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  • 82nd Training Wing gets UCI outbrief results

    Two 82nd Training Wing units earned "outstanding" rating and three of its four training groups earned "excellent" ratings as the wing completed the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Unit Compliance Inspection with an overall "satisfactory" rating Feb. 10. The wing safety office and the 367th

  • Sheppard trains Chilean air force

    They might not be strong in numbers, but by the time four Chilean air force enlisted members leave Sheppard Air Force Base, they will be among mental giants in aircraft maintenance.Thanks to a 96-hour course of instruction, Chilean maintainers are learning the finer points of four specific aircraft

  • SARC holds classes for Victim's Advocates

    Master Sgt Daniel Mendoza used to listen to the horror stories his wife told while she worked at a domestic violence center in Hawaii. The Career Development Course writer at the 366th Training Squadron decided to stop listening to the stories and become a part of the recovery process for victims

  • Goodfellow to honor Medal of Honor recipients

    Goodfellow Air Force Base will honor two of only five living Air Force Medal of Honor recipients in May by dedicating two Visiting Officer Quarters buildings at Goodfellow AFB May 7to Cols. Leo Thorsness and George "Bud" Day.Leo K. Thorsness, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, was awarded the Medal

  • Tuskegee Airmen blazed trail of excellence before civil rights movement

    More than a decade before Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a bus in Montgomery, Ala., a group of young African-American men made a statement of their own, overcoming racial prejudice and the racial stereotypes of the day to shine as aviators in World War II.Some of the surviving members of

  • Keesler medical teams providing Haitian victim care

    Two medical teams from the 81st Medical Group are providing vital care to Haiti earthquake victims who are airlifted to hospitals in Florida.Two, three-person Critical Care Air Transport Teams from the 81st Medical Operations Squadron at Keesler AFB, Miss., are bringing aid to the earthquake

  • Airman with unbeatable heart, spirit re-enlists

    Almost five years and 120 surgeries after his vehicle rolled over an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan, exploding and burning more than 80 percent of his body, rendering him 100 percent medically disabled, Tech. Sgt. Israel Del Toro raised his right hand and re-enlisted in the Air Force

  • Altus relocates aircrew training temporarily

    Air Force officials at Altus AFB, Okla., ordered three KC-135 Stratotankers and three C-17 Globemaster IIIs along with 67 aircrew and maintenance personnel to Lackland Air Force Base's Kelly Field in San Antonio Texas to resume limited aircrew training operations.Aircrew training at Altus AFB came

  • Power returns to Altus, commander issues full recall

    On Feb. 5, Col. Ty Thomas, 97th Air Mobility Wing commander recalled all Airmen and dependents who left Altus AFB, Okla., because of the severe ice storm that struck the base Jan. 28. A limited evacuation order was given to Team Altus members because the base lost power for more than eight days. As