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  • OTS starts unarmed combat training

    Officer Training School trainees completed the school's first combat skills training class Jan. 29 as part of the effort to expand the expeditionary officer training curriculum here. The course is part of the more than 70 hours of expeditionary skills training now being taught to Officer Training

  • Outreach tour educates nation's top medical civic leaders

    Some of the nation's leading health care professionals recently got a close look at one of the most vital missions in the Air Force -- health care for the wounded. The tour, sponsored by the Secretary of the Air Force's National Civic Outreach office, brought representatives from national medical

  • 15 enlist before military appreciation hockey game

    Fifteen young men and women became new members of the U.S. Air Force Jan. 26 during an enlistment ceremony at the Wichita Falls Wildcats Military Appreciation hockey game in Wichita Falls, Texas.Brig. Gen. Richard Devereaux, 82nd Training Wing commander, led the future Airmen in taking the oath of

  • Security guard stops undocumented workers at Sheppard gate

    Security guard Michael Collins said he didn't think he was doing anything other than his job the morning of Jan. 25 when two vans approached him at Sheppard's Missile Gate. But his gut instinct and by-the-book procedures prevented a security breach at the base and led to the apprehension of six

  • Altus squadron recognized for top-notch logistics support

    The 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron here was recently awarded the 2007 Air Education and Training Command Daedalian Maj. Gen. Warren R. Carter Effectiveness award. The 97th LRS received the award for providing outstanding logistics support for their command. "Our Airmen have managed AETC's largest

  • Tyndall squadron prepares for first class of "pipeline" Raptor pilots

    Opportunities to train on the Air Force's prized F-22 Raptor are highly competitive, and pilots picked to fly the world's premier fighter have been chosen from the ranks after logging years on other airframes -- until now. Four first lieutenants currently at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., have been

  • Dinner: possible -- TV chef cooks up a winner for Sheppard Airmen

    It took him 10 grueling hours of work, a frantic trip to a Wichita Falls retailer for ingredients and the help of dozens of Airmen, but Chef Robert Irvine fed 1,000 people at the Air Force's 60th Anniversary banquet at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.  In an episode of the Food Network's hit series,

  • Defense authorization bill impacts potential degree programs

    With the finalization of the 2008 defense authorization bill, Air University will have the authority to grant a new master's degree in flight test engineering to graduates of the Air Force Test Pilot School at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif. That program, which already resembled an academic degree

  • Altus pilot AETC nominee for aviation award

    A C-17 pilot assigned to the 58th Airlift Squadron here was recently named the Air Education and Training Command nominee for the 2007 Daedalian Exceptional Pilot award. Maj. Scott M. Anderson will compete with other Air Force nominees for the award, established in 1998 to inspire duty performance

  • Top rollers: Air Force takes first in bowling championship

    The Air Force Bowling Team finished first place in interservice play for the seventh consecutive year at the Armed Forces Bowling Championship held at Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. The Air Force women finished first in division play. Trish Rodgers, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, finished first overall in