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  • SecAF honors Gulf Coast service members at Salute to the Military

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James attended the 38th Annual Salute to the Military as the keynote speaker to honor service members from across the Mississippi Gulf Coast Oct. 25.James along with Senator Roger Wicker, Congressman Steven Palazzo and Southern Mississippi community leaders gathered

  • Air Force’s first robotic surgery training course established at Keesler

    Keesler Air Force Base surgeons are forging a new path in military medicine by being the first in the Air Force to use one of the most advanced robotic surgery systems available today.  The Keesler Medical Center has acquired two of the newest robotic surgical systems out there, the da Vinci Xi, one

  • Cyber College opens lectures to community

    For the first time since opening its doors in 2015, the Air Force Cyber College at Air University welcomed civilian attendees to the first of a series of weekly lectures as part of its new outreach effort

  • James meets first Enlisted Pilot Initial Class

    Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James met the first four students to participate in the Enlisted Pilot Initial Class during a visit to the U.S. Air Force’s Initial Flight Training school at Pueblo Memorial Airport, Pueblo, Colorado, Oct. 17.The three master sergeants and one tech sergeant began a

  • AETC First Faces: Senior Airman Shiela Kilpatrick

    Senior Airman Shiela Kilpatrick, a dental assistant from the 71st Medical Operations Squadron at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, talks about her struggles growing up and how the Air Force made her a better person. (U.S. Air Force video/Tech. Sgt. Nancy Falcon)"First Faces" began several years ago

  • A year in review: State of the command

    Just over a year into his command, Air Education and Training Command’s Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson reflected upon the highlights and challenges of this past year, what it means to be a First Command Airman, and where he aspires to lead the men and women of AETC during his time as their commander.“I

  • 59th MDW career advisor changes lives 1 Airman at a time

    Service, education and travel are some of many reasons people have for joining the military. Later in their careers, however, Airmen may reach a fork in the road and not know where to turn – that is where Senior Master Sgt. Jose Diaz can help.   As one of four career assistance advisors for Joint

  • Women in the Air Force reunion links the future with its past

    Nearly 70 members of the Women in the Air Force program gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for a reunion Oct. 7, with many reminiscing on service careers that began nearly 70 years ago.Founded in 1948 as part of the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, WAF served as a trailblazing

  • Digital-age paper cuts

    A product developed in ancient China has affected Air Force recruits and trainees ever since the service’s birth; however, Air Education and Training Command is looking to shred that product.An initiative has begun that is determined to eliminate ton after ton of paper from in-processing procedures