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  • EES/WAPS briefing team visits 501CSW

    Personnel from Headquarters Air Force and the Air Force Personnel Center visited RAF Alconbury, United Kingdom, June 16, to share information about Enlisted Evaluation System and Weighted Airman Promotion System changes.During the briefing, EES/WAPS subject matter experts spoke about changes that

  • Ready to Receive: RAF Fairford goes to 'hot' for deployers

    The sky above RAF Fairford is usually quiet, but for the last two years during the month of June, the roar of heavy bomber aircraft can be heard as they land and take off from its flightline. This exercise gives RAF Fairford personnel the opportunity to show the base transitions from what's called a

  • Patriot Files: on final approach

    The sunlight seemed to rise and greet him, as he sailed along an endless sea of clouds."It was very surreal," he said. "You look outside, and know you're somewhere over the coastline. But all you see is a sea of clouds. It's very peaceful."For more than 16 years Lt. Col. Alex Castro called the sky

  • Change in UK visa requirements for military dependents

    Effective immediately, dependents of U.S. military personnel moving to the United Kingdom are no longer required to apply for a visa before entry unless they are nationals or citizens of a country on the U.K. Visa National List.Border agents have been advised by the U.K. Home Office to permit entry

  • Passing the torch: 501st CSW welcomes new commander

    Since its relocation to RAF Alconbury, England, in 2007, five U.S. Air Force officers have commanded the 501st Combat Support Wing.During a ceremony on base, May 28, Col. Kevin Cullen became the sixth, when he assumed command of the nation's only combat support wing from Col. Angela Cadwell.Regarded

  • Sacrifice: Airmen honor solemn promise to fallen comrades

    He wrote his mother every week.Every week, Bettie Ingram would anxiously await the handwritten letter, mailed from halfway around the world to her home on Third Street in Pratt City, Alabama.However, this week there was no letter, only news - the worst kind. Her son, U.S. Navy Gunner's Mate First

  • Patriot Files: a rainy day in June

    The light rain began to soak through his uniform.It was nearly 4 a.m. and Tech. Sgt. Bill Toombs stood outside his barracks, waiting for a ride to the chow hall, when he heard something strange off in the distance."Listen to the thunder," a friend said, as both he and Toombs heard the resounding