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  • Female FARP member – Fuels gas and breaks barriers

    Under complete darkness noises coming from every direction whirling around her, she focuses through the haze of her night vision goggles as she pulls more than 300 feet of heavy refueling hoses from one aircraft to another. Her face is full of sweat and her heart pounds, as a CV-22 Osprey hovers as

  • RC-135: Team Mildenhall Airmen enable mission

    The U.S. Air Force long ago recognized future wars would not solely be fought on air, ground, or sea, and to prepare for that reality, the use of electronic warfare was crucial.Electronic warfare is comprised of jamming communication systems, and electronic support protection tactics, such as

  • RAF Mildenhall sports day brings special athletes together

    As the sound of laughter and excited chattering rang out, a bagpiper led a parade of special athletes as they walked around Hangar 711 and performed a torch ceremony, signaling the start of the Joan Mann Special Sports Day event on RAF Mildenhall Sept. 22, 2018.Almost 200 special-needs children and

  • Thunderbirds partner with Bloody Hundredth

    The U.S. Air Force Air Thunderbirds fly in formation over RAF Mildenhall and RAF Lakenheath, England, July 10, 2017. The Thunderbirds trailed a U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker, assigned to the 351st Air Refueling Squadron, for air refueling on their way to northern Scotland. (U.S. Air Force photo

  • BALTOPS 2017 Kicks Off

    Exercise BALTIC OPERATIONS (BALTOPS) is underway in the Baltic Sea region until 16 June. Air, maritime, and ground assets from several NATO Allies and Partner Nations are involved in the live training event that started from Szczecin, Poland and finishes in Kiel, Germany.

  • 100th OG celebrates 'Month of the Military Child'

    U.S. Air Force Maj. Michael Harrison, left, 100th Operations Support Squadron assistant director of operations, listens to a survival, evasion, resistance and escape instructor as his daughter Isabella, 5, checks out a night-vision monocular at the 100th Operations Group “Bring Your Child to Work