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  • Laughlin, AETC tackle hailstorm recovery, one year later

    More than 18 months ago, a series of severe thunderstorms rolled through Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, dropping large chunks of ice on buildings, cars, and aircraft alike.The hail that rained down on the area Feb. 22, 2016, brought devastating effects to the base’s infrastructure. Along with the

  • Keesler provides evacuating aircraft safe haven

    Seven HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopters and two HC-130J Combat King II aircraft from Moody Air Force Base, Georgia, along with 31 MH-60R Seahawk helicopters from Naval Air Station Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport, both from Florida, arrived here this weekend to escape Hurricane Irma.

  • Keesler medics ready to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts

    KEESLER AIR FORCE BASE, Miss.-- Medical Airmen from here are standing by to support Hurricane Irma relief efforts if called upon. Fresh off of a deployment to Houston, Texas, to support Hurricane Harvey relief efforts, a critical care air transport team is standing by to provide the same capability

  • Suicide prevention month: stopping suicide is everyone’s battle

    September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time for Americans to build awareness and help understand suicide in our culture. More than 40,000 Americans lose their life due to suicide each year and research shows that rates in the military and the general population are very close. The loss of any one

  • Maxwell, federal agencies prepare for Hurricane Irma

    As Hurricane Irma races across the ocean, hundreds of tractor trailers carrying relief supplies are racing to Maxwell to preposition for further disbursement. Starting today, Maxwell, is an Incident Staging Base for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, will be receiving approximately 800

  • SG Force development division guarantees Airmen medic readiness

     JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- In a small office on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, a team of three civilians and four active duty Airmen work diligently to provide oversight for the budget, manpower, resources and curriculum for Air Education and Training Command formal medical

  • Health assessments ensure F-35 crew chiefs are fit to fight

    It was a regular day on the flightline. However, an intricate system of tubes and scientific instruments were woven and clipped to the maintainer’s uniforms. Ensuring a healthy environment is available for Airmen to perform their jobs is the first concern for the Air Force and could mean the

  • EPLOs provide critical coordination to FEMA disaster relief efforts

    As three CH-47 Chinooks flew in to Joint Base San Antonio-Seguin Auxiliary Airfield from the west, Emergency Preparedness Liaison Officer Col. Harry Hughes was quickly working through how to help alleviate a back-up of overflow truck traffic onto the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s Incident

  • AETC officials announce 2016 Key Spouse of the Year

    Officials at Air Education and Training Command recently announced Jessica Duff, spouse of Maj. Aaron Duff, as AETC’s 2016 Key Spouse of the Year.Duff was selected as a key spouse in 2013 for the 47th Student Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas and again in 2015 for the 559th Flying Training