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  • General Lorenz to retire

    The Air Force announced May 10 that the highest ranking Airman in Air Education and Training Command will retire after 37 years of service.Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz spent the last two years providing combat-focused training to every Airman entering the Air Force while leading the "First Command." With

  • Exposing Airmen to other nation's militaries focus of 2010 SELS

    The Senior Enlisted Leader Summit, which brought together 370 senior enlisted leaders from the Air Force, joint and coalition community to focus on strategic enlisted issues, wrapped up here May 6. The theme of this year's summit, "Deliberately Developing Airmen for Global Response," included 30

  • Airman fit to fight, fit for life

    Combat ready Airmen practice, live and breathe physical fitness by participating in a wide scale of challenging events from squadron physical training to running marathons to competing in bicycle races. One Sheppard Airman shines in the running arena and has even impacted others because of her

  • D. Baxter Bobcat prowls Luke

    It's not every day a bobcat is loose on Luke AFB, but that was the case April 27 when the Arizona Diamondbacks mascot D. Baxter Bobcat came for a tour and video shoot for an upcoming Diamondbacks game.Baxter reported at 6:30 a.m. to work out with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, and the workout

  • Luke welcomes Danish air force

    Recently almost 100 members from the Royal Danish air force fighter wing deployed to Luke Air Force Base, for a monthlong F-16 Fighting Falcon combat enhancement training mission. Maj. Michael Rosenkrands, Danish detachment commander, said they do a lot of their training outside of Denmark because

  • Partner nation enlisted leaders integral to senior leader summit

    In keeping with the theme of the 2010 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit, "Deliberately Developing Airmen for Global Response," enlisted leaders from 18 partner and coalition countries participated here May 4-6.Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy highlighted the importance of

  • CCAF recognizes 350,000th degree recipient

    The Community College of the Air Force recognized its 350,000th degree recipient during the 2010 Senior Enlisted Leader Summit at the Senior NCO Academy, Gunter Annex, May 5.The 350,000th degree emphasizes CCAF's mission to offer and award job-related Associate in Applied Science degrees and other

  • Harris military dynasty - from Army Air Force to track select

    There are three generations of Air Force officers in the Harris family, and all three attended 2nd Lt. John M. Harris' track select held April 23 at Vance AFB.His brother, Capt. Wiley A. Harris, is a C-130J pilot with the 48th Airlift Squadron at Little Rock AFB, Ark.The Harris brothers' father,

  • New Combat Systems Officer course opens in Pensacola

    Air Force aviator training took a huge step into the 21st century Wednesday, when the inaugural class of Combat Systems Officer students began training here with the 479th Flying Training Group.As they sat down in classes this week and began a new year-long training program, the CSO (pronounced

  • AETC commander sees opportunity, innovation at F-35 training wing

    General Stephen R. Lorenz, Commander of Air Education and Training Command, visited the 33rd Fighter Wing April 26 to see how the wing is taking "the opportunity to shape the future," by training pilots and maintainers on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. "[The wing's mission connects to] not just a