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  • AETC team wins 2005 CSAF Team Excellence Award

    An Air Education and Training Command team from the 381st Training Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., was recognized by Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, Sept. 29 for winning the 2005 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award. The CSTEA recognizes outstanding team performance

  • Gould takes command of 2nd AF

    Maj. Gen. Michael Gould took command of Second Air Force during a ceremony Nov. 9 here. General Gould comes to Keesler from the Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, where he served as the Third Air Force commander. The new commander had previous assignments in Air Education and Training Command as

  • Finding new home, family in midst of hurricane losses

    There's no denying the progress Keesler has made to return to some kind of normalcy since Hurricane Katrina. Still, I find myself torn between mourning the losses of so many others and mourning my own losses. The generous spirit in me wants to break out the checkbook every time I hear something on

  • New 'shipment' of students largest in two years

    A caravan of buses wound its way to Keesler Oct. 31, a sure sign that the 81st Training Group is rebounding from Hurricane Katrina. The arrival of the 314 basic training graduates for in-processing at the Levitow Training Support Facility was the largest "shipment" of students Keesler has seen in at

  • Det. 3 AMCAOS vital to training C-130 aircrews

    Little known to many on Little Rock Air Force Base is a team of 30 operators, engineers and contractors from Headquarters Air Mobility Command that are vital to the training of C-130 aircrews around the world. They are charged with oversight of over 1,700 training courses, more than $500 million in

  • AETC names Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award nominees

    The Air Education and Training Command has chosen nominees for the Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award. These officers and enlisted members were selected for their outstanding demonstration of the highest qualities of leadership in their duties and lives. Lt. Col. Stephen M. Browning,

  • Tyndall Airman pulls woman from car crash

    Could you pull an injured stranger from a smoke-filled car with gasoline fumes rising into the air around you? Second Lt. Shannon Bancroft knows her answer when it comes to rendering aid. "I have done it before, and it is something I would do again ... it is no big deal," she said.Lieutenant

  • Tyndall officer awarded Bronze Star for OEF, OIF

    Another member of the Checkertail Clan was awarded one of the top honors for his service while deployed in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Lt. Col. Craig Hall, 325th Maintenance Group deputy commander, was awarded the Bronze Star medal at a wing stand-up meeting Nov. 10. "At first, I was

  • Military working dog receives 'canine' treatment, sports gold crowns

    Most dentists here have performed dozens, if not hundreds, of root canals in their career, yet none have ever risked losing a limb for sticking their hand between the jaws of a patient. That is, until now. Enter Rex, a 5-year-old military working dog, who would have gladly removed a few poking and

  • CMSAF Murray visits Tyndall, discusses hot topics

    During Force Shaping, an ongoing process to balance manning in the Air Force, the enlisted force will increase and the officer corps will decrease, Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Gerald Murray said during his visit here. While at Tyndall, the chief attended the Senior Enlisted Leaders Air