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  • F-35 Avionics pipeline change saves $2.2M, cuts training days in half

    F-35 Avionics pipeline change saves $2.2M, cuts training days in halfA year-long effort to streamline the initial skills training pipeline for F-35 avionics technicians resulted in a 47 percent reduction in training days and an estimated $2.2 million savings in student-man-year costs

  • 340th Flying Training Group welcomes new honorary commanders

    The 340th Flying Training Group revitalized its honorary commander program, inducting three local civic leaders during a Dec. 12 ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph to serve as honorary commanders for the headquarters and the group’s two Joint Base San Antonio squadrons: the 39th Flying

  • Middleton inspires Vance's newest pilots, takes last official flight

    Col. Thad Middleton visited Vance Air Force Base Dec. 2, 2022, to be the guest speaker for the Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 23-03 graduation.With a career that began with pilot training here and spanned four airframes and over 25 years, Middleton came “home” to Vance Air Force Base to inspire

  • Jumping for joy: 58 AS supports Operation Toy Drop

    Eagerness, excitement, and adrenaline are written all over the faces of the U.S. Army and Army Reserve soldiers waiting to jump out of a C-17 Globemaster III hailing from Altus Air Air Force Base, Oklahoma. When their parachutes open and they hit the ground at the Sicily Drop Zone near Fayetteville,

  • Polish AF officers gain insight of Luke F-35 maintenance ops

    U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Buben, 62nd Aircraft Maintenance Unit F-35 Lightning II crew chief (right), briefs Polish Air Force Lt. Col. Pawal Muzyczuk, logistics officer (center), and PAF Lt. Col. Rafal Zawadka, specialist officer (left), on F-35 maintenance operations Dec. 9, 2022, at Luke

  • 49th LRS fuels lab Airmen conduct routine testing

    U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jose Salazar, 49th Logistics Readiness Squadron fuels laboratory technician, gathers samples of jet fuel from the aviation inventory at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, Dec. 12, 2022. The 49th LRS fuels laboratory stores approximately 1.3 million gallons of fuel and

  • LRS releases the Kraken

    Shortly after taking command of the 17th Logistics Readiness Squadron, Maj. Jose Quintanilla wanted to create a squadron mascot.