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  • 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,

  • 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

  • "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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • Worlds Connect @ USAFE Libraries!

    It's National Library Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of libraries, librarians and library workers in schools, campuses and communities all over the world - and the perfect time to discover how worlds connect @ your library. USAFE libraries are celebrating National Library Week - April

  • When a roof over your head is just not enough

    As a member of the military, Air Force personnel can expect to receive the standard essentials to survival, a roof over their heads and food in their stomach, but for some, this isn't enough. Under rare circumstances, people need more than the standard essentials, and that's where the 48th Civil

  • Tower of history

    For more than 60 years it has watched aircraft come and go, including B-47 Stratojets, F-4 Phantoms and F-111 Aardvarks; but now it's time for the old air traffic control tower to go and historians took one last opportunity to document it Feb. 27. Bill Harris, the 48th Fighter Wing historian