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  • 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

  • Base celebrates Earth Day and dedicates "survivor tree"

    Maxwell-Gunter celebrated Earth Day April 24 with several activities highlighted by the dedication of the "Survivor Tree" which was grown from a seed from an Elm tree that survived the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, Okla. Col. Kris D.

  • LeMay Center hosts first cyberspace ops executive course

    In the past six months, the Department of Defense spent more than $100 million on manpower, time, contractors, technology and procedures reacting to cyber-security problems. To better understand the cyberspace domain and how to fly, fight and win in it, the Air Force chief of staff approved the

  • Chief nurse wins Bronze Star, Sheppard's fourth this year

    Lt. Col. Susan Bassett, 882nd Training Group chief nurse, is scheduled to receive the fourth highest combat award in the U.S. Armed Force May 5, following a 365-day deployment to Kandahar, Afghanistan. She is the fourth Sheppard member to receive the Bronze Star award this year and the first from