• Raptor pilots visit future generation

    F-22 Raptor fighter pilots from the 95th Fighter Squadron, Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, visited Spangdahlem Middle School students Sept. 9 and gave a tour of their aircraft to Bitburg High School Junior ROTC cadets Sept. 10.The pilots took time between training missions to inform the students

  • Hickory dickory dock: Crew chiefs work around the clock

    This year so far has been demanding as Aviano's missions were heard roaring across skies all over the world from Turkey to Afghanistan, and all the way to Sweden.Even with F-16 Fighting Falcons deployed to multiple locations, the 31st Aircraft Maintenance Squadron crew chiefs continue their busy

  • Patriot Files: that day in September | Part Four: Hope

    The shimmer of red and blue lights flashed against the dust-filled night sky of lower Manhattan, New York.At what was now being called "Ground Zero," teams of rescue workers relentlessly dug through the ruined remnants of the World Trade Center, Sept. 11, 2001.Frantically, they searched for

  • Third Air Force leadership visits Team Mildenhall

    Lt. Gen. Timothy Ray, Third Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Kaleth Wright, Third Air Force and 17th Expeditionary Air Force command chief, visited RAF Mildenhall, Sept. 9, 2015, to meet with leadership and Airmen to get an inside look at the base's mission

  • Humble heroes of 352nd SOMXS rescue Mildenhall resident

    Saturday, August 15, 2015, started as every other normal day off for friends and 352nd Special Operations Maintenance Squadron co-workers Staff Sgts Scott Caldwell and Blake Broekhove.  As avid mountain bikers in their free time, they planned a trip to Chicksands Bike Park in Shefford, England, to

  • Joint Base Airmen share air mobility knowledge with African partner nations

    Approximately 40 African military personnel visited here to participate in the African Partnership Flight hosted by the 621st Contingency Response Wing Aug. 30 through Sept. 4.The APF program, sponsored and developed by U.S. Air Forces in Europe and Air Forces Africa, is the premier security

  • Benefits being granted to same-sex spouses in Germany

    Effective Sept. 9, U.S. Military same-sex spouses assigned to Germany are eligible for Status of Forces Agreement credentials and command sponsorship authorizations.Military and civilian personnel in same-sex marriages are now authorized to receive the same overseas benefits, entitlements and