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  • AFIT students complete payload testing for Space Shuttle launch

    Air Force Institute of Technology students recently completed testing of a flight hardware experiment in preparation for an upcoming Space Shuttle mission.Students from the Graduate School of Engineering and Management's Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics developed RIGEX, which stands for

  • Keesler Airman earns Bronze Star for role in joint fight

    An intelligence analyst with the 81st Training Wing here was awarded the Bronze Star Oct. 19 for his actions supporting the joint fight in the global war on terror last year. Tech. Sgt. Michael Soucy earned the medal for exceptionally meritorious achievement while deployed to Balad Air Base, Iraq,

  • AETC member named Air Force Outstanding Scientist

    The commander for the Studies and Analysis Squadron at Air Education and Training Command here was recently named the Air Force's Outstanding Scientist. Lt. Col. Scott N. Long received the award in the Senior Military category. The award recognizes the top U.S. Air Force scientist for making

  • German general seeks to strengthen partnership with U.S.

    The commander of the German Air Force Training Command said he wanted to strengthen the German-U.S. military partnership during a 10-day visit to the United States that wrapped up yesterday. Brig. Gen. Gerd Bischof visited German trainees stationed at several U.S. locations Oct. 7-16, and received

  • Recruiting quality Airmen remains top priority

    Despite an increasingly challenging recruiting environment, the Air Force enlisted 100 percent of its 2007 enlisted recruiting goals, bringing in 27,801 new Airmen during fiscal 2007. "The Air Force maintains high standards for recruits in (regard to) aptitude, medical (condition) and personal

  • Air Force meets, exceeds recruiting goals

    The Air Force met its active-duty enlisted recruiting goal for the eighth year in a row and exceeded its chaplain and Officer Training School accession goals for fiscal 2007. From October 2006 through the end of September 2007, Air Force officials brought in 27,760 new enlistees and 41 prior-service

  • LeeAnn Rimes headlines Air Force holiday radio special

    Multiple Grammy-award winner LeAnn Rimes recalls her fondest holiday memories as the featured artist in the "Red, White and Air Force Blue Christmas" radio special to be released in November. Produced and marketed by the Air Force Recruiting Service's strategic cmmunications division, the one-hour

  • MTI team graduates first Iraqi air force class, returns home

    A team of military training instructors returned home Sept. 28 after a six-month deployment to help establish a basic military training program for Iraqi air force recruits.  Six MTIs from the 331st Training Squadron and an officer from the 737th Training Group deployed to Camp Taji, Iraq,

  • Base supports deployed members

    Nearly two dozen people turned out recently to make cards from home and send them to deployed Laughlin members in time for the holidays, just one of the ways the Airman and Family Readiness Center supports the community."It's one of the Airman and Family Readiness Center's key roles to make sure