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  • 100th AMXS Jet Shop ‘engine doctors’ keep KC-135s healthy

    The 100th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Jet Shop at RAF Mildenhall, England, maintains all KC-135 Stratotanker engines on base. The shop repairs F108 turbofan engines and conducts periodic inspections, ensuring the KC-135s are ready to deliver rapid global aerial refueling around-the-clock.

  • AFRC’s unrelenting support provides comforting constant in COVID-19

    The 100th Force Support Squadron Airman and Family Readiness Center at RAF Mildenhall, England, continues to provide unrelenting support for Airmen and families during the COVID-19 lockdown. The helping agency is still offering programs and services to the base, including the Transition Assistance

  • 727th AMS Air Freight Office helps equip warfighters

    The 727th Air Mobility Squadron Air Freight Office at RAF Mildenhall, England, serves a pivotal role in delivering mission-critical assets to the warfighter through their loading and unloading of cargo. The cargo processed by the air freight office occupies one of three stages: arrival, departure,

  • 100th CES Emergency Management Airmen plan, train for readiness

    The 100th Civil Engineer Squadron Emergency Management Office at RAF Mildenhall, England, contributes to mission readiness through their oversight of chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear training and their creation and maintenance of base plans.The largest component of the office’s efforts

  • 100th CES “Dirt Boyz” foundational to mission success

    The 100th Civil Engineer Squadron pavements and construction equipment shop at RAF Mildenhall, England, performs a critical role in establishing perimeter security and runway access essential for the success of the Bloody Hundredth mission. Known as “Dirt Boyz,” pavements and construction

  • Traffic management office helps drive Mildenhall mission

    The 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron Traffic Management Office at RAF Mildenhall, England, is responsible for receiving and shipping out equipment and personnel necessary for the completion of the mission. The inbound and outbound cargo section of the traffic management office handles all incoming

  • 100th MXS Airman innovates leak detection technology

    A 100th Maintenance Squadron Airman at RAF Mildenhall, England, has designed a device that decreases the time needed to detect leaks within aircraft fuel tanks. Staff Sgt. Patrick Leach, 100th MXS aircraft fuels systems craftsman, created the Pressurized Leak Detection Cup with the help of the

  • 100th LRS Vehicle maintenance drives the mission

    Staff Sgt. Garrison West, 100th Logistics Readiness Squadron mission generating vehicle equipment maintenance supervisor, checks the battery box of a semi-truck assigned to the 100th LRS, Jan. 6, 2019, at RAF Mildenhall, England. The vehicle maintenance shop keeps the daily maintenance up-to-date on

  • Aircrew safety top priority for AFE shop

    The 100th Operations Support Squadron Aircrew Flight Equipment shop operates behind the scenes to support the aerial refueling mission. Responsible for repairing and maintaining the flight equipment pilots and boom operators need such as survival resources, oxygen masks, radios, and chemical