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Acting defense secretary visits RAF Mildenhall By Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron, 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs / Published December 22, 2020 Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller listens to base leadership during a visit at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, Dec. 21, 2020. Miller toured the installation, engaged with Airmen and flew in a CV-22B Osprey aircraft flight simulator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron) Acting Secretary of Defense...

By Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron, 100th Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs / Published December 22, 2020 Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller listens to base leadership during a visit at RAF Mildenhall, United Kingdom, Dec. 21, 2020. Miller toured the installation, engaged with Airmen and flew in a CV-22B Osprey aircraft flight simulator. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Joseph Barron) Acting Secretary of Defense Christopher Miller listens to a briefing from ...

Miller also spoke with top-performing Airmen from squadrons across RAF Mildenhall during a luncheon to understand the missions they accomplish. “It’s a great moment when our Airmen get to show off what they do and brag about their mission and how they’re a part of it,” said Chief Master Sgt. Kathi Glascock, 100th ARW command chief. “For Secretary Miller to get as excited as he did with every Airman he talked to, it’s a huge win. It’s a definite morale booster and shows our Airmen ...

eogden@minotdailynews.com Submitted Photo Members of the 5th Medical Group at Minot Air Force Base gathered in front of the medical facility for a photo depicting everyone who works together as a team. On Friday, members of the medical group were honored for their many hours of work and dedication during the past months of the COVID-19 pandemic. Photo by Minot AFB Airman 1st Class Caleb Kimmel. MINOT AIR FORCE BASE – Men and women of the 5th Medical Group at Minot Air Force Base have dedicate...

President Donald Trump was impeached, but acquitted at the beginning of 2020. As the year closed, he lost the presidential race to Joe Biden. The former vice president was last candidate standing in a record field that saw more than 25 Democrats run for the nomination including Kamala Harris, Bernie Sanders and surprise newcomer Pete Buttigieg. These are just a few highlights of the events that took place throughout this year. A photograph is known to be worth a thousand words, so here’s a lo...

Space Force Poised to See Major Growth, New Uniforms in 2021 Chief of Space Operations Gen. John W. “Jay” Raymond administers the oath of enlistment to 73 officer and enlisted space professionals selected to transfer into the U.S. Space Force stationed at Peterson-Schriever Garrison, Sept. 15, 2020. (U.S. Air Force/ Airman 1st Class Alexus Wilcox) 20 Dec 2020 U.S. Space Force had existed for only 18 days when an early missile detection team from the 2nd Space Warning Squadron of the 460th S...

December 18, 2020 A still from a U.S. Space Force recruiting ad showing a service member in what appears to be an astronaut helmet. (Space Force) WASHINGTON — The Army has soldiers. The Air Force has airmen. The Navy has sailors. The Marine Corps has Marines. So what does America call those who serve in the United States Space Force? It’s hardly the most pressing question for the new service, but the absence of any definitive answer has lit the imagination of observers, who have sugge...

Thompson visited the 81st Training Group Dec. 8 and 9 to see Keesler AFB MTLs in action and to visit the MTL technical training school. There, he witnessed how Keesler AFB MTLs are working to create a better bridge for Airmen development as they move from BMT, through technical school and onto the operational Air Force. “MTLs are the connective tissue between the strict structure at BMT and the more academic environment at technical training,” Thompson said. “They are the critical link b...

Pandemic prompts scaled-back Christmas tradition in Alaska Mark Thiessen, The Associated Press © Edward Eagerton, AP In this photo provided by the Alaska National Guard, soldiers from 1st Battalion, 207th Aviation Regiment, unload gifts from a CH-47 Chinook helicopter Dec. 11 in Nanwalek, Alaska, during Operation Santa Claus. ANCHORAGE, Alaska  -  On a tiny speck of a frozen runway on the north bank of the Yukon River, nearly a hundred miles northwest of Fairbanks, Christma...

10 Airmen with the Puerto Rico Air National Guard’s 156th Communications Flight recently conducted training at the Roosevelt Roads U.S. Army Reserve Center, to build on their Joint Incident Site Communications Capability skills. The JISCC provides a bridge for communications by satellite to enable high-frequency radio, data, video and voice capabilities in emergency response situations. Airmen haul the equipment in a trailer to a designated site and set up a satellite that lin...