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  • AGE Airmen: No airpower without ground power

    Walking onto the flightline, the hum of the generators is all you hear over the conversation between pilots and mechanics. The small battery on wheels powers a 49 ton aircraft and prepares KC-135 Stratotankers to fuel the mission across Europe and Africa.

  • RAF Mildenhall supports A-10s in Europe

    U.S. Air Force A-10 Thunderbolt IIs, from the 127th Wing, Michigan Air National Guard, Selfridge Air National Guard Base, Mich., arrived here June 1, 2018.The Thunderbolts passed through on their way to support the U.S. Army Europe exercise Saber Strike 2018. Saber Strike 18 promotes regional

  • RAF Mildenhall saving lives one oxygen mask at a time

    When an in-flight emergency happens, the last thing anyone wants to question is the condition of an oxygen mask, which could be the barrier between life and death. The 100th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment shop makes it their goal for that question never to be asked. The AFE

  • RAF Mildenhall EFMP families experience live planetarium

    The Northside Fitness Center at RAF Mildenhall transformed into a digital planetarium Feb. 10 for a special science event for exceptional family member program families to experience the joy of astronomy, geology and biology in an interactive way.The giant mobile dome was placed in the fitness

  • Career enlisted aviator roadshow comes to Mildenhall

    Senior leaders from the career enlisted aviator career field made a stop here, Feb. 8, 2018, during a roadshow.Briefings were held to discuss career enlisted aviator retention issues and incentives, one-on-one sessions with CEA Airmen, and cross training for those interested in joining the CEA

  • 100th MXG Airmen conduct ISO inspection on KC-135

    RAF MILDENHALL, England – The KC-135 Stratotanker first flew for the U.S. Air Force in August 1956, and it continues to be a vital part of the Air Force’s arsenal to this day. Although the KC-135s of the 100th Air Refueling Wing have seen plenty of years, with the teamwork of several different shops

  • 100th Bomb Group veterans visit RAF Mildenhall, former World War II bases

    Veterans of the 100th Bombardment Group (Heavy), Master Sgt. (retired) Dewey Christopher, center, and Staff Sgt (retired) Joe Urice, right, prepare to lay a wreath May 10, 2017, at Parham Airfield Museum, Framlingham, Suffolk. The 100th Bomb Group veterans visited England with family members and

  • RAF Mildenhall kicks off 2017 Air Force Assistance Fund drive

    U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Curtis Stanley, 100th Air Refueling Wing command chief, fills out the first donation from RAF Mildenhall to the Air Force Assistance Fund for the fiscal year April 7, 2017, on RAF Mildenhall, England. The AFAF is an annual effort to raise funds for the charitable