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  • Bloody 100th flies 100th for French

    Airmen flying KC-135 Stratotankers from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, completed the 100th refueling mission March 17, 2013, supporting French fighter aircraft conducting operations in Mali.The Airmen and aircraft deployed from RAF Mildenhall to southwest Europe on Jan. 26,

  • Commanders visit deployed Airmen on tail swap

    Two commanders and a chaplain from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, visited deployed Airmen for a about two hours on March 4, 2013, as part of a KC-135 Stratotanker tail swap.Lt. Col. Albert Franke, 100th Communications Squadron commander, Maj. Timothy Voruz, 100th Logistics

  • One-million-pound pass complete

    Somewhere over Africa during a mission Feb. 16, 2013, an aircrew from the 351st Expeditionary Air Refueling Squadron reached a milestone.More than 1 million pounds of fuel have now been passed from KC-135 Stratotankers, operating from a deployed location in southwest Europe, to French fighter

  • 2 million pounds of cargo delivered

    The U.S. Air Force reached a major milestone Feb. 12 when the service hit the 2 million pounds of cargo transported mark during airlift operations from Istres, France to Bamako, Mali and other partner nations in support of French military operations in Northern Africa. At the request of the French

  • For deployed aircraft maintainers, flightline is front line

    The KC-135 Stratotanker was the U.S. Air Force's first jet-powered refueling tanker, and the newest one in the service's inventory was built in 1965.The plane has seen action above countless areas of military operations worldwide, but without the attention and care of some seriously skilled

  • KC-135s support French mission in Mali

    A detachment from the 100th Air Refueling Wing, RAF Mildenhall, England, operating from a forward deployed location, has completed aerial refueling mission in support of French Operations in Mali.The first roughly 10-hour mission, during the daytime, gave the aircrew the opportunity to see the land