Complaint resolution is 'job 1' for command IG offices

An Airman is denied a retraining opportunity. The communication breakdown is resolved, and the member gets a class start date. An Air Force member suspects fumes in base housing are making his pregnant wife ill, but the couple is denied an address change. The decision is overturned, and the new

General shares life's valuable lessons

Maj. Gen. Michael Gould, 2nd Air Force commander, has had many assignments in his 29 years of service, all of which have taught him valuable lessons, like the one he learned first hand as a former Air Force aide to the President and then put forth as commander of 3rd Air Force. From June 1990 to

AETC announces AFA AFCGOC representative

Air Education and Training Command has selected 1st Lt. Joshua Logie, 56th Maintenance Group, Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., as the command's primary representative to the Air Force Association Air Force Company Grade Officer Council. Capt. Tracy L. Hervey, 366th Training Squadron, Sheppard AFB, Texas,

International student training resumes

Another component of the 81st Training Wing's return to pre-Katrina status began Feb. 8 with the arrival of Keesler's first international student since the storm. Staff Sgt. Khaled Al-Amer from the Kuwaiti air force began air traffic control fundamentals training in the 334th Training Squadron. He

Gunsmith shop gets new name, command

After 48 years of operations at Lackland under the Air Training or Air Education and Training Command, the U.S. Air Force Gunsmith Shop is getting a new name and realigning under the Air Force Materiel Command. The 11-member unit is now the U.S. Air Force Gunsmith Integrated Product Team, and it's

Beach cleanup

AETC initiates implementation of A-staff structure

Air Education and Training Command officials announced they have received approval for the command's A-staff alignment. Implementation of the A-staff structure will initiate Feb. 1, with a final stand up date of May 1. According to Capt. William Skinner, AETC A-Staff Project Officer, "the A-Staff

Senior NCO Academy seeks instructors

The Air Force Senior NCO Academy here is reaching out to its alumni for help in shaping the future of the Air Force and the enlisted corps. "We are not looking for instructors, we are looking for senior NCOs with character who desire to be instructors," said Chief Master Sgt. Barbara J. Gill, the

Ground schools fly to Lackland

Enlisted aviator ground schools for seven different specialties are moving to Lackland to create the Career Enlisted Aircrew Center of Excellence. The move will provide better and quicker academic training at less cost, said Mark Smith, training manager and aircrew pipeline manager for the 344th

Maxwell-Gunter family featured on HGTV's House Hunters

One Maxwell family got the opportunity to see what it is like to be in front of the TV camera, as a television producer and camera crew documented their search for a residence in the Montgomery area for the Home and Garden Television network's "House Hunters" series. Senior Master Sgt. Greg Day, Air