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  • AETC seeks recruiters, instructors, MTIs for immediate assignments

    Air Education and Training Command officials are seeking hundreds of members for immediate assignment as recruiters, technical school and basic military training instructors. The need for instructors is in response to the Air Force end-strength increase of roughly 4,000 members and the Basic

  • Lackland's AirFest features military's finest fliers, wows thousands

    Aerial acrobatics showcasing the military's might and highlighting airpower heritage drew in a crowd of more than 260,000 people Nov. 1 and 2 during Lackland Air Force Base's AirFest 2008. The Navy Blue Angels demonstration team, the Army parachute-jumping Golden Knights team, and Tora! Tora! Tora!,

  • Air Force extends basic military training

    The first group of Air Force recruits to experience expanded basic military training arrived here Nov. 4. These new recruits are the first to face the challenge of an additional 14 days of training from 6.5 to 8.5 weeks. The added time will be used to enhance and reinforce BMT's current war skills

  • Civilians begin OTS leadership training

    Enthusiastic is the word to describe the 25 Air Force civilians who make up the first class to mirror officer training school. The Civilian Acculturation and Leadership Training Program at Air University's Officer Training School will lead a pioneering group through a two-week course adapted from

  • First students graduate Raptor Basic Course

    Four student pilots at Tyndall AFB became the first graduates of the Air Force's F-22 Raptor Basic Course Nov. 1, setting another milestone in the fielding of the Air Force's most advanced fighter aircraft. Capt. Marcus McGinn and 1st Lts. Dan Dickenson, Ryan Shelhorse and Austin B. Skelley made

  • New UAS program at Randolph simulates air battle space

    A first-of-its-kind combat familiarization program for pilots slated to fly unmanned aircraft systems will soon launch at the 563rd Flying Training Squadron here. The four-week-long Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course will begin instruction Nov. 21. It is designed to give 10 newly-winged

  • Altus ground safety chief wins AETC-level award

    Air Education and Training Command officials recently recognized the chief of ground safety here as the command's winner of the 2008 Government Employee Insurance Company Public Service Award.Mike Matthews, 97th Air Mobility Wing chief of ground safety, will now go on to compete with winners from

  • Joint Chiefs chair highlights keys to defense

    The nation's top military advisor, who completed a whirlwind tour of several Baltic States earlier in the month, addressed an array of topics to Air Force leaders here Oct. 28. From cooperation with allied countries to the care of fallen military members' families, Adm. Michael Mullen, chairman of