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  • 81st MDG at Keesler AFB: Putting COVID-19 to the test

    The 81st Medical Group has been a forerunner in the fight against COVID-19 on the Gulf Coast. The Microbiology Department has been testing all of the COVID samples for Keesler Medical Center’s beneficiaries.

  • Total force basic trainees part of Air Force Reserve history

    Several hundred Total Force Air Force enlisted basic military trainees assigned to the 433rd Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas are making history as the first class to enter training in the fully operational, all-Reserve military training squadron.

  • 49th Communications Squadron enables connectivity for Holloman

    The 49th Communications Squadron consists of many units that perform mission critical work. These teams are responsible for maintaining network connectivity, managing and installing any base communication devices, and monitoring the security of base network information.

  • Earn a digital badge for what you know and can do

    Getting credit for what you know and can do is becoming easier with the launch of a digital credentials beta test currently underway. Under the Force Development umbrella, Air Education and Training Command’s Credentialing Division has partnered with industry and academia to test a digital

  • MTI Schoolhouse memorializes USAF history

    Ten Military Training Instructors from the 37th Training Wing donned legacy Air Force uniforms, dating from 1947 to the present, as they posed for a photographer at the Airman Heritage Museum on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 24 to help create a new mural to decorate the walls of the Military

  • 77-year-old ATC instructor returns to guide new Airmen

    Jim Bailey, 334th Training Squadron air traffic control instructor, served in the Air Force from 1961-1966, where he discovered his passion for air traffic control. If he was asked if he was going to be an instructor in the Air Force at 77 years old, he would’ve told them “no way.”

  • From Vance student pilot to 10th Air Force commander

    Looking back at the outstanding Air Force leaders who learned to fly here at Vance can give today’s student pilots a glimpse of what their future can hold. One of those leaders is retired Lt. Gen. Loyd S. “Chip” Utterback.

  • Photos: Nighttime on the flightline

    An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the 310th Fighter Squadron, parks after a flight June 24, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. F-16 pilots train to fly and fight in all conditions; night flying is a critical capability for around-the-clock combat operations. More than 70 F-16s are assigned to