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  • AETC to automate entry control

    Drivers pulling up at gates on Air Education and Training Command bases will have something new to greet them later this year -- the Defense Biometric Identification System, or DBIDS. The most visible part of DBIDS, which has already been introduced at Air Force bases around the world, is the

  • Airmen help Florida youth see inner potential

    For 10 troubled young men from the Liberty Juvenile Unit for Special Treatment in Bristol, Fla., May 5 was no ordinary day, but a chance to receive some respite from the confines of juvenile delinquency. The 325th Security Forces Squadron hosted the teenagers, who ranged from ages 15-18, on a tour

  • New facilty gives junior officers space to learn self-dense

    Arms and legs flailed and thrashed in grappling and arm bars as instructors and students demonstrated self-defense tactics for a grand opening ceremony May 1 at the new Expeditionary Training Center here. Combatives are now part of the new warrior-ethos curriculum being developed and integrated into

  • Innovation Center set to inspire future of learning

    Much of military life may be by the book, but the new Air Education and Training Command Innovation Center promotes creative ideas on Airman training and education. Future Learning Division officials at Randolph AFB, Texas, opened the center's doors ceremoniously April 30 with congratulatory words

  • Officials set operating location for San Antonio joint base

    Air Education and Training Command officials signed an order March 16 on Randolph AFB that established an operating location to support the creation of a joint base in San Antonio. Establishment of the operating location provides a framework against which to assign some of the earliest members of

  • Tweet pilot last to reach 4,000 hours

    Maj. Eriik Nikula had two thoughts on his mind May 1 during a training mission: the completion of 4,000 hours in the T-37, and the loss of a friend one year earlier to the day. "I don't know if you can dedicate a flight to someone but I am dedicating this flight to the two outstanding officers that

  • Public affairs lieutenant awarded Bronze Star

    A public affairs officer from Luke Air Force Base was awarded the Bronze Star during the officers' commander's call April 24 at the Desert Star Club. First Lt. Bryan Bouchard, 56th Fighter Wing deputy chief of public affairs, earned the award for meritorious service while deployed as the public