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  • RAF Mildenhall successfully hosts 27th Annual Joan Mann Special Sports Day

    Volunteers from across Team Mildenhall took part in the Joan Mann Special Sports Day Sept. 13, marking the 27th anniversary of the annual invitational sports event for special-needs people across England. Almost 200 athletes showed up for this year's festivities, according to Master Sgt. Jeff

  • 351st ARS boom operator hits 6,000 flying hours

    Almost 22 years ago - Dec. 17, 1986 to be precise - RaileR Cantrell joined the U.S. Air Force. After spending four years as an administrative troop, he decided he wanted to try a different career field, but wasn't sure what. In 1990, while stationed at Hahn Air Base, Germany, after talking with

  • Spangdahlem remembers 9/11

    Airmen, family members and civilians commemorated the seventh anniversary of the 9/11 attacks at Spangdahlem Air Base Sept. 11, 2008. The 52nd Fighter Wing Chapel held a memorial service at the base chapel to give visitors a chance to memorialize the tragic events. Col. Russell Mack, 52nd Fighter

  • Storm, 90 mph winds rip through Aviano

    What began as a bright and sunny day quickly turned into a ravaging thunderstorm with winds up to 90 mph Sept. 7 in the greater Aviano area. Airmen and their families scurried for shelter as the wind and hail tore through the base, toppling down more than 160 trees, small buildings and street signs.

  • Quick feet sprint two Aviano Airmen into AF marathon

    Two Aviano Airmen have been selected to represent USAFE in the twelfth annual United States Air Force Marathon and half marathon taking place Sept. 20 at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Dayton, Ohio. Staff Sgt. Joseph Carter and Senior Airmen Guadalupe Vasquez, both from the 31st Communications

  • Team Mildenhall joins together, remembers Sept. 11

    Team Mildenhall members gathered at Remembrance Park at 1:45 p.m. Thursday to honor the victims killed in the terrorist attacks Sept. 11, 2001. Seven years ago, 19 terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and flew them into the World Trade Center's twin towers in New York City, the Pentagon in