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Another gate breach at RAF Mildenhall prompts increased security measures Fifteen “green” barriers have been installed around RAF Mildenhall, England. (Karen Abeyasekere/Air Force) Security measures were increased at RAF Mildenhall in England last month after an unauthorized man gained access to the base, officials have confirmed to Military Times. On Jan. 23, “a British national gained unauthorized access onto RAF Mildenhall,” a United States Air Forces in Europe-Air Forces Africa public affairs staffer told Military Times Sunday morning in an email. “No ill intent is suspected...

Chief Master Sergeant Ezekiel A. Ross is the Command Chief of the 316th Wing at Joint Base Andrews-Naval Air Facility Washington, Maryland. In this role, he advises the commander on all enlisted force matters and on issues regarding the welfare, readiness, utilization, morale and quality of life for personnel across five wings, three headquarters, more than 80 tenant organizations, as well as 60,000 Airmen and families in the National Capital Region and around the world. The 316th Wing supports contingency operations in our nation’s Capital with immediate response rotary-assets. It also ...

Madras Army Airfield served as a training facility for World War II pilots The population of Madras almost doubled with the influx of military personnel The United States' involvement in World War II led to a need for combat training of Army Air Force pilots and crews. Training operations were scattered throughout most of the West in isolated regions. In January of 1943, the Army Air Force announced that the war effort would include a training base in Madras. The Air Force ordered plans to build two hangars to support the combat training of air crews, primarily for the Boeing B-17F ...

Listen • 2:03 From left to right: Amy Biggers, Virginia Beach, VA; Nathan Ramage ofFalcon, CO; Delvano Brown of Gaithersburg, MD; Shane Brown of Colorado Springs, CO; Giahna Brown of Woodbridge, VA; Elijah Engelby, Colorado Springs, CO; Benjamin Nevoraski of Virginia Beach, VA The nearly one-year-old Space Force graduated its first seven enlistees on Thursday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. They graduated alongside more than 700 regular Airmen, reciting the Airman's creed and accepting their coins. The Space Force boot camp was just shy of two months long...