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  • Keesler hosts 32nd annual Special Olympics

    The Special Olympics Mississippi 2018 Summer Games was held on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi May 11-13.More than 3,000 athletes, directors, coaches, family members and volunteers spanning more than 16 regions across Mississippi, attended to celebrate 32 years of Special Olympics events at

  • Goodfellow trains with SWAT

    Members from Goodfellow Air Force Base and local Special Weapons and Tactics teams came together to train their SWAT and Close Quarters Combat skills from May 7 to May 11.They received training from The Shooting Institute, a company made up of former Navy SEALS, special operations and law

  • Air University hosts 65th annual National Security Forum

    Air University’s Air War College opened its doors to more than 100 community leaders, representing 39 different states, from May 8-10, 2018, to help solidify bridges and relationships between the military and the civilian sectors through the annual National Security Forum, hosted and sponsored by

  • Air Force transitions to a single combat uniform

    Air Force leaders announced the service will move to a single combat utility uniform, adopting the Operational Camouflage Pattern, or OCP, already in use by the Army and Airmen in combat zones and in certain jobs across the Air Force.

  • State of AETC: An interview with the commander

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—Nearly six months after he became the commander of Air Education and Training Command, Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast sat down to discuss the state of AETC from his vantage point May 3 here. Reflecting on his first months as the commander of AETC and discussing his

  • AETC commander commissions next generation of leaders

    Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, was the guest speaker for an Air Force ROTC commissioning ceremony May 10 at the University of Texas at San Antonio. Kwast took the time to address the 18 newly commissioned lieutenants and their families about the challenges and

  • MacAulay talks about the power of ‘engaged presence’

    In one minute, anyone can perform an exercise challenging enough to stump even the strongest individuals; the mental push-up. Lt. Col. Jannell MacAulay, 58th Special Operations Wing director of human performance and leadership, has been visiting military bases across the U.S. to speak about the

  • Undergraduate Pilot Training; there’s an app for that

    The 80th Flying Training Wing entered this year’s Air Education and Training Command Innovation Challenge after successfully creating an app to make more than 1,500 pages of necessary documents available to its pilots via handheld device.