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  • JBSA partners with local governments to ensure citizen, pilot safety

    To ensure the safety of base aircrew and citizens residing near Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, a blanket Intergovernmental Support Agreement was utilized for the first time with the Alamo Area Council of Governments which incorporates a contract managed by Universal City, Texas. This historic

  • AETC command team visits 58th SOW, 150th SOW at Kirtland AFB

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, AETC command chief, visited the 58th Special Operations Wing and its New Mexico Air National Guard associate unit, the 150th Special Operations Wing, at Kirtland AFB, N.M., Nov. 5-6.

  • AFWERX announces virtual Accelerate Event from Dec. 7 to 11

    ARLINGTON, Va. (AFWERX) – AFWERX is announcing the inaugural Accelerate event being held virtually Dec. 7 to 11. The event will highlight how AFWERX is institutionalizing air and space innovation across the Department of the Air Force. It has grown from three successful innovation experiments into

  • Contracting everything but COVID-19

    “Sometimes contracting can get a bad rap because we stand back so people can figure out what they need and then they can come talk to us,” said Jeni Hornbeck, 81st Contracting Squadron base operating support contract specialist. “But we did not take that approach this time. We really tried to

  • AETC Commander’s Call Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. on Facebook Live

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education Training Command, will host commander’s call Nov. 16 at 10 a.m. on AETC’s Facebook page. Webb, along with Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson, command chief of AETC, will go live to discuss the recently updated AETC Strategic Action Plan.  

  • D2T2 PACs a punch at Air Force training

    The 81st Training Group initiated the Direct to Duty Technical Training program earlier this year to test the attainability of training Airmen at their assigned base, skipping the costly and timely process of technical training school.The trial tested the possibility of sending Airmen from basic

  • Altus AFB hosts DSD fair, educates Airmen

    Representatives from 10 different Air Force Developmental Special Duties gathered to educate Airmen interested in taking special duty positions Nov. 6, 2020 at the Freedom Community Center at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The DSD Job Fair gave 23 representatives the opportunity to inform more

  • AETC Launches 2021 Innovation Challenge

    The intent of the iChallenge is to capture and fund innovative ideas that directly align with the chief of staff of the Air Force’s ‘accelerate change or lose’ action orders or AETC Strategic Action Plan priorities. First prize is $75,000, which is given to the winner’s wing and second prize is

  • Not even cancer could keep Vance instructor pilot out of the cockpit

    “When I initially found out I had cancer, I didn't fully comprehend how serious it was,” said 1st Lt. Jason Mavrogeorge, a squadron executive officer and instructor pilot for the 8th Flying Training Squadron. He was diagnosed with Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a form of cancer that originates in the