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  • All-Sheppard volunteer force builds Habitat for Humanity home

    Members of the 362nd Training Squadron participated in a home dedication celebration on Feb. 12 hosted by the Wichita Falls Habitat for Humanity.The home, which a little more than two months to build from the foundation up, was dedicated to the Rivers family during a ceremony attended by the family,

  • Air Force marks 100,000th flight from Pueblo

    The Gateway to Air Force aviation launched its 100,000th sortie today.That gateway is run by the 1st Flying Training Squadron at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo. The 1st FTS oversees Initial Flight Screening, for all of the Air Force's pilot, combat systems officers and remotely piloted

  • AF units show inter-command cooperation during BPC mission

    Two Airmen from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, 318th Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, joined forces with Airmen from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., in support of a month-long Building Partner Capacity

  • New Inter-American Air Forces Academy building opens at Lackland

    U.S. and Latin American partner nation dignitaries ceremoniously opened the Inter-American Air Forces Academy's new Airfield Training Complex here today.The $19-million building - an aircraft hanger-like facility distant from the Kelly Annex airfield- will serve the aviation maintenance training

  • Laughlin reduces energy, saves money one bulb, faucet at a time

    Laughlin's 47th Civil Engineer Squadron recently kicked off another energy and money saving project to follow executive orders in place to reduce water and energy consumption.The order states that each installation must reduce water consumption by two percent each year and energy consumption by

  • Laughlin aids Kinney County during emergency

    When at least 30 railroad cars derailed about 11 miles east of Laughlin Feb. 7, the Kinney County Sheriff's Office called upon experts here to assist with identifying potentially hazardous material at the scene. Earlier that morning, Kinney County officials smelled a faint chemical odor at the scene

  • New fuels course graduates first class

    A new fuels training course developed by the 364th Training Squadron at Sheppard officially started Jan. 23 and graduated its first students Feb. 3.The Fuels Operational Readiness Capability Equipment Course is designed to teach fuels specialists about new equipment currently being used downrange in

  • Proposed force structure changes affect AETC

    Air Force officials announced proposed force structure changes that support the new Defense Department strategic guidance, retiring or moving aircraft from Air Education and Training Command bases during the next five years, beginning in fiscal year 2013.According to Secretary of the Air Force, the

  • Air Force offers WAPS testing materials online

    The Air Force now offers Career Development Course volumes online for use as promotion study material. The volumes offered online are those identified in the Enlisted Promotions References and Requirements Catalog as study references for Weighted Airman Promotion System testing.The online library

  • AETC Chiefs' Orientation Course preps selectees for top enlisted rank

    Air Education and Training Command held a Chiefs' Orientation Course here for 73 new and soon-to-be chief master sergeants from across AETC and other commands Jan. 24-27.The new chiefs met with senior leaders, who clearly defined what is expected of the men and women who wear the Air Force's top