HAWC offers great ways to get in shape

Sheppard officially welcomed the New Year and what a great time to enforce those new year's resolutions. One common resolution among the Sheppard community is to get back into shape or improve fitness levels.The Health and Wellness center welcomes people who have this goal and want to make it

History in the making: First Canadian student pilots to train with ENJJPT

The dreams of two young Canadians have always been to become military aviators in their country's air force. Little did they know that they would make history at the 80th Flying Training wing when they became the first two Canadian student pilots to train in the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training

Delivering hope, relief to Haiti

Base supports humanitarian relief to Haiti

Keesler AFB is providing humanitarian and medical support in the wake of a 7.0 magnitude earthquake in Haiti.Jan. 13, Keesler was called to support the 818th Contin-gency Response Group from McGuire Air Force Base, N.J., according to Maj. Matthew Atkinson, director of operations for the 81st

American Red Cross aids military relief effort at Homestead

The American Red Cross is providing support to thousands of evacuees from Haiti at a processing center here in support of Operation Unified Response, the U.S. military's Haitian relief effort. "We are providing for two sites here, one for evacuees and another for the aircrews flying them in," said

Operation Unified Response -- providing direction, a place to rest

After a devastating 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck Port-au-Prince, Haiti last week, two of the U.S. military's primary missions in the area include delivering aid and personnel and bringing home U.S. citizens who were in the region when the earthquake struck. In the last two days, more than 1,500

Altus sends six C-17s for Operation Unified Response

The 97th Air Mobility Wing launched six Globemaster IIIs from the 58th Airlift Squadron Jan. 17 and 18 to assist with the humanitarian relief effort in Haiti, Operation Unified Response.Altus answered the call for help with 50 aircrew personnel who will deliver aid in the form of medical evacuations

2010 AETC Symposium reaches new heights with record attendance

More than 3,700 people attended the 2010 Air Education and Training Command Symposium held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio last week, the largest showing to date. The symposium featured nearly 100 academic seminars on a variety of Air Force topics, a technology

2009 blizzard brings out best in Sheppard

AETC announces first-ever Key Spouse of the Year

When Jennifer Block was studying to be a "geeky" engineer at San Diego State University, she promised herself she would never marry another "geeky" engineer. Fortunately for Capt. Beau Block -- who holds a master's degree in electrical engineering and is an instructor pilot with the 33rd Flying