Air Force Dedicates Nose Art on KC-135 at RAF Mildenhall to Late WWII Crew Chief
RAF Mildenhall unveiled KC-135 nose art honoring World War II Crew Chief Master Sgt. Dewey Christopher May 7, 2021 (RAF Mildenhall via Facebook)
9 May 2021 Stars and Stripes | By Kyle Alvarez
RAF MILDENHALL, England The Air Force has dedicated nose art on a KC-135 Stratotanker in memory of a World War II crew chief who helped the allied effort in Europe by keeping the B-17s of the 100th Bombardment Group mission-ready, the second time RAF Mildenhall has honored Master Sgt. Dewey R. Christopher. We are dedicating this aircraft today to honor a legend, who in our eyes is a national treasure, Col. S. Troy Pananon, commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing, said at a ceremony Friday at Mildenhall, which Christopher s son Gary watched via a virtual link.
By KYLE ALVAREZ | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 8, 2021 RAF MILDENHALL, England The Air Force has dedicated nose art on a KC-135 Stratotanker in memory of a World War II crew chief who helped the allied effort in Europe by keeping the B-17s of the 100th Bombardment Group mission-ready, the second time RAF Mildenhall has honored Master Sgt. Dewey R. Christopher. “We are dedicating this aircraft today to honor a legend, who in our eyes is a national treasure,” Col. S. Troy Pananon, commander of the 100th Air Refueling Wing, said at a ceremony Friday at Mildenhall, which Christopher’s son Gary watched via a virtual link.
27 Dec 2020
ROYAL AIR FORCE STATION MILDENHALL, United Kingdom Acting Defense Secretary Chris Miller on Monday visited American troops stationed in the United Kingdom, including the U.S. Air Force air wing who took part in the rescue of an American hostage from Nigeria in October.
During that operation, MC-130J refueling aircraft, CV-22B Ospreys tilt-rotor aircraft, and KC-135 refueling aircraft based at Royal Air Force Station Mildenhall deployed to Rota, Spain, on October 29. From there, U.S. special operations were flown and parachuted into Nigeria, traveled on foot approximately three miles, engaged the hostage-takers in a firefight, and rescued American hostage Philip Walton, taking him to an extraction site where CV-22s flew them to safety, according to The Aviationist.