Commander in Chief visits Vance AFB

The U.S. commander in chief stopped at Vance Air Force Base May 6 while en route to Oklahoma State University to give a commencement address. President George W. Bush was greeted by more than 300 Vance AFB servicemembers, Department of Defense civilians, contractors and family members after his

Technical training translates to Airman's real-world proficiency

On just her second day on the job, an airman trained at Keesler AFB found she had the tools needed to handle a catastrophic situation. Airman Basic Alexandria Pickering, a February graduate of the 334th Training Squadron's aviation resource management course, is assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron

AETC names 2006 Youth of the Year

Painting, fundraising, walking for causes, helping people and playing with children...amazingly it's all in a day's work for Luke Air Force Base's Mary-Lynn Piper. What's more amazing is that she's only 16 years old. Mary-Lynn, a sophomore at Millennium High School in Arizona, won this year's Air

149th Fighter Wing trains with bombs in Arizona

The bombs are heavy and so is the training schedule for student pilots under the tutelage of the 149th Fighter Wing. Every year since it became a Flight Training Unit under Air Education and Training Command, the wing has improved the syllabus for the nine-month "B-Course" with the ongoing objective

AETC makes AFAF a big winner

The Air Force concluded the 2006 Air Force Assistance Fund "Commitment to Caring" campaign May 5, and Air Education and Training Command came out on top with its effort to care for Airmen. "Thank you to all the Airmen who gave so much this year to make the AFAF campaign such a huge success," said

Laughlin family adopts three Russian siblings

American Congregationalist Henry Ward Beecher once said "Children are the hands by which we take hold of Heaven." Many parents would probably agree, but perhaps those who may understand this sentiment more than anyone else are those who cannot have children of their own. For childless couples who

Burnin' Rubber

Summer 2007 AFROTC Detachment Commander Positions Open

Air Education and Training Command officials announced May 9 projected vacancies for Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps detachment commander positions for summer 2007. Lieutenant colonels and lieutenant colonel selects interested in applying must submit completed application packages by Aug.

AETC commander addresses technology conference

The U.S. Air Force is the world's greatest air and space power. This dominance owes much to the world-class training Airmen receive and the technology that brings it to them. Gen. William R. Looney III delivered the keynote address May 10 at the Technology in Education and Training Conference in San

Deployed Vance Airmen control Iraqi skies

Working at the second busiest airfield in the Air Force honed the skills of two Vance AFB air traffic controllers who deployed to Ali Air Base, Iraq, in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. "Within a four-month span, we moved more than 10,000 military and civilian aircraft safely through the assigned