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  • Q&A: 19th Air Force commander delivers final C-130J

    The largest C-130 base in the world recently marked the end of a transition that first began 13 years ago. The 314th Airlift Wing at Little Rock Air Force Base received its final, new C-130J aircraft from a Lockheed Martin facility, Feb. 27, 2017. The 19th Air Force commander delivered the C-130J;

  • AU now offers a new degree program to Air Force Civilians

    The Air Force is expanding development opportunities for the civilian workforce by offering a little to no-cost associate degree. Graduates of the program will be awarded an Associate of Applied Science degree in Air Force Leadership and Management studies. Accredited by the Southern Assn of

  • Tell Us Your Air Force Story

    For the past two months Air Education and Training has been using Waypoints as an online medium for wing commanders and Airmen alike who seek new ways to understand diversity in the Air Force and embrace the culture that comes with it, and so the objective of this site is: tell us your story.On this

  • Distinguished service since ‘72

    The history of the 12th Flying Training Wing stretches back to World War II and has been part of Air Education and Training Command since it was activated as part of Air Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas on May 1, 1972.Although the wing celebrates the lineage of its predecessor

  • LRS Airmen support RAAF C-17

    The U.S. Air Force has a strong partnership with allies world-wide. Not only during times of war, but also during humanitarian missions, our countries military forces work together to deliver life-saving supplies to those in need.

  • First senior enlisted in-residence students near graduation at AWC

    The first group of enlisted Airmen to attend Air University’s Air War College in-residence at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, is close to graduating from the Air Force’s top school for officer professional military education.The four chief master sergeants selected for the May 2017 graduating class

  • AETC First Faces: Tech. Sgt. Nathan Combs

    Tech. Sgt. Nathan Combs, a security forces Airman from the 502nd Airbase Wing, talks about his fight with cancer and return to duty."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating Airmen from individual wings. Today, the program has expanded and includes a

  • AF Chaplain Corps College returns to Maxwell

    The Air Force Chaplain Corps College officially returns to Maxwell on April 1, 2017, after being in the Palmetto State for nearly seven years. The college had been operating at the Army’s Fort Jackson in South Carolina after it was moved there effective May 6, 2010, following a Base Realignment and