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  • 80th FTW activates new training squadron

    The 80th Flying Training Wing stood up a new training squadron April 10 in Hangar 2550. The 469th Flying Training Squadron was reactivated to alleviate congestion in the 90th FTS. Capt. Jeff Thomason, an organizer for the event, said the 90th FTS has always produced quality combat pilots, but

  • Wilford Hall team trains with Chilean Air Force medics

    An 11-man team of Air Force medics from the 59th Medical Wing participated in a Medical Readiness Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, with 31 Chilean Air Force medics in March. "This was clearly different from a routine 'humanitarian mission' as surgical subspecialty care was provided to a pre-screened

  • Coast Guard's top officer highlights service ties with Air Force

    The top Coast Guard officer said the Air Force and the Coast Guard have more in common than one might think. Admiral Thad Allen, Coast Guard commandant, told this to Air War College students here April 9, during a speech about homeland security. The bedrock of the relationship between the two

  • Florida recruits get taste of basic training

    Air Force recruits here recently participated in an exercise depicting what they might expect upon arriving at basic military training.Twenty young men and women in the 331st Recruiting Squadron delayed entry program participated in the session led by Senior Master Sgt. Grant Dugre, 96th Security

  • Air Force, industry herald T-38 turning 50

    The test pilot who flew the T-38 Talon on its maiden flight 50 years ago said April 10 that during the historic sortie he felt he was on the safest mission of his career. Then something dawned on him. "I hadn't landed it yet!," said Lew Nelson, one of the speakers at a celebration held on the

  • Air Force Recruiting Service Airman earns Bronze Star

    The attacks were constant. Iraqi insurgents used heavy mortars to keep the forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, under fire. The attacks came unexpectedly, killing and wounding coalition soldiers. "Day and night," explained Capt. James D. Couch. "It was common, I'd be in my trailer and I'd hear

  • 14th FTW dedicates GATR site to fallen Airman

    Columbus Air Force Base paid tribute to a fallen Airman with a dedication ceremony April 9. The ground-to-air transmitter and receiver site was renamed the Melendez Radio Site in honor of Staff Sgt. Luis Melendez, a former Columbus AFB Airman who was killed in a helicopter crash in support of

  • Congresswoman Fallin assesses Altus Air Force Base

    The 97th Air Mobility Wing welcomed Fifth District Congresswoman Mary Fallin April 9 as she toured Altus Air Force Base, Okla., for her assessment of the state's military readiness. Congresswoman Fallin is currently the only Oklahoma member of the House Armed Services Committee in Washington and has

  • Leader Magazine transitions from print to online

    In keeping with the evolving mediums for information dissemination, the Leader Magazine has ceased production of its print version and has become the Leader Magazine Online. The new Web site features Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets