• Airmen ensure communications capability for joint, coalition success

    A team of five Airmen from the 1st Communications Maintenance Squadron is contributing to the ultimate success of the Air Force mission and so much more by maintaining what would appear, other than some radio towers, as an empty field in England. The Airmen are part of the 1st CMXS's Cable and

  • Wing commander promoted to brigadier general

    Colonel Charles Q. Brown Jr., 31st Fighter Wing commander, pinned on his first star during a promotion ceremony here Sept. 18, 2009.Lt. Gen. Frank Gorenc, 3rd Air Force commander, Ramstein Air Base, Germany presided over the ceremony. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates announced Brig. Gen. Brown's

  • 724th AMS opens doors to new NATO terminal

    Air Mobility Command's 724th Air Mobility Squadron at Aviano Air Base, Italy processed their first passengers this week following the opening of the new passenger and air freight terminal Sept. 10.The new 34,000-plus square-foot facility is located approximately a quarter-mile down the street past

  • A Celebration of Joint Heritage

    For half a century U.S. Air Force personnel have called RAF Lakenheath home; and to celebrate that 50 years of partnership, the men and women of RAF Lakenheath gathered together Sept. 12 at the Air Force Heritage Ball with their British hosts to further cement the special bond that brings our two

  • Former RAF POWs share experiences with Mildenhall Airmen

    About 50 Airmen were given a first-hand account of life in a German World War II prison camp during a question-and-answer session held here Sept. 16. Historian Dr. Howard Tuck, whose career is dedicated to military history, introduced Air Cmdr. (retired) Charles Clarke and Andrew Wiseman, both of