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  • Cadets learn about their Pathway to Blue

    Second Air Force held their fourth annual “Pathways to Blue” initiative with more than 280 ROTC cadets representing 15 different colleges and universities here, April 6-7.Throughout the two-day event, ROTC cadets and enlisted personnel traveled through this diverse and inclusive event to better aim

  • Freedom Flyers Reunion welcomes friends from Vietnam

    The 45th annual Freedom Flyer Reunion had five guests who managed to escape from Vietnam two years after Americas POWs were released. From the beginning of the Vietnam War in 1954 till the end in 1973, America played a role in defending its allies in the Republic of Vietnam. The incentive was to end

  • Brothers by blood and service

    It is common in the military for service member to refer to each other as family members, but for two Altus Airmen, they are family by blood and service.

  • CMSAF addresses joint duty assignment senior enlisted leaders

    “Why are you guys here?” Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright asked the first-ever Air Force Element Senior Enlisted Leader Conference at the Pentagon. More than 50 senior leaders from across U.S. combatant commands and the Joint Staff responded with answers ranging from

  • Air Force launches new application tool for Airmen athletes

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Air Force Sports, managed by the Air Force Services Activity, recently launched an online application system to make it easier for Airmen athletes to apply for Air Force sports teams. APPTRAC, an online application system that automatically tracks an

  • Pilot Training Next Media Day

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas – Air Education and Training Command will hold a Pilot Training Next (PTN) media day at the Armed Forces Reserve Center, Austin, Texas, from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. on April 26, 2018.During the event, media will have the opportunity to conduct interviews with

  • Haitian native survives earthquake, becomes Airman

    Airman 1st Class Rulsk Noel, a native from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, now a 366th Training Squadron heating, ventilation, air conditioning and refrigeration apprentice course student at Sheppard AFB, remembers the day he arrived home from school and literally felt his world come crashing down around

  • Revitalizing squadrons: A commander's perspective

    VANDENBERG AIR FORCE BASE, California--Over the course of a 20 year career, I have experienced some challenges at the squadron level due to decisions made by higher headquarters staff personnel that have negatively impacted squadrons or go against what a commander might think is best for their

  • When failure leads to success: 365th TRS wins AETC Adapt Award

    The 365th Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, has received the Air Education and Training Command Continuum of Learning Innovation Adapt Award for failing at a concept but developing lessons learned to one day reach their desired result.