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  • Thunderbolts receive honorary B-17 flight

    Eight Thunderbolts received the chance of a lifetime as passengers on a flight in a B-17 bomber March 18. The flight originated from Falcon Field in Mesa and landed at Luke Air Force Base as a part of Air Force heritage during the Luke Days 2011 Open House and Air Show.Each person chosen for the

  • Altus AFB supports Operation Odyssey Dawn

    Two C-17 Globemaster IIIs and about a dozen military and civilian Airmen left today to support Operation Odyssey Dawn as part of the ongoing operations in Libya. The two aircrews will transport cargo to help the build-up of coalition forces at a variety of NATO and U.S. air bases and ongoing

  • Altus C-17s take training to Fort Sill

    Fort Sill is transforming over the next 30 days into an airfield busy with frequent evening arrivals and departures as C-17 crews from Altus Air Force Base are training here.Altus pilots are perfecting their skills in assault landing zone procedures that require them to land in a 500-foot area on

  • New Security+ certification course offered at Keesler

    A new course to provide Security+ certification to 3D personnel prior to air expeditionary force deployments stood up March 21 at Keesler.The course is currently programmed to train 1,297 students annually in Keesler's 336th Training Squadron.Last December during a training advisory meeting with

  • AETC announces 2010 OAY award winners

    The Air Education and Training Command announced the 2010 Outstanding Airman of the Year recipients on March 18. Nine Airmen were selected out of 25 nominees. The nine Airmen will go onto compete in the Air Force wide competition.The categories and winners are:Military Trainer of the Year: Tech.

  • AETC OAY nominees ‘take it all in’

    Twenty-five Outstanding Airman of the Year nominees from bases across Air Education and Training Command compete tonight for AETC honors. The ceremony, however, is only the icing on the cake.The nominees, who arrived Monday with spouses and family members, experienced a week-long tour of the San

  • Randolph celebrates 50th Anniversary of T-38 landing

    In 1961, the average American earned $5,300 a year, could buy a house for $12,500, a car for less than $3,000 and gas for 27 cents a gallon.In 1961, the U.S. Air Force bought a plane for $756,000 -a deal that continues to pay dividends 50 years later.Randolph held a ceremony March 17, marking the

  • ENJJPT: 30 years of pilot training excellence

    The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program has been described in many ways. It's the only internationally manned and operated flying training program. It's the only organization chartered by NATO specifically to train combat pilots for the alliance.Those are a couple of the official "big boy"