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  • 33rd Fighter Wing drops first live bombs

    Pilots from the 33rd Fighter Wing dropped live munitions from the F-35A for the first time here, January 17.Two aircraft each launched a live GBU-12 over the Eglin range marking a first for the Air Education and Training command.The F-35A can carry two thousand pounds of air-to-ground munitions in

  • AETC First Faces: Lt.Col. Heidi Dexter

    Lt. Col. Heidi Dexter, from Maxwell Air Force Base, AL, discusses how she persevered through a family medical emergency and came out stronger."First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating Airmen from individual wings. Today, the program has expanded and

  • Kirtland Airman receives Flying Cross medal

    Master Sgt. Gregory Gibbs, 512th Rescue Squadron operations superintendent, was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross medal during a Jan. 13 ceremony at Kirtland.Ranked as the highest military aviation award, Gibbs received the medal for distinguishing himself as a HH-60 Pave Hawk aerial gunner in

  • BMETs keep medical mission moving

    Biomedical equipment technicians ensure medical equipment is serviceable, safe and properly configured to meet the 59th Medical Wing’s mission of developing warrior medics through patient-centered health care.

  • Step up: Don’t be afraid to be a Mitchell, Doolittle, or Arnold

    The U.S. Air Force is sitting at a nexus in which the world is becoming increasingly dangerous and complex, and our nation is asking us to do things that keep us busier now than ever before, yet we have fewer people now than at any point in our history—just over a third of what we had in the 1950s!

  • AF evolves policies to access more talent, maintain high standards

    The Air Force announced new policies on dress and appearance with regard to tattoos, as well as changes to service medical accession policy Jan. 9.These changes result from a review of Air Force accessions policies directed by Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James in 2016.“As part of our effort to

  • Missions and memories: Keesler’s first 75 years

    “I think the most significant thing I did during my military career was in 1973,” recalls retired Chief Master Sgt. Lonnie Arnold. “Troops returning from Vietnam were being delivered here and it was our job to help repatriate them; get them settled into lodging, link them back up with their wives

  • Air Force selects 929 for promotion to captain

    The Air Force selected 929 first lieutenants for promotion to captain during the Calendar Year 2016C Captain Line of the Air Force, Chaplain, Line of the Air Force-Judge Advocate, Nurse Corps, Medical Service Corps and Biomedical Service Corps quarterly selection process. To view the lists, go to