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  • RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath participate in Suffolk Show

    The Suffolk Show is an annual event that lasts two days and features a range of activities and displays hosted by the U.S. military, the Royal Air Force and members of the local community. The event provided U.S. visiting forces an opportunity to work with Suffolk military units to strengthen ties

  • Family of WWII veterans visit RAF Mildenhall to trace footsteps, memories

    Eighty years ago today, shortly after the start of World War II, 24 Wellington bombers took to the skies from RAF Mildenhall, RAF Feltwell and RAF Honington, together forming a combined force which carried out daylight bombing raids on German ships in Heligoland Bight, Germany. It was Dec. 18, 1939,

  • BALTOPS Exercise 2019

    A Polish air force F-16 Fighting Falcon flies beside a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker during aerial refueling in support of Exercise Baltic Operations over Germany, June 19, 2019. The BALTOPS Exercise is a U.S. exercise focused on joint interoperability in the Baltic Region, planned and executed

  • Caring for people remains a RAF Mildenhall focus

    The Air Force's 2011 Caring for People Forum concluded in Arlington, Va., July 21, and addressed several initiatives focusing on issues affecting Airmen and their families.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz was a guest speaker at the forum, which addressed many of the same issues Team

  • The Turning Point commentary: Conservation = $avings

    Melting polar ice caps, El Nino weather, carbon emissions ... is the sky falling Chicken Little? It may very well be.Regardless, what can't be disputed is that like many people around the world, I'm paying careful attention to energy consumption.Will this help reduce the carbon footprint? You bet it

  • The Turning Point: Helping spouses cope with deployment

    Lasting memories of her husband's embrace and recollections of him boarding the plane for Afghanistan were fresh as the young mother made her way down a winding British road, heading to a medical appointment.With determination, her eyes pierced the lingering fog and remained focused on each bend and