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  • Iraqi and American pilots learn from one another

    Maj. Terry Bloom returned from his deployment at Forward Operating Base Warrior, Kirkuk, Iraq, in October of 2008 with a stronger appreciation for not only the security and freedom America provides its citizens, but also for the Iraqi's determination to restore their country to its former grand

  • Luke pilots selected for F-35 Joint Strike Force initial cadre

    Two Airmen of Luke Air Force Base's F-16 Fighting Falcon family were selected Jan. 9 to become part of the initial training cadre for the F-35 Lightning II. Lt. Col. Stephen Pieper, 310th Fighter Squadron director of operations, was selected to be a squadron commander and Maj. Chad Lewis, 56th

  • NASCAR's No. 43 to race for Air Force

    The announcement this week by Gillett Evernham Mortorsports and Petty Holdings to form Richard Petty Motorsports brings one of the most recognizable cars in racing to the Air Force's partnership with NASCAR. The Air Force will now be both a primary and associate sponsor for the No. 43 car driven by

  • AETC Symposium sets attendance record

    More than 3,300 people attended the 2009 Air Education and Training Command Symposium held at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in downtown San Antonio last week, an increase of more than 1,000 from the previous year, event officials said. The symposium featured nearly 100 academic seminars on

  • RAF looks to model UAS training after AETC’s fundamentals course

    The United Kingdom's top leader of Royal Air Force recruitment, education and training visited Randolph Air Force Base Jan. 20 to review unmanned aircraft systems training conducted by the 563rd Flying Training Squadron. Air Vice-Marshal Richard Garwood, No. 22 (Training) Group commander, met with

  • Changes made to traumatic injury program expand benefits

    The recent expansion to the Traumatic Servicemember's Group Life Insurance's Traumatic Injury Program has increased coverage for many servicemembers. The changes to the program increased the number of traumatic injuries covered by TSGLI, as well as liberalizing the criteria for several other

  • Wilford Hall team wins learning innovation award

    The Air Education and Training Command presented the 2008 Learning Innovation Award to the 59th Inpatient Operations Group's Critical Care Technician Course Team Jan. 15 during the AETC Symposium in downtown San Antonio. The annual award is presented to an AETC team that developed a learning