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  • 100th LRS deployment, distribution flight chief shares memories of 9/11

    Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles commemorating Sept. 11, where RAF Mildenhall members share their personal experience of what happened that fateful day, and how it affected their life and military journey.This year marks the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the

  • Team Mildenhall members join RAF Lakenheath for 9/11 memorial ceremony

    Team Mildenhall leadership, Airmen, civilians and families attend the 9/11 memorial ceremony at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, Sept. 11, 2023. The ceremony honored the fallen from the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks and marked the 22nd anniversary of the tragic events, from which there was almost

  • 21st anniversary of 9/11: Team Mildenhall civilian shares memories of Sept. 11

    “I had just got off a 24-hour shift at RAF Mildenhall and heading over to Cambridge for an appointment, when I heard a newsflash on the radio that a plane had gone into the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001. At that moment, nobody was sure if it was a light aircraft or a helicopter, because you

  • 100th MXG maintenance operations superintendent shares memories of Sept. 11

    “Because Khobar Towers, Saudi Arabia, had been hit back in 1996, and the USS Cole had been bombed in 2000, we knew the threat for terrorist attacks was high. But this was different; on Sept. 11, the terrorists brought the fight to us and I just knew that from then on, it would definitely be a

  • Team Mildenhall remembers the fallen

    Team Mildenhall commemorated the 19th anniversary of the terrorist attack on Sept. 11, 2001 with several events here at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England. Of the events service members participated in a 5k, a walk to remember the fallen first repsonders, as well as a formation to remember those