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  • Space-A: How to hop

    One of the motivating factors to join the Air Force for many service members is the possibility to travel the world. Whether it be through permanent changes of station, temporary duty assignments or deployments, most Airmen get that opportunity, but another option available for service members is

  • Altus Airman selected for AF Rugby team

    In late spring of 2016, Jacob Kirkland, a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colo., played in what he thought was his last official game of rugby. Fast forward almost a year and U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Kirkland is preparing to play again. Kirkland was picked to play on the Air

  • New multimedia system provides tool to reach Airmen

    A demonstration of a new live multimedia conference system took place at the Bay Breeze Event Center here Feb. 6.   The new system provides the wing commander the ability to directly reach Airmen through a live broadcast to locations around base.   “The purpose of the Multimedia Broadcast System

  • IED response exercise boosts med wing’s readiness

    Warrior medics from the 59th Medical Wing tested their ability to provide aid to the wounded during a mass casualty exercise Jan. 25 at the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland parade grounds.The scenario involved wing personnel treating nearly 40 role players with a variety of simulated injuries that

  • AETC leaders immersed in AFRC wing

    Standing in front of a two-star general and explaining what your unit does and why could make anyone’s stomach twist. But members of the 403rd Wing not only did it without breaking a sweat, they did it with energy and passion.

  • 373rd provides world class training at McChord

    Teaching is something every instructor and supervisor in the 373rd Training Squadron, Detachment 12, Joint Base Lewis McChord, Wash., takes very seriously as they provide world-class aircraft maintenance training to meet the evolving expeditionary mission requirements of the C-17 Globemaster III

  • Little Rock Airmen test first C-130J with Block 8.1 upgrades

    Airmen conducted a training flight using the first C-130J with a Block 8.1 upgrade at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, Feb. 3, 2017.  The Block 8.1 upgrade enhances GPS capabilities, communications systems, updated friend-or-foe identification and allows the C-130J to comply with worldwide air

  • Little known but much needed

    U.S. Army COL Samuel Saine, 4th Battlefield Coordination Detachment commander, and detachment leadership visited the 33rd Fighter Wing while conducting a battlefield circulation analysis to engage with and evaluate Ground Liaison Officers at Eglin Air Force Base, Jan. 25-26, 2017.

  • AETC First Faces: A1C Marcellio Kirchner

    Airman 1st Class Marcellio Kirchner of the 17th Medical Wing at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, describes some of the difficult times in his life and how he pushed through."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating Airmen from individual wings. Today, the