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  • "JAC-HAMMERS" Run the TOUGH GUY, NETTLE WARRIOR XI Challenge

    Not just anyone can say they are a certified "Tough Guy." Nine proud, mud-covered members of the "JAC-HAMMERS" team from the JIOCEUR Analytic Center met the challenge on Sunday, July 27th. As team member Lieutenant Jose Lepesuastegui noted: "The Tough Guy competition claims to be one of the toughest

  • Community initiative makes dorm renovation project a success

    July marked the grand opening celebration of a 423rd Air Base Group Dormitory renovation and morale project collaborated on by the dormitory manager, chaplain services, 423rd Civil Engineer Squadron and the 423rd Air Base Group Enlisted Spouses Club. The project created five "common area" rooms for

  • JAC Modeler returns B-17G "Thunderbird" to RAF Molesworth

    The B-17 is the ubiquitous symbol of the U.S. bombing campaign in Europe during World War II. U.S. Army Air Corps bases sprang up all over south east England to support the fighter and bomber squadrons that would carry the fight to Nazi occupied Europe. Only one of those many bases continues as a

  • Sons of Pilot of B-17 “Thunderbird” Return to Father’s Base

    As he paused before writing his name in the book that visitors sign at the 303rd Bomb Group Memorial, Gary Moncur was overcome with emotion. He noted that many of the 303rd Bomb Group members who had signed the book during the June 3rd 2000 dedication have passed on during the last eight years.  As

  • Wing holds inaugural sports day at RAF Croughton

    The 501st Combat Support Wing is gearing-up for its inaugural "Wing Sports Day" to be held Friday at RAF Croughton. The event boast fifteen different competitive events and a BBQ lunch. Senior Master Sgt. Jeffery Douglas, the sports day organizer and Superintendant of the 422nd Civil Engineer

  • EUROCUP Fever Kicked into Action at RAF Molesworth

    Football fever kicked into action as the much anticipated JIOCEUR Joint Analytic Center vs. NATO's Intelligence Fusion Centre game took center stage on RAF Molesworth's football pitch June 10th. The first-ever event of its kind, the experienced and hardened European footballers on the Intelligence

  • RAF Alconbury Library Receives New Book on Japanese Americans in WWII

    During a Tribase visit, Dr. James C. McNaughton, U.S. European Command Historian provided a book on a formerly secret WWII role of Japanese Americans. His book "Nisei Linguists: Japanese American in the Military Intelligence Service during World War II" covers a unique and little known chapter in

  • RAPTOR VIES FOR CENTRE STAGE AT AIR TATTOO

    The USAF's F-22A Raptor will be vying for centre stage when it performs its first aerial display outside of the United States at the Royal International Air Tattoo at RAF Fairford on July 12-13. The F-22A Raptor, flown by Maj Max Moga, represents a new generation of fighter incorporating