Nov. 12, 2024 Remembrance Day By taking part in this solemn ceremony, U.S. and U.K. service members reaffirmed the duty of both nations to remember, respect, and honor the past while striving for a safer future.
Oct. 22, 2024 100th ARW supports RAF RC-135 1st full transit of NATO air space A U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, Royal Air Force Mildenhall conducts aerial refueling operations with a Royal Air Force RC-135 Rivet Joint over Poland, Oct. 11, 2024.
Oct. 18, 2024 90th anniversary of RAF Mildenhall marked by unveiling of new station crest, ‘Tudor Crown’ A new station crest – the Tudor Crown – is unveiled at an event for Vice Lord-Lieutenants, Deputy Lieutenants, High Sheriffs, RAF representatives and other invited guests from the local community at RAF Mildenhall, England, Oct. 9, 2024. The Tudor Crown, used by HRH King Charles III, replaced the
Oct. 18, 2024 Team Mildenhall, Liberty Wing host High Sheriffs, HM Vice-Lord Lieutenants, Deputy Lieutenants for familiarization visit High Sheriffs, Vice Lord-Lieutenants, and Deputy Lieutenants from Suffolk, Norfolk and Cambridgeshire, along with along with Royal Air Force representatives and invited guests from the local community, visited Royal Air Force Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, England, Oct. 9, 2024.
Oct. 3, 2024 100th LRS fuels Aviano F-16s in support of Cobra Warrior 24-2 U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jovon Green, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Petroleum, Oils and Lubricants flight fuels distribution technician, uses a R-11 Refueler truck to refuel F-16 Fighting Falcons from Aviano Air Base, Italy, while wearing mission-oriented protective posture gear at Royal
Oct. 1, 2024 RAF Mildenhall hosts Whistleblower Protection brief Kenneth Sharpless, Department of Defense Whistleblower Protection Coordinator, gives a brief on whistleblower protections to members of Team Mildenhall at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 18, 2024. Sharpless explained what protections members are afforded when they report fraud, waste,
Sept. 17, 2024 The Triple Nickel Arrives and Flies for Cobra Warrior at RAF Mildenhall A U.S. Air Force F-16 Fighting Falcon from the 555th Fighter Squadron, Aviano Air Base, Italy, is parked on the flight line after arriving for Cobra Warrior 24-2 at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 6, 2024. Twice a year, the U.K. hosts the Cobra Warrior exercise, a multilateral, live-fly
Sept. 17, 2024 RAF Mildenhall Fire Dept 'Rookie Academy' slashes training program from 4 months to 3 weeks Training for any new Airmen is essential when they head to their first duty station, but for firefighters – as first responders who will be saving lives – that training is even more vital. Following what is known as the “Rookie Book,” their initial training generally takes up to four months before
Sept. 17, 2024 RAF Mildenhall remembers, honors POWs, MIA A retreat ceremony concludes POW/MIA Week at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Sept. 13, 2024. The week remembered and honored those Americans who were prisoners of war and those who served and never returned home.
July 30, 2024 100th ARW honors WWII B-17 ‘Little Boy Blue’ on 80th anniversary of crash It was July 19, 1944, when a B-17 Flying Fortress headed out over East Anglia on its 67th mission, taking its aircrew on their 18th mission. For the aircraft – “Little Boy Blue” – and its crew, it would be their last flight, as it fell from the skies into a farmer’s field in Suffolk, England.Eighty