AETC turns 80: First Step, First Flight, First Command Air Education and Training Command celebrates its 80th anniversary Jan. 23, 2022, with the overarching theme being, “First Step, First Flight, First Command,” signifying the command’s foundational impact across the Air Force in developing Airmen of character.
Goodfellow and AETC: A legacy of joint service training excellence and breaking barriers Every year, over 700 courses are taught on Goodfellow Air Force Base. From firefighting to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, members of the 17th Training Wing teach students from all branches of service the foundational skills of their career fields, before service members embark on
Every BMT flight picture tells a story JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- When it comes to memories of a military career, there is perhaps nothing as iconic as a Basic Military Training flight photo. The BMT Flight Photo website is rich with these photos – nearly 17,000 of them.
AETC Heritage: Celebrating 50 years of C-130 training at LRAFB On Jan. 23, 2022, Air Education and Training Command will celebrate 80 years of recruiting, training and educating the men and women of the United States Air Force. Since 1997, the 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base has served under AETC as the nation’s tactical airlift “Center of
Vance AFB celebrates 80 years of training the world’s best Airmen, honors AETC heritage Air Education and Training Command activated in January 1942 and will celebrate 80 years of force development and enhancing lethality and readiness for every Airman who walked across an AETC stage. For Vance Air Force Base, one of AETC’s premier pilot training installations, the mission to produce
Columbus AFB: A Heritage of Training For nearly 80 years, training pilots has been a cornerstone of Columbus Air Force Base’s rich history and a large part of Air Education and Training Command’s initiative and tradition to recruit, train and educate Airmen to deliver airpower for America.
Laughlin and AETC: A legacy of air power Every year, hundreds of U.S. Air Force pilots earn their wings and embark on a journey to stake their claim in the pages of history. For 80 years, each and every pilots’ story has started within the Air Education Training Command. Laughlin Air Force Base, one of 12 installations within the major
Air University puts the ‘E’ in AETC Air Training Command was the eventual product of the Air Corps Flying Training Command established by the War Department in the midst of the Second World War nearly 80 years ago on Jan. 23, 1942. It took several name and mission changes over the next few years before the department settled on the