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  • 501st CSW July Promotions

    The 501st Combat Support Wing congratulates the following 18 Airmen who promote in the month of July:Chief Master SergeantDarrin Hooten, 423rd Security Forces SquadronSenior Master SergeantTimothy Vaught, 422nd Civil Engineer SquadronMaster SergeantEdward Cruz, 422nd Air Base SquadronDavid Magee,

  • 501st CSW Everyday Hero

    Joshua Sheehan, 426th Air Base Squadron, was named the May 501st Everyday Hero from the 423rd Air Base Group. Sheehan has made the winter ski and snowboard rental program easier to run and more customer friendly. The average wait period for customers has been reduced by 25 percent by his efforts.

  • New USAFE vice commander arrives

    Maj. Gen. Noel T. Jones officially assumed his new position as the U.S. Air Forces in Europe vice commander here today.Jones has been selected for promotion and will pin on the rank of lieutenant general in August. "It is a privilege and an honor to be selected as the vice commander for USAFE,"

  • Pair of RAF Fairford firefighters earn AF heroism award

    Two firefighters from the 420th Air Base Squadron were recently awarded the Robert A. McAllister Heroism Award.Firefighters Lynsey Pope and Robert McEvoy were recognized by the Air Force for performing an act of courage above and beyond the call of duty after encountering a car crash on an English

  • 501st CSW Everyday Hero

    RAF CROUGHTON, United Kingdom - Tech. Sgt. Carl Gibson, 422nd Air Base Group, was named the June 501st Everyday Hero from the 422nd Air Base Group. As a financial services technician, Gibson has received a 99 percent outstanding rating on her customer surveys. She also has been an active leader and

  • Officials release TSgt promotion stats

    Air Force officials selected 8,518 of 37,402 eligible staff sergeants for promotion to technical sergeant for a selection rate of 22.77 percent.The average score for those selected was 321.94, with an average time in grade of 5.39 years and time in service of 10.58 years, respectively. Weighted

  • 501st CSW Everyday Hero

    Tech. Sgt. Carla Benton, 421st Air Base Squadron, was named the May 501st Everyday Hero from the 421st Air Base Group. Benton volunteered to help the base mental health clinic while it was undermanned. She provided vital administrative support to the clinic and streamlined many of its' processes.

  • Hosepipe ban lifted for RAF Croughton, RAF Alconbury

    Three water companies, including a main supplier to RAF Alconbury, RAF Croughton and surrounding areas, have lifted a hosepipe ban June 14 imposed in April due to low water levels caused by drought conditions.Anglian Water, Thames Water and Southern Water all removed their hosepipe bans due to

  • 501st CSW Everyday Hero

    Margaret Brittain and Moira Sands, 501st Combat Support Wing Regional Contracting Office, were named the June 501st Everyday Hero from the 501st CSW Staff. They are responsible for managing the Procurement Defense Desktop contracting writing system enabling $14 million in contracts actions annually.