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  • 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

  • BOST optimizes performance, one unit at a time

    A multidisciplinary team of professionals comprised of a team manager, social worker, and strength and conditioning coach is focused on optimizing performance one unit at a time. They work together by observing squadrons and identifying a range of challenges that compromise mission-readiness while

  • BMT trainee with military lineage on path to fulfill dreams in USSF

    Delays led to dreams coming true for one young adult from Medford, Oregon, who always had her eyes toward the stars.Felicia Barringer was selected for a once in a life time opportunity to join the Air Force as a space systems operator in Spring of 2020 but her journey to serve, as three generations

  • Force Generators

    There are many force generators found throughout the Air Force, some are found here; within the 17th Training Wing.