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  • Every day, 36 people in the United States die, and approximately 700 more are injured, in motor vehicle crashes that involve an alcohol-impaired driver, according to ISU Public Safety. To ensure Airmen can have a safe back up to drinking and driving, Ellsworth Airmen developed the SAFE-ride program. SAFE-ride is a volunteer program that will pick up impaired Airmen and take them home safely with no questions asked. To use the SAFE-ride program or volunteer to help with it, contact (605) 385-7433 (RIDE).

    December: Responsible Alcohol Use Month

    The U.S. Air Force recognizes the month of December as Responsible Alcohol Use month, and it's likely no coincidence this month was selected given the various social events people find themselves attending during the holiday season.Drinking responsibly doesn't mean the military community cannot enjoy frothy, bubbly beverages in celebration during
  • Owen Heneghan, RAF Lakenheath Commissary head bagger, bags groceries at RAF Lakenheath, England Nov. 3. Mr. Heneghan has been working at the commissary since April, 1995. The baggers are a multi-talented, diverse group, but they share one purpose: to make sure customers are happy when they leave the commissary. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Eboni Knox)

    Commissary baggers

    Base personnel and family members rely on the commissary for their grocery and shopping needs, and the baggers at the RAF Lakenheath Commissary supply a little added convenience to this household chore. Although the baggers provide a valuable service and often go the extra mile to ensure consumers receive that extra bit of convenience when they
  • Staff Sgt. Jason Jumonville, 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels distribution technician, carries cables at hot pits. These cables ensure the jet fuel pump is ready for aircraft refueling on RAF Lakenheath, England Oct. 13. Hot pits are designed for quick and easy refueling to get pilots back in the air quickly. The plane in the hot pit is inspected for any problems that may have occurred during flight. (U.S. Air force photo/ Airman1st Class Eboni Knox)

    Fuels Management Flight

    The Fuels Management Flight of the 48th Logistics Readiness Squadron, has one of the most vital missions to the wing, which is fueling all aircraft, government-owned vehicles and other gas-operated equipment. Their functions include importing, storing, testing and transporting the fuels. The Fuels Management Flight conducts on average 144 hot pit

  • MOC takes control of flightline operations

    They are listening while Airmen perform vital maintenance and repairs. They intercept radio transmissions. They document everything that happens to aircraft on base. No, they are not terrorists or spies, they are the Airmen of the 48th Maintenance Operations Squadron Maintenance Operations Center, and the information they gather is vital to
  • Tech. Sgt. Ryan Soens, 48th Civil Engineer Squadron, picks up prescription medication refills for the first time at the new ScriptCenter in the RAF Lakenheath Commissary on Sept. 2, 2009. The ScriptCenters were set up to decrease the traffic at the pharmacy and increase customer convenience by expanding refill pick-up time to that of the commissary hours. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Kristopher Levasseur)

    ScriptCenters: prescriptions made easy

    The 48th Medical Group ScriptCenter prescription pick-up stations will now provide patients a new level of flexibility and convenience by supplying refills to all Department of Defense ID card holders at RAFs Lakenheath, Alconbury, and Croughton commissaries. These ATM-like machines will let patients avoid the usual waiting period at the pharmacy
  • Visitors look around the monument and chapel at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial. The monument includes two military maps, a mosaic ceiling memorial to the Airmen who died halting tyranny from griping the world, and military decorations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan)

    "Resolve of our Nation" found at American Cemetery

    Of the 124,913 American war-dead buried overseas, 3,812 are at the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial, less than a 45-minute drive from here. But the buried aren't the only ones remembered on these hallowed grounds. The Tablets of the Missing lists 5,127 Americans who sacrificed to halt tyranny from griping the world. The names include Joseph
  • A stone curlew stands over its nest on the airfield at RAF Lakenheath, England. The birds are endangered, and three pairs of the birds call the airfield home. (Courtesy photo)

    Lakenheath harbors, protects endangered species

    A massive fence, around-the-clock patrols, military working dogs, gate procedures and security areas are here to protect people, high-dollar assets - and ... the stone curlew. The stone curlew is a strange, rare summer visitor to southern England according to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds Web site. It's a crow-sized bird with a
  • Staff Sgt. Cortney Coker, 48th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Non-Destruction Inspection journeyman, looks over an x-ray image of a section of F-15E Strike Eagle with Tech. Sgt. Sterling Rosenau, an F-15 phase crew chief with the same squadron. X-rays of the aircraft are taken pre and post inspection and then compared for variations or defects. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan)

    Airmen destroy nothing to sustain mission

    The Air Force is great at precisely laying down, scaled levels of destruction to accomplish its mission, but some Airmen here are able to support that mission by not destroying anything. The Airmen in the Non-Destructive Inspection Section here never have to destroy a thing, because their job is to find problems without even damaging them. "Our

  • New program makes base in-processing easier

    Permanent changes in duty station travel vouchers and other finance service documents are now available online thru the new Permanent Change of Station In-Processing System.PIPS was implemented April 1 Air Force-wide, and can be found on the E-Finance web site. "The system eliminates the requirement to attend a financial services office
  • Lloyd Krueger, a 95th Bombardment Group lead navigator, waves at a B-17 flying overhead. After the grand opening of Royal Air Force Horham May 17, the visitors drove out to the old runway where the aircraft flew by. Mr. Krueger said that he?s flown in a B-17 at least once a year since 1944 because ?I can?t let it go and I have to try to get everyone involved.? The aircraft was flown from the Duxford Air Museum. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Nathan Gallahan)

    One legacy of RAF Horham

    The tears welling up in his eyes were easily controlled by his iron will, forged in the skies above Germany during World War II. Lloyd Krueger, a 95th Bombardment Group lead navigator was attending the grand opening of RAF Horham May 17, an event, which spurred the rekindling of 60-year-old memories. Along with Mr. Krueger, hundreds of British
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