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  • Traumatic stress response team helps Fort Hood victims

    An Air Force medical team trained in helping people recover from traumatic events returned from Fort Hood, Texas, in response to the Nov. 5 shootings, which left 13 people dead and dozens injured.The Traumatic Stress Response Team, led by Maj. Sheila Beville, 59th Mental Health Squadron social

  • Military ophthalmologists receive Distinguished Service Award

    Military ophthalmologists from all branches of service were recently presented a Distinguished Service Award in appreciation for their ongoing service and vision care contributions.The American Academy of Ophthalmology presented the award recognizing all military ophthalmologists, past and present,

  • Altus boosts Canadian FAC training

    Altus AFB provided a first-time service to Canadian forces personnel with ground support for forward air controller training at Fort Sill Falcon Bombing Range, Okla., Nov. 24-Dec. 8.The 425th Tactical Fighter Squadron from Bagotville in Quebec, Canada, and Altus AFB devised the partnership due to

  • Team Lackland earns top AETC award

    For the second consecutive year, Team Lackland's creative and innovate ways of enhancing base-level services, facilities and quality of life were recognized as the best in Air Education and Training Command.Lackland's efforts earned the base AETC's Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence

  • Air Force officials reinforce tattoo, body alteration policy

    Air Force senior leaders here have taken steps to ensure Air Force dress and personal appearance standards are applied consistently across the service."It's about enforcing and maintaining Air Force standards," said Lt. Gen. Richard Y. Newton III, the deputy chief of staff for manpower and

  • 80th FTW awarded command chief position

    During an Air Force-wide review of all command chief master sergeant positions for fiscal year 2010, the 80th Flying Training Wing's current wing superintendent position was upgraded to the traditional top enlisted position for a wing.This new authorization aligns the 80th FTW with all other Air

  • Educators explore virtual reality as learning tool

    Some people teleported, others flew and some just walked into the holographic auditorium for the Global Learning Forum event held the evening of Nov. 19.Though they arrived by different means, everyone in attendance had one thing in common: they did not really exist. Neither did the lecture hall in

  • Remember Pearl Harbor Day

    Just after 7 a.m. on Dec. 7, 1941, a sleeping giant was woken, fresh off the heels of the worst financial times in American history. The Great Depression starved families, wore down the country's financial epicenter and depleted a military that, not long before the depression, helped win a great war