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  • AETC announces 2007 AETC Chaplain Service Awards

    Air Education and Training Command officials recently announced the winners of the 2007 AETC Command Chaplain Service Annual Awards Program.Outstanding Chaplain Assistant Airman: Senior Airman Steven T. Pryor, 37th Training Wing, Lackland Air Force Base, TexasOutstanding Chaplain Assistant NCO:

  • AETC announces 2008 Spirit of Hope Award Military Program

    Air Education and Training Command officials recently announced the AETC winner for the Spirit of Hope Award Military Program for 2008.The command selected Dawn D. Staats, 42nd Mission Support Squadron, Maxwell AFB, Ala. Ms. Staats epitomizes the Air Force core value of "Service before Self" and the

  • AETC announces Services Outstanding Unit Awards

    Air Education and Training Command officials recently announced the winners for the 2008 AETC Services Outstanding Unit Awards in the following categories:General Curtis E. LeMay (Large Unit): 37th Mission Support Group Services Division, Lackland AFB, Texas. The 37th Services Division expertly

  • Looney to receive Order of the Sword

    Thinking he was only going to be talking to first sergeants from around the command at a conference Feb. 13, Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command, was surprised to find out he was being invited to receive the enlisted corps highest honor. Chief Master Sgt. Mark

  • Air Force snags top national advertising award

    The Air Force earned one of the nation's top advertising honors Feb. 7, taking home a golden award at the 2008 ADDY Awards ceremony in Dallas. The technology section of the AIRFORCE.com Web site won best in class in the micro-site category, according to Air Force Recruiting Service officials. The

  • Air Guardsmen called to state active duty for tornado response

    About 15 members of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Security Forces Squadron were called to state active duty Feb. 8 to augment Clinton, Ark., law enforcement officials after a tornado ripped though the town Feb. 5. The EF4 tornado, measured on the Enhanced Fujita scale, had winds of 166-200

  • Powered flight returns to Air Force Academy

    Air Education and Training Command officials are currently testing a program designed to return powered flight to the Air Force Academy's curriculum. Called "Jump Start," the program marks the beginning of a program meant to enhance the Academy's focus on airmanship in its curriculum. There have

  • Airman gives back through recruiting

    "Your 10-month-old son has cancer." They were the most devastating words Master Sgt. Dave White had ever heard. But the next words the doctor spoke were filled with hope: "You and your family are on the next plane out of here." The year was 1995 and Sergeant White was a senior Airman with the 35th

  • Air Force races into NASCAR season at Daytona

    The Air Force enters its eighth year of sponsorship in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series when its No. 21 car begins the 2008 season Feb. 9 at the Budweiser Shootout at Daytona International Speedway, Fla. The Air Force is both a primary and associate sponsor of the No. 21 car, which is owned by Wood