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Jan. 25, 2019
Pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness: spiritual fitness

(Editor's Note: This feature is part three of a four part series on Comprehensive Airman Fitness)
Jan. 24, 2019
Congratulations to Altus, AETC's Hennessy Trophy finalist

Evaluators are travelling to nine installations -- one representing each major command -- to determine the best food service programs in the Air Force and award the coveted Hennessy Trophy.
Jan. 24, 2019
Small idea makes big impact for 97 TRS students

The 97th Training Squadron just made it that much easier to get information as a student.
Jan. 24, 2019
F-35 Demo Team pilot practices new maneuvers

Capt. Andrew “Dojo” Olson, F-35A Lightning II Demonstration Team commander and pilot has spent the last three months, designing, developing, and practicing the maneuvers of the all new demo profile.
Jan. 23, 2019
Goldfein gets up close view of new T-X trainer

After his first up-close view Jan. 15 of a ready-to-fly T-X, the Air Force’s training aircraft of the future, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein could have been expected to marvel at the technical sophistication of a state-of-the-art plane designed and manufactured not only with future
Jan. 23, 2019
Gateway Innovation Center kicks off Spark Cell

JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas—More than sixty officer, enlisted and civilian Airmen gathered in the garden level of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center for the 59th Medical Wing Spark Cell kickoff event, led by the Gateway Innovation Center, Jan. 11, 2019. The Spark Cell is an Air Force
Jan. 23, 2019
DOD PEOs meet at Maxwell to discuss challenges, share innovations

Program executive officers from several Department of Defense agencies met at the Air Force Program Executive Office-Business and Enterprise Systems headquarters here recently to share information on current and emerging information technology solutions and updates to acquisition processes and
Jan. 23, 2019
Growing Air Force’s space medicine culture

As space continues to play an increasingly critical role in our nation’s defense, the need for the space medicine specialty grows. Medical Airmen within U.S. Air Force Space Command are making sure space operators are ready for future readiness requirements.“Space is no longer a neutral, docile
Jan. 23, 2019
Simulator instructor’s efforts to improve processes lead to AETC-level AFA award

More than four years ago, an Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals simulator instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph noticed that aircraft shelters were sometimes illuminated during daytime hours – a waste of energy and tax dollars.
Jan. 22, 2019
AFIT earns new research classification ranking

The Air University’s Air Force Institute of Technology entered the category of High Research Activity for a doctoral university from the 2018 update of the Carnegie Classification. AFIT is the only DoD academic institution to hold this specific categorization. The Carnegie Classification of