501st CSW Innovator of the Month

David Fischer and Steve Evans were recently named the 501st Combat Support Wing Innovator of the Month for January. Fisher, from the 420th Air Base Squadron Civil Engineer Squadron was researching de-icing products to restock the supply for RAF Fairford's runway; he found out that RAF Lakenheath had

501st CSW announces its first quarter award winners

The 501st Combat Support Wing recently announced its first quarter award winners for 2013.Congratulations to the following winners:Senior Airman Richard Stokes, 422nd Air Base Group - Airman Tech. Sgt. Cody Stollings, 422nd ABG - NCOMaster Sgt. Cleophus Gallon, 423rd Air Base Group - Senior NCO

MHS honors Boston Marathon victims

Exercise Tiger tragedy remembered during Cambridge ceremony

Members of the 423rd Air Base Group and its mission partners commemorated the 69th anniversary of the Exercise Tiger tragedy during a ceremony at Cambridge American Cemetery, in Madingley, United Kingdom, April 23."I laid the wreath for the ceremony to honor the participants of Exercise Tiger,

423rd ABG presented with ancient honor allowing them privilege of marching into English cities

Members of the 423rd Air Base Group at Royal Air Force (RAF) Alconbury and RAF Molesworth marched through the streets of Huntingdon when the Huntingdonshire District Council granted the group the Freedom of the District of Huntingdonshire April 20 - this is the first time a U.S. Visiting Forces unit

Air Force officials announce civilian Reduction in Force

In a continuing effort to meet the Department of Defense funding targets in the FY12 President's Budget and re-balance the civilian workforce, approximately 60 Air Force installations will implement civilian Reduction in Force authorities effective through about Aug. 23, to assist in the placement

SecAF discusses $114.1 billion budget proposal

The Air Force's top civilian leader today presented his service's fiscal 2014 $114.1 billion baseline budget request to Congress and shared some of the fiscal challenges the Air Force has faced."As with all budgets, our FY (2014) request represents a snapshot in time," Secretary of the Air Force

422nd ABG holds Camp KUDOS

The 422nd Air Base Squadron Airman & Family Readiness Center held Camp Kudos throughout RAF Croughton April 4. The first of six groups started "out-processing" at 11 a.m. They were escorted from the out processing area to hands-on active events by the track and A-Frames. The typical out-processing

Holocaust survivor shares her mother’s experiences of courage, perseverance during horrors of war

Eva Clarke, the daughter of a Czech mother and German father, both of whom were Jewish, spoke at the Holocaust Remembrance Luncheon at the RAF Alconbury Community Activities Center April 8. She shared her parents' experiences of being kept prisoner for three years in German concentration camps,

Air Force restarts tuition assistance

The Air Force has officially restarted military tuition assistance, effective immediately. The service restarted the program as a result of the Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2013, where Congress called for the MTA program to continue in the current fiscal year. As a