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  • BMT stands up to inspection

    Lackland Air Force Base's 737th Training Group recently hosted the 21st Triennial Basic Military Training Review. The committee's primary focus was to review training and curricular requirements for BMT and recommend further changes. The last review, held in September 2004, produced the most drastic

  • AETC announces General Lew Allen Jr award winners

    Air Education and Training Command officials announced the command's nominees for the 2007 General Lew Allen, Jr. award. Maj. Kelley Stevens, from the 56th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Luke AFB, Ariz., was nominated for the award in the officer category. Master Sgt. Dion Fernau was selected as

  • General Larsen retires after 36-year career

    Sitting in his office, his desk and walls adorned with mementos of a career spanning more than three decades, Lt. Gen. Dennis R. Larsen sums up his time as an Airman with a simple description, "It's been great!" General Larsen, Vice Commander of Air Education and Training Command, retires today

  • AETC welcomes new vice commander

    The Air Education and Training Command welcomed a new senior leader this week, as Maj. Gen. Mark Welsh III stepped in as the vice commander. A veteran of more than 31 years of service, General Welsh most recently worked in the area of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance -- where among

  • AETC announces 2008 National Public Service Award

    Air Education and Training Command is pleased to announce Tech. Sgt. Jeffrey Pelkey, 338th Training Squadron, Fort Gordon, Ga., as the AETC winner for the 2008 National Public Service Award. Sergeant Pelkey raised more than $11,000 and volunteered countless hours for charity. These dollars were used

  • Tajikistan military officials turn to Air Force Recruiting for ideas

    Top military officials from Tajikistan visited Air Force Recruiting Service on July 18 to explore U.S. Air Force recruiting techniques as a model for their country's recruiting goals. Brig. Gen. Suzanne Vautrinot, Air Force Recruiting Service commander, hosted General Major Akbarjon Kayumov of the

  • FTS gets new meaning as squadron activates

    A 22-minute ceremony marked the stand-up of the 434th Fighter Training Squadron and new horizons for Laughlin AFB to pursue. The name alone marks a significant departure, as the other training squadrons in the 47th Operations Group are named flying training squadrons. The 434th is called a fighter