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    Air Force foundational competency Developing Ideas group on latest “The Air Force Starts Here” podcast

    Episode 57 focused on the third group of the Air Force foundational competencies – Developing Ideas. In this episode, Jamal Qaiyyim, foundational competencies branch chief at Headquarters AETC, shared his insight on ways the A3/J team creates road maps for Airmen to better prepare them for the future. He was joined by Lt. Gen. Clinton Hinote, deputy chief of staff for strategy, integration and requirements at Headquarters Air Force. Hinote discussed how Airmen continue to use this competency to prepare the force for the future, referring to Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown’s mandate to Accelerate Change or Lose.
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    AETC Innovation Summit set for Nov. 10

    The 6th Innovation Summit (iSummit) will be hosted virtually by Air Education and Training Command officials Nov. 10 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The theme for the event is, “Innovation Accelerators You Need to Know.” The iSummit is designed to advance collaboration by providing AETC Airmen at all levels.
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    DAF COVID-19 military vaccination deadlines approaches

    Nov. 2 is the deadline for active-component Airmen and Guardians to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, followed by Dec. 2 for Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve personnel.
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  • 2nd Lt. Abraham Morland, an 80th Flying Training Wing student, held dual citizenship in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Having opportunities to fly for both countries, he eventually chose to renounce his British citizenship and fly for the United States Air Force. Morland embarked on his first solo flight April 23, 2014. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jelani Gibson)

    Solo or no-go: ENJJPT pilot's perspective on first solo flight

    Editors Note: This article is an ongoing series about the obstacles 2nd Lt. Abraham Morland faces as a Sheppard Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student in the year long course, after he renounced his British citizenship to pursue his dream of flying in the U.S. Air Force. At the end of April, noise on the flight line was loud, but the
  • Twin brothers Dustin (in gray) and Dillon Yancy pose with their parents, James and Tonya Yancy, at the recruiting office in Memphis, Tenn. (Courtesy photo)

    Twin brothers join Air Force together

    Dillon and Dustin Yancy did everything together while growing up in the small town of Ravendon Springs, Ark. They played football, they played baseball and their competitiveness with each other drove them both toward joining the Air Force as Battlefield Airmen.Dillon was the first to be recruited and join the Delayed Entry Program, but had
  • Then Staff Sgt. Summer Chamberlain takes a photo with her first applicant, Jeremiah Siefert, at her recruiting office in Scranton, Pa. Siefert is now a staff sergeant assigned to the 314th Training Squadron, Monterey, Calif., as a military training leader. (Courtesy photo)

    Airman finds purpose in recruiting

    It took a life-changing assignment for Tech. Sgt. Summer Chamberlain to realize her calling as a recruiter. Chamberlain, the Health Professions Medical and Dental Accessions NCO in charge at Headquarters Air Force Recruiting Service, was a dental technician at Offutt Air Force Base, Neb., in 2000 when she received orders to Dover AFB, Del.Shortly
  • Retired Capt. David Berling, 56th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, stands in front of his 1977 Cessna RG March 23, 2012, at the Glendale Airport. Berling lost his legs in a 2007 plane crash, the subject of which he has written about in a book. (Courtesy photo)

    Plane crash, coma doesn't deter pilot

    After a 2007 plane crash, nine days in a coma and 28 surgeries, retired Capt. David Berling, now a civilian working as a 56th Contracting Squadron contract specialist, understands what it means to overcome adversity. On April 29, 2007, Berling was approximately 20 seconds from landing his private plane at Hawthorne Municipal Airport near Los
  • Maj. Scott Smith, 56th Comptroller Squadron commander, poses for a picture in February 2008 while deployed to Iraq. Smith deployed from June 2007 to June 2008 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. He received a Purple Heart for injuries he sustained and the Bronze Star for actions performed in the line of duty. (Courtesy photo)

    Heroes walk amongst us every day

    "The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion." ~Abraham LincolnOne Airman did just that when he found himself downrange in the thick of war.It was April 2008 and Maj. Scott Smith, 56th Comptroller Squadron commander, had been on Phoenix base in Iraq for almost a year. The whole time he was there, it wasn't
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