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  • “Smitty” Harris motivates 18-06 with his story

    “It’s such a pleasure to be here today with you,” began retired Col. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris, former Vietnam War prisoner of war. “One of the things I like most is to be with and talk to those folks in blue suits.”

  • AF, NATO works to address pilot shortage

    Pilot shortages, syllabus changes among topics discussed during the 75th meeting of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program Steering Committee at Sheppard Air Force Base that wrapped up March 9, 2018.

  • Test pilot briefs T-6 nation

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—An F-16 Fighting Falcon’s sustained 9 g-force break turn is no small matter on a normal day.  Imagine yourself there. Your head weighs 180 pounds and your arms are pinned to the stick and throttle; let go of your breath the wrong way, and you watch the world

  • Brothers in Berets: The Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953–2003

    Air University Press new publication announcement: Brothers in Berets: The Evolution of Air Force Special Tactics, 1953–2003 by Forrest L. Marion.  Relying largely on oral history interviews, this work explores the evolution and contributions of the Battlefield Airmen assigned to Air Force Special

  • AU students discuss innovation, technology during first research symposium

    Augmented reality for special operations units, adaptive flight training, machine learning and cognitive computing were just a few of the topics discussed during the first Air Command and Staff College research symposium held here yesterday and today.Twenty-seven ACSC students presented their

  • 80th FTW leadership try out mixed reality simulator

    Leadership at the 80th Flying Training Wing were able to try out a mixed reality simulator at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, March 7, 2018, as part of a process to determine if the software and technology can enhance undergraduate student pilot training.

  • Biloxi Bay Chamber takes home Altus Trophy

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas-- Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced the community of Biloxi, Mississippi, as the winner of the 2017 Altus Trophy during a brief ceremony with AETC’s Civic Leader Group, March 8, here.“We are all here to witness an