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  • Quality of life for Laughlin's Airmen keeps improving

    The Laughlin enlisted AFB club was filled with happy Airmen Sept. 22 when the 127 Airmen who reside in the dormitories here received word from the 47th Flying Training Wing commander, that their Basic Allowance for Subsistence was doubling.Col. Michael Frankel, 47th FTW commander told the

  • AETC Critical Days of Summer - Fatality Free

    The results are in - for the first time in five decades, Air Education and Training Command ended the Critical Days of Summer with zero fatalities!Every year from Memorial Day to Labor Day, the Air Force campaigns for safety during the critical days of summer, a reminder that encourages Airmen to

  • Laughlin plays host to POW, several Vietnam vets

    Laughlin hosted one former POW and three other men who were shot down in action during the National POW/MIA Recognition Day Sept. 17 at Laughlin AFB, Texas. The Vietnam veterans' visit included a luncheon at the club, a roundtable panel discussion and a special retreat ceremony in Heritage Park.Also

  • Iconic Icarus statue rededication ceremony at AFIT

    The statue of Icarus, a common sight in the entrance atrium of the National Museum of the United States Air Force, will be rededicated at its new permanent home on the Air Force Institute of Technology campus, Sept. 21, at 4:00 p.m.The Icarus Memorial commemorates the graduates of the AFIT who have

  • New commander takes 56 FW reins

    An F-16 pilot with more than 3,000 flying hours and combat time during Operation Desert Storm took charge of the 56th Fighter Wing during a change-of-command ceremony Sept. 20 on Luke AFB.Brig. Gen. J.D. Harris took the 56th Fighter Wing reins from Brig. Gen. Kurt Neubauer who is now moving on to

  • AETC welcomes new vice commander

    Air Education and Training Command recently welcomed its new vice commander into its fold. Lt. Gen. Douglas H. Owens arrived in San Antonio Sept. 8, received his third star the next day, and immediately began the task of learning everything he could about AETC's mission and its people. "It's

  • Columbus AFB members honor POW/MIA at ceremony

    The men and women of the 14th Flying Training Wing gathered at a ceremony at Smith Plaza to remember and pay their respects to those servicemembers declared a prisoner of war or missing in action.Former Vietnam War POW Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Gene" Smith was the guest speaker at the event, which

  • TACP Airmen build park for Air Force Enlisted Village

    After about six weeks of hard work, sweat and dedication, several Air Force Tactical Air Control Party volunteer Airmen from Hurlburt Field AFB, Fla. completed a new park at the Air Force Enlisted Village in Shalimar, Fla. The AFEV held a ceremony, Sept.11 to dedicate the newly built park to the

  • Altus responders save chief's life

    Airmen and staff at the Altus Fitness Center saved a life Aug. 9.Chief Master Sgt. Bruce Zahn, 97th Operations Group, was on a treadmill when he collapsed at the base gym. Airmen in the cardio room with him and staff members at the fitness center were quick to respond."I was riding the recumbent

  • ELP working group steers toward innovation

    A recently formed working group under the Air Force Language and Culture Executive Steering Committee is providing assistance to the Defense Language Institute English Language Center at Lackland AFB.The English language program working group, which began meeting in June, helped solve a medical