May 4, 2022 12th Flying Training Wing safety office deploys new drone detection system Commonly referred to as small unmanned aircraft systems, or sUAS, by the Federal Aviation Administration, these consumer-grade drones have been known to penetrate the airspace around Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph and other bases throughout the Air Force, adding yet another obstacle for pilots to
May 3, 2022 Vertical Magazine visits 58th Special Operations Wing KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, NEW MEXICO—The 58th Special Operations Wing recently hosted contributing editor Elan Head and photographer Lloyd Horgan from Vertical Magazine and its sister publication, Skies Magazine, to highlight the flying training mission here.
May 3, 2022 Commanders learn firefighting Thirteen officers attended the Fire Marshal course to experience what firefighters go through during training. The course allows the officers to understand how hard firefighters work and creates a better relationship with those they lead.
May 3, 2022 502nd Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio welcome new commander The 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio welcomed Brig. Gen Russell D. Driggers as the new commander May 3, as Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller departed for a new assignment as the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services at the Pentagon.
May 3, 2022 SFS set to host Police Week events The 82nd Security Forces Squadron invites you to join them in celebration of Police Week from May 9–13. The squadron has planned the following events and festivities throughout the week.
May 3, 2022 Oklahoma Congressman Frank Lucas visits the ‘Mighty 97th’ Oklahoma Representative Frank Lucas and his team visited Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, April 22, 2022, to learn about the base’s training mission, surrounding community impact, and future installation infrastructure improvements.
May 3, 2022 49th Medical Support Squadron inactivates The 49th Medical Support Squadron held its inactivation ceremony on April 29, 2022, at Club Holloman on Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.
May 3, 2022 Language-enabled Airmen support mental health initiative with partner nation A team of seven French Language Enabled Airman Program scholars recently partnered with the Defense Institute for Medical Operations to provide language support for a mental health mobile training team in N'Djamena, Chad.
May 2, 2022 AETC, AFPC command chiefs talk DSD process on Reddit, Twitter Spaces Chief Master Sgts. Erik Thompson and Eryn McElroy hosted a Reddit ‘Ask Me Anything’ event to answer questions from Airmen about the Developmental Special Duty application process May 2. Questions included a broad range of general DSD process questions and suggestions, to the matching process,
May 2, 2022 Maxwell-Gunter host Airman Professional Enhancement Seminar MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Seventeen junior enlisted Airmen from various career fields across Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, attended a professional enhancement seminar April 25-27, 2022.