Enlisted aircrew training winds down at Keesler

Although packers are busy disconnecting and crating equipment, training continues for the last 10 students in the 1A3 airborne mission system specialist course in the 332nd Training Squadron. The last Keesler class graduates Tuesday as part of the transition to the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of

Fire school dishes out world-class training

Sixty-eight training days. 4 a.m. wake-ups and two-mile runs. "Large frame burns" searing at 1,200 degrees. Smoke. Heat. Noise. The firefighter trainees at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow AFB endure exhaustive training in an effort to be the best.

Here kitty, kitty

Curled between an air conditioning compressor and a building wall, yellow eyes glaring at the Security Forces and Entomology personnel surrounding him, he flexed his paws, claws at the ready. Suddenly a collar dropped down over his furry head, tightening around his neck, and he found himself at the

Pakistani Air Force leaders tour technical training facilities

Eight representatives from the Pakistani Air Force Academy visited Sheppard Dec. 7-8 for a tour of the base facilities. The purpose of the tour was to orient the Pakistanis to Sheppard's aircraft maintenance training procedures, and allow them to enjoy the leisure activities available both on base

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