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  • Keesler AFB wins AETC-level Installation Excellence Award

    One Air Education and Training Command installation won the highest command-level honor it can possibly receive -- two years in a row.AETC Commander Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr. announced the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., as the AETC winner of the Commander-In-Chief's Annual Award for Installation Excellence Monday."Keesler AFB
  • A second British F-35B Lightning II arrives at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., from Naval Air Station Fort Worth Joint Reserve Base, Texas, increasing the capability for pilot and maintenance training. The first class of United Kingdom Royal Air Force and Royal Navy aircraft maintainers attending courses at the F-35 Academic Training Center met the jet flown by U.K. Royal Air Force Sqn. Ldr. Jim Schofield. The U.K. aircraft are imbedded in the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron 501, and are used by both countries to conduct F-35 training. Accompanied by a U.S. F-35B, there are now 13 B variants of the joint strike fighter at the Marine squadron. Combined with the nine A variants flown by the Air Force, Eglin is the largest fleet of F-35s in the world. Later this month, an RAF and RN pilot will begin instructor pilot training, making them the first international pilots trained at Eglin on the fifth-generation, multi-role fighter.[U.S. Air Force photo/Maj. Karen Roganov]

    F-35 Lightning II United Kingdom fleet increases capability at Eglin

  • Sexual assault hotline message sent to Airmen from past 10 years

    Airmen, separated and still serving, who graduated from Basic Military Training and technical training during the past 10 years were sent an email message about an activated sexual assault hotline Oct. 15. The message is part of a thorough investigation of the military training instructor sexual misconduct incidents in an effort to maximize

  • Sexual assault hotline message sent to Airmen from past 10 years

    Airmen, separated and still serving, who graduated from Basic Military Training and technical training during the past 10 years were sent an email message about an activated sexual assault hotline Oct. 15. The message is part of a thorough investigation of the military training instructor sexual misconduct incidents in an effort to maximize
  • General Edward Rice (left), Air Education and Training Command commander, presided over the Air Force Recruiting Service change of command ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph enlisted club Oct. 11. Brig. Gen. John Horner (right) succeeded Brig. Gen. Balan R. Ayyar (not pictured) as AFRS commander. Chief Master Sgt. William Cavenaugh (middle), AFRS command chief, presented the guidon during the ceremony. (U.S. Air Force photo/Richard McFadden)

    New commander takes charge of AF Recruiting Service

    Brig. Gen. John P. Horner succeeded Brig. Gen. Balan R. Ayyar as commander, Air Force Recruiting Service, in a change of command ceremony at the Kendrick Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Oct. 11. The new commander expressed enthusiasm for his new assignment and credited the hard work and resourcefulness of Air Force recruiters worldwide for
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