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  • USAFE to activate new wing at RAF Mildenhall

    U.S. Air Forces in Europe plans to activate a new wing at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, May 12, to enhance USAFE’s ability to provide support to all the command’s geographically-separated units throughout the United Kingdom. The new unit will be commanded by Col. Blake Lindner, currently

  • Extreme Summer 2005 offers activities, prizes

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Extreme Summer program, which officially runs from June 1 through Aug. 31, is holding early enrollment through May. The Extreme Summer program encourages people to get involved in a variety of existing and new services and community activities, and it allows people to

  • Pilots train for electronic combat

    In today’s technologically advanced wartime environment, training in a realistic electronic combat threat environment is essential. Attached to the 86th Airlift Wing, Detachment 2, or Multinational Electronic Warfare Tactics Facility Polygone, is charged with training pilots on how to avoid

  • Sailor's long voyage leads to U.S. citizenship

    On April 20, a sailor from the Naval Air Facility here became the first service member to gain U.S. citizenship while stationed in England. Petty Officer 1st Class Benedict Delosreyes became a U.S. citizen under the recently revised U.S. Immigration and Naturalization Act, with revisions that

  • NCO sets pace to help Air Force family

    Like many service members, Master Sgt. Pat Combs wanted to do something for the families of the nine base members who lost their lives in the MC-130H crash in Albania March 31. What he ended up doing on April 16, however, might seem unimaginable to most people on base. He ran. And ran. And ran. And,

  • Lakenheath munitions unit garners Air Force-level award

    The 48th Munitions Squadron was awarded the Air Force Maintenance Excellence award recently. “From the time I took command it was obvious to me we were blessed with all the critical components necessary to be a world-class organization — a diverse, aggressive mission, unbelievable Senior NCO and NCO

  • Lieutenant earns historic slot as combat rescue officer

    A Royal Air Force Lakenheath company grade officer’s career change signifies a new chapter in his young career and in Air Force history. Second Lt. Anthony Lesmes, assigned to the 48th Munitions Squadron, was selected as one of the first combat rescue officers selected to cross train into the

  • Vanguard exercise comes to a close

    An exercise that was the result of an Air Force-level initiative to reinvigorate working relationships between the United States and United Kingdom militaries finishes up here April 29 after nearly three weeks of activity over British skies. The Vanguard exercise, a deployment exercise for the 81st

  • CASF nurse recounts work at ground zero

    Ten days after Sept. 11, 2001, a tall, quiet woman with inquiring eyes and curly brown hair mashed under her Kevlar helmet walked the perimeter of ground zero asking firemen, policemen, military members and others, “How can I help you?” Then-Capt. Melanie Howard was deployed from Stratton National

  • USAFE weather squadron earns AF award

    The U.S. Air Forces in Europe Operational Weather Squadron recently earned the 2004 Fawbush Miller Award for Outstanding Weather Squadron. The Air Force-level Fawbush Miller Award is decided through packages submitted from the eight operational weather squadrons around the world. The squadron here,