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  • Ceremony held for New Horizons Wounded Warrior graduates

    The New Horizons Wounded Warrior Support Program held its first-ever graduation ceremony at the Strike Eagle Complex Feb. 19, 2013.Fourteen Airmen from the 48th Fighter Wing and the 100th Air Refueling Wing at RAF Mildenhall were recognized for their completion of the five-week course.At the

  • Wing Safety recognized as 'best' in Air Force

    The 86th Airlift Wing safety office won the Air Force Chief of Safety Achievement Award for ground safety, Category 2 Feb. 4.TheĀ unit was recognized for the outstanding achievement in ground safety program management for maintaining the largest and most complex base in U.S. Air Forces in Europe and

  • From The Big Apple to Las Vegas: Lajes Airman realizes Thunderbirds dream

    Riding in his father's New York City taxi cab as a young boy, Gustavo Cifuentes saw an Air Force Thunderbird for the first time. To his surprise, the uniquely styled F-16 wasn't flying overhead, but rather on static display on one of the city's most famous streets. "The Thunderbirds somehow managed

  • REAL THAW 13 sets aim for interoperability

    Aircraft and military professionals from the U.S., Portugal, Netherlands, the U.K. and NATO are continuing to develop their ability to work together during REAL THAW 13, Feb. 11-22.REAL THAW is the Portuguese military's premiere annual exercise that integrates the Portuguese Army, Navy and Air Force

  • 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