Total Force Recruiting on Full Display at Women in Aviation Conference

The Air Force’s new integrated total force recruiting team put on a show of force at this year’s Women in Aviation International conference in Long Beach, Calif. March 14-16, 2019.In previous years, the active-duty Air Force, Air Force Reserve, Air Force Academy and other parts of the Air Force

ROKAF learns training best practices at Keesler

97 AMW First KC-46 Air Refueling

The 56th Air Refueling Squadron conducted the first air refueling from a KC-46 Pegasus to a C-17 Globemaster III for the 97th Air Mobility Wing, March 18, 2019 over Texas. The KC-46 Pegasus is a wide body, multi-role tanker that will be able to refuel all U.S., allied and coalition military aircraft

First sergeant symposium

One of the hardest working members of any squadron is the first sergeant.  These diamond-wearing Senior NCOs are constantly on the move in all of our commands.  Air Force Instruction 36-2113, “The First Sergeant”, puts their roles and responsibility into perspective… for instance, “First sergeants

AETC sub-app on AF Connect

The Air Education and Training Command’s sub-app is now live in AF Connect, the new Air Force-wide mobile app.

Holloman officer participates in Bataan Memorial Death March

She stopped, her hazel eyes lowering to her feet. Her heels felt like they were being rubbed by sandpaper in her worn down boots. She had marched 18 miles already and felt determined to complete the marathon.Taking off her boot, she saw a thin worn down bubble of skin. Her feet were blistering. She

2nd AF, 19th AF partner with Goodfellow AFB to host AETC superintendents course

Goodfellow welcomed roughly 50 current and future superintendents from across the Air Education and Training Command to the Superintendent Course held at the Event Center here, March 18-20.Goodfellow leadership joined Chief Master Sgt. Joanne Bass, 2nd Air Force command chief, and Chief Master Sgt.

2nd annual C-130J fly-in grows Herk Nation

Representatives from eight C-130J units came together to train and enhance mobility partnerships across the C-130J enterprise during the second-annual fly-in at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, March 9-16, 2019.

351st SWTS honors fallen hero during Maltz Challenge

The Maltz Challenge honors Master Sgt. Michael Maltz, a Pararescueman who was killed in action in 2003 in Afghanistan while responding to a combat-rescue call. Originally, the Maltz Challenge was organized to support Maltz’s family after his death, but has since evolved into a national event where

Sheppard crew chief apprentice student earns ACE award

Nine blocks. Eighty training days. Six hundred forty hours of hard work and concentration. This is what it takes to become an Air Force crew chief apprentice.