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  • "Never Again": 65th Air Base Wing remembers the Holocaust

    The 65th Air Base Wing at Lajes Field held a formal ceremony here in honor of the National Holocaust Days of Remembrance April 8. The formal ceremony was preceded by a four-hour name-reading and candle-light vigil honoring Holocaust victims. Keynote speaker, Master Sgt. William Church, 65th

  • REEP slated to save $600K annually

    The Resident Energy Efficiency Program is currently being implemented across military family housing at RAF Lakenheath and is slated to be implemented at RAFs Mildenhall and Feltwell following a successful trial phase. The three-month trial compared REEP participants' utility costs to

  • Air Traffic Control mom balances career, family

    "The doctor called her a miracle baby," said Tech. Sgt. Jennifer Rowles of her three-year-old daughter, Emma.Not expecting she would ever conceive a child due to medical reasons, Rowles, 31st Operation Support Squadron NCO in charge of air traffic controller training and standardization, and a

  • Base comes alive with SpouseBuzz

    More than 100 spouses from Team Aviano participated in the first overseas Military.com SpouseBuzz Live event at Aviano Air Base, Italy March 29. SpouseBuzz is hosted by Military.com four times a year in various installations throughout the U.S. The 4-hour event gives spouses the opportunity get

  • A jump to the past: Airmen remember historic airdrop

    It has been almost 10 years since the airdrop and airfield lodgment of Bashur Airfield, Iraq, where the 86th Contingency Response Group, predecessor to today's 435th CRG, played a pivotal role to a major operation.The operation: The U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade needed the 86th CRG and its

  • MOD employee wins Air Force award

    A 48th Logistic Readiness Squadron training and validations certifier, was recently announced as the 2012 Air Force Transportation Civilian Technician of the Year. David Cummings, originally from Bury St. Edmunds, distinguished himself by providing outstanding support and training to three Royal