12 Jul 2006

International media focus on C-17 training

About 3,000 aircrew are trained annually at the Altus Air Force Base schoolhouse along with 15 to 35 international students from Singapore, Australia and the United Kingdom. Australian TV Channel 9 focused their camera on 12 Royal Australian Air Force C-130 Hercules and CC08 Caribou pilots and loadmasters transitioning to the C-17 Globemaster III

12 Jul 2006

Keesler newcomers face family housing hurdles

As Keesler Air Force Base struggles with housing shortages from Hurricane Katrina's wake, Airmen with dependents being assigned here need to have a plan before they leave their current assignment. Due to Katrina, permission for servicemembers to bring their dependents to Keesler has become much like those for an overseas assignment. Airmen now must

12 Jul 2006

Keesler NCO Academy class helps rebuild storm-damaged homes

At least three Biloxi, Miss., families will remember the students from Keesler's NCO Academy for the rest of their lives. Thirty students from the academy volunteered more than 250 hours to help rebuild three homes in Biloxi that were damaged by Katrina in 2005. Tech. Sgt. Susanna Voorhies, from the 91st Operations Support Squadron at Minot Air

11 Jul 2006

C-130 aircrew students' on-time graduation rate back on track

Timing is everything, especially when it comes to making sure C-130 aircrews get warfighters the "beans and bullets" they need to fight the Global War On Terrorism. But supplying these aircrews to the fight has been a challenge until recent changes to how Little Rock Air Force Base trains them. With a little ingenuity and a lot of teamwork, the

11 Jul 2006

AETC deploys new pilot screening test for FY07

Air Education and Training Command officials here announced they will field a new psychomotor skills test to be required of all candidates meeting pilot selection boards after October 1. The replacement of the existing Basic Aptitude Test with the new Test of Basic Aviation Skills represents an AETC initiative to harness science and technology to