Award-winning controller acquired skills at Keesler

When the Air Traffic Control Association announced its annual air traffic control awards earlier this month, an Airman at Balad Air Base, Iraq was acknowledged. Senior Airman Joshua Matias, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic control apprentice, was named the 2006 ATCA

Into his work

Family, friends mourn loss of volunteer warrior

He was a wide-eyed boy some 20 years ago, staring up into the Texas sky as the shutter of a camera flicked open, then closed. While his Little League baseball team sat poised for a photograph, Troy Gilbert's thoughts were elsewhere. Maybe it was that day Maj. Troy Gilbert, 34, decided his future

Florida approves new provisions for certification for CCAF instructors

Qualified instructors from Community College of the Air Force can now take a state-issued subject-knowledge exam to meet requirements for K-12 teaching certification in Florida, negating the need of additional schooling, after Florida legislators recently amended their educator certification

On the big screen

Team Keesler and industry set new Air Force standard for telephone service

With the cutting of a telephone cable Nov. 15, Keesler officials culminated a six-month project to upgrade communications technology and "dialed in" to a new level of disaster preparedness. The date marked the official implementation of the new Voice over the Internet Protocol (VOIP) solution for

Three Brothers Graduate from BMT

Three brothers from Fort Worth, Texas, will be "doing something amazing" for the Air Force in the coming years after graduation from Basic Military Training Nov. 10. Twins Chaz and Logan Hatcher, 22, and their younger brother, Derek, 19, completed the 6.5-week course while assigned to three

AETC commander takes on government travel card ‘Holiday Spike’

The holidays are fast approaching, and the Air Education and Training Command Commander Gen. William R. Looney III has challenged his commanders and their Airmen to "break" the traditional rise in government travel card delinquencies during this time of the year. With the general's leadership focus

Command to observe recycling day

About 800 fifth-grade students in the city of Columbus and Lowndes County, Miss., have been busy painting light bulbs, cutting up greeting cards and using lots of glue over the past few weeks. While the activity might sound a bit messy, each student's aim is to make less of a mess on the environment

AETC joins Air Force public Web format

The content of a Web site can maneuver a person's perception of the good or bad about a product, company or idea. The Air Force has been using the Internet for more than a decade to communicate its image to the general public, and by the end of January 2007 all Air Education and Training Command