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  • Exercise tests interoperability

    The City of San Antonio and local military bases were tested Oct. 23 to determine how they would respond to mass casualties during an exercise scenario involving an aircraft incident. The exercise revolved around two simultaneous events - a plane crash at the San Antonio International Airport and a

  • Historic Tuskegee Airmen address Air Force captains

    Riding the crest of the historic opening of the Tuskegee Airmen National Historic Site Oct. 10, four of the original Airmen spoke to hundreds of Air Force officers at Squadron Officer School recently. In their speeches and subsequent panel discussions, the former fighter pilots reflected on

  • Depot maintenance efforts continue to keep T-38s flying

    Members of the 573rd Commodities Maintenance Squadron here continue to put in long hours to make sure Air Force pilot training doesn't come to a halt. Many members of the squadron have been working 10-hour days, seven days a week to make a new aileron actuator lever for the T-38 Talon used to train

  • 2nd Air Force transformation driven by warfighter's needs

    Transformation is underway at 2nd Air Force beginning with construction on a 2,000-square foot operations floor designed to support the new technical training operations center. "As we continue to produce the best trained, combat-ready Airmen, we're undertaking multiple initiatives to improve the

  • Quick action helps Guard crew avoid C-130 crash

    What started as a routine training mission took a turn for the worse for the crew of "Props 76" -- a C-130E -- seconds after takeoff from Little Rock AFB last month.As the Arkansas Air National Guard Hercules' propellers churned through the air toward the base perimeter Sept. 9., all four engines

  • Historic homecoming for Tuskegee Airmen as site opens

    Hundreds of aviators, mechanics and support personnel who once worked at the Tuskegee Army Air Field and Moton Field, Ala., during the 1930s and '40s gathered here once again Oct. 10 when the National Park Service memorialized the efforts of the first black pilots, the famed Tuskegee Airmen, in the

  • Airmen invited to discuss future Air Force

    Airmen interested in the future of Air Force education and training will get a chance to see and interact with demonstrations of the next generation of warfighting technology at the upcoming AETC Symposium, Jan. 15 and 16 at the Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center in San Antonio. Members of all

  • Air Force meets, exceeds recruiting goals for ninth consecutive year

    Air Force recruiters met their active-duty enlisted recruiting goal for the ninth year in a row and met their chaplain and Officer Training School accession goals for fiscal year 2008. "I'm proud of our highly professional recruiting force, who continues to exemplify the Air Force core values of

  • A Revolution in the Classroom

    In an era where computers and the Internet have changed almost every aspect of daily life - from shopping to working to entertainment - is it time for technology to change the way we learn? For younger Airmen, it seems, the answer is yes. Air Education and Training Command recently announced the

  • Team Tyndall stop on AETC CC tour

    The new commander of Air Education and Training Command made his first visit to Tyndall Air Force Base in that role Sept. 24 and 25. The four-star general spent his time meeting with the members of Team Tyndall and local civic leaders. Gen. Stephen R. Lorenz shared his personal and professional