Air Education and Training Command

At JBSA-Randolph, pilot instructor trainees are utilizing a variety of emerging technologies in a technology-based learning approach called "Pilot Instructor Training Next."

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First Sergeant Academy Course Expansion

The First Sergeant Academy on Maxwell-Gunter Annex is doing their part to aid in Gen. David L. Goldfein's Squadron Revitalization Initiative! With a revamped courseload, students will be better suited to handle the duties of a first sergeant in a modern United States Air Force!

Did you know AETC is reimagining how Airmen are being developed by empowering the learning enterprise to be proactive vs reactive? Have you heard of the "Continuum of Learning" and want to know more about how training, education and experiences are being combined to prepare Airmen with current and future competencies?

Check out this quick overview of the Continuum of Learning, AETC's new learning paradigm, and how it works hand in hand with Airmen and overall force development!

Continuum of Learning

Check out this quick overview of the Continuum of Learning, AETC's new learning paradigm, and how it works hand in hand with Airmen and overall force development!

#KnowYourSquad

The 334th Training Squadron is responsible for training various components of the command and control functions within the Air Force. They are a vital step in developing the U.S. Air Force's advanced capabilities.

Fabrication Flight

Highlight video of the Airmen working hard in the 56th EMS Fabrication Flight at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona.

State of AETC

Check out how Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, views failure as an opportunity to discover new ways to tackle problems!

Tomorrow's Airmen

Every Airmen gets their start at Lackland Air Force Base where citizens have been transforming into Airmen since 1942. It makes no difference whether you were a pickle or faced the B.E.A.S.T., Basic Military Training is the one thing that all enlisted Airmen have in common.

Three commanders at Laughlin AFB’s 47th Flying Training Wing were relieved Oct. 31 following investigations which revealed chronic leadership failures.

AETC commander relieves 47th FTW leaders at Laughlin AFB

AETC NEWS

Dec 8, 2018
F-35 FTDs to get 7 new advanced courses
Starting in early 2019, seven newly created advanced courses for F-35 avionics technicians and crew chiefs will be implemented to continue to improve our Airmen by increasing their proficiency in the newest aircraft in the Air Force arsenal.
Dec 7, 2018
Australia F-35s leave in historic launch
The Royal Australian Air Force launched two F-35A Lightning II’s Dec. 3, starting the multi-day journey to a historic arrival in Australia.
Dec 6, 2018
Twin sisters conquer fire academy
Airman Emma Prosser, the last of her class to be receiving her job and duty badges stepped up, her

Air Force News

Dec 10, 2018
Grit and determination: AFSOC Airmen slide with Team USA bobsled
Two Airmen within Air Force Special Operations Command were selected to compete with the USA Bobsled team this year. Capt. Dakota Lynch, a 34th Special Operations Squadron U-28A pilot, and Capt. Chris Walsh, a 24th Special Operations Wing special tactics officer, are push athletes who are ultimately competing for a spot on the U.S. Olympic team in 2022.
Dec 10, 2018
AFCENT band builds relationships with a universal language
The U.S. Air Forces Central Command band is the only deployed band in the Air Force, covering 17 of the 20 countries in the area of responsibility. Some places are so remote that the locals have never experienced live music. Capt. Dustin Doyle, AFCENT band officer in charge, is the orchestrator for this one-of-a-kind band. His duty: promote and educate the band’s mission and coordinate with local officials and embassies to find venues for the band to perform.
Dec 8, 2018
STPSat-5 Successfully Launched from Vandenberg AFB
The Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched Space Test Program Satellite 5, or STPSat-5, into orbit via Spaceflight Industries’ fully dedicated smallsat rideshare mission aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 launch vehicle on Dec. 3 from Space Launch Complex 4E, Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, at 10:34 a.m. PST.