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April 30, 2020
58th SOW Airmen apply job skills to make 2,000 face coverings

A workforce of 12 Airmen from the 58th Operations Support Squadron sewed more than 1,775 face coverings for the 58th Special Operations Wing (and its units geographically separated) and 200 for the 377th Air Base Wing Airmen living in the dorms on Kirtland Air Force Base.
April 30, 2020
Maintaining balanced lifestyle key to staying healthy

Combining a healthy diet, exercise and sleep habits is the key to an overall healthful lifestyle, something that is paramount in many people’s minds during the ongoing pandemic.
April 30, 2020
Chaplain Corps College continues chaplain training, providing resiliency professionals

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – The Air Force Chaplain Corps College at Air University starts its Basic Chaplain Course May 4 with detailed plans in place to mitigate any possible spread of the coronavirus while providing for much-needed trained resiliency professionals for military communities
April 30, 2020
Air Force creates new AFSC for Special Warfare officers

Effective April 30, special tactics, tactical air control party and combat rescue officers will transition from the command and control AFSC, 13XX, to the new AFSPECWAR officer AFSC, 19ZXX.
April 29, 2020
2nd Air Force Command Chief guest hosts Airmanship 200

The senior enlisted leader of Second Air Force guest-hosted the newly established Airmanship 200 livestream with a Special Warfare Training Support Squadron military training leader Apr. 28 to discuss the topic of identity. The livestream was created in an effort to continue to meet mission
April 29, 2020
LRS installs plexiglass shields to prevent spread of COVID-19

Back on March 17, Joint Base San Antonio logistics personnel installed plexiglass shields in the area surrounding the driver’s seat of vans transporting service members and eligible Department of Defense ID cardholders around JBSA bases. In addition, as of April 1, all 22-passenger surrey buses also
April 29, 2020
CATM trains combat ready Airmen amid COVID-19

Lt. Col. Deborah Davidson, 341st Medical Operations Squadron commander, prepares to fire an M9 pistol April 15, 2020, at the Combat Arms Training and Maintenance facility on Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The course instructs Airmen on shooting procedures such as how to clear the weapon, assess a
April 29, 2020
Faster, smarter: virtual hiring fair recruits STEM talent

In conjunction with the Air Force Personnel Center, the Air Force Materiel Command held a virtual hiring fair April 23, to fill open science, technology, engineering and mathematics positions across the command. This was the third virtual hiring event held by AFMC over the past year, part of an
April 29, 2020
Sheppard AFB salutes area COVID-19 healthcare workers with Spirit of Texoma flyover May 1

As a tribute to the hard work, commitment and perseverance by area healthcare workers during this unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic, Sheppard Air Force Base will give a high-flying “Thank You” Friday, May 1, with Operation Spirit Over Texoma.
April 29, 2020
Altus, Vance to Salute Oklahoma's front line COVID-19 responders May 1

The 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus AFB and the 71st Flying Training Wing from Vance AFB are partnering to fly over several medical centers in Oklahoma to honor our frontline COVID-19 responders and to support the state’s reopening on Friday, May 1, 2020.