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Jan. 5, 2025
Lt. Col. Tyler Cox promotes to Colonel

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Tyler Cox, 173rd Maintenance Group commander stand at attention with Col. Adam Gaudinski, 173rd Fighter Wing commander, during a promotion ceremony December 30, 2024, at Kingsley Field in Klamath Falls, Oregon. Less than two percent of Air Force officers are promoted to the
Jan. 3, 2025
Air Force Junior ROTC awards 194 scholarships for 2025 Flight Academy

Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC has announced the high school cadets who received scholarships to attend an accredited private pilot certificate training program in the summer of 2025 at aviation universities nationwide.
Jan. 2, 2025
Flying the Jayhawk into the sunset

On Dec. 17, 2024 the last T-1A Jayhawk in the 86th Flying Training Squadron (FTS) made its final departure from Team XL.
Jan. 2, 2025
‘Best of the Best’ in AETC safety announced for 2024

Air Education and Training Command recently announced the winners of the command’s Fiscal Year 2024 Safety Awards. On behalf of Maj. Gen. Clark J. Quinn, deputy commander of AETC, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, the AETC Safety Directorate released the list of the “best of the best” safety
Jan. 2, 2025
DAF updates waiver policies for asthma, hearing loss, food allergies

The Department of the Air Force holds strict medical accession standards but can grant waivers in specific cases. The new policy expands previous guidance in several areas, including asthma, hearing loss and food allergies.
Dec. 31, 2024
From Determination to dedication: Staff Sgt. China Ojikutu’s DPAA mission in Laos

The path to a once-in-a-lifetime Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency mission was anything but easy for U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. China Ojikutu, a 59th Medical Wing medic. After three rejections and years of determination, Ojikutu finally achieved her goal of joining a DPAA recovery mission- one
Dec. 30, 2024
December Doctrine Paragon: Counterland Air Interdiction

This month, the Lemay Center highlights the “Misty” fast forward air controllers (FACs) and their role in counterland air interdiction during Vietnam.
Dec. 30, 2024
Holloman Airmen excel in Army Air Assault School

As of Dec. 13, three Airmen from the 49th Wing achieved a milestone of grit and excellence, earning the coveted Air Assault badge after conquering the U.S. Army Air Assault School at Fort Campbell, Kentucky.
Dec. 30, 2024
Living with loss

The holidays have a way of magnifying everything: the joy, the laughter, the togetherness, but also the quiet ache of those who are no longer here.
Dec. 27, 2024
Air Force Accessions Center early wins pave the way for FY25 success

Personnel at the Air Force Accessions Center demonstrated their ability to adapt quickly to evolving accession requirements, resulting in dozens of highly qualified cadets being notified of a pilot career field selection.