment shop at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, and issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

Items from a training “Class C” chemical bag are displayed in the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment shop at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, March 15, 2022. Airmen in the IPE shop issue gas masks every Tuesday to base newcomers and are responsible for issuing and receiving all training and real-world chemical gear issued to military members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

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100th LRS IPE keeps Team Mildenhall mission-ready

Published March 17, 2022
By Karen Abeyasekere
100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

ROYAL AIR FORCE MILDENHALL, England --

Airmen in the 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Individual Protective Equipment shop issue gas masks every Tuesday to base newcomers and are responsible for issuing and receiving all training and real-world chemical gear issued to military members. They support geographically separated units including RAF Croughton, and Stavanger, Norway, as well as issue all gear for chemical warfare assets to members tasked for deployments and TDYs, ensuring they are issued the correct equipment.