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  • Special Operations flight surgeon earns second set of wings

    For Capt. Matt Stein, earning his pilot wings from the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program was not the first time he donned a set of wings. Prior to arriving for Undergraduate Pilot Training at ENJJPT, Stein was a Special Operations Forces Medical Element flight surgeon for the 1st Special

  • One of Altus’s own

    The arrival of the KC-46 Pegasus refueling aircraft will begin a new wave of in-flight refueling capability and a new chapter in Altus Air Force Base history.For one of the KC-46 instructor pilots, this new era is a welcome return to the old. U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Stanfill, 97th Operations

  • Wizards welcome Williams as new commander

    Navy Cdr. Rex Burkett, outgoing 33rd Maintenance Squadron commander, passed command of the 33rd MXS to Air Force Lt. Col. Craig Williams during a change of command ceremony Aug. 18, 2016, at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.Col. Ronald Huzzard, 33rd Maintenance Group commander, presided over the ceremony

  • AETC First Faces: Senior Airman Dustin Fazzini

    Senior Airman Dustin Fazzini, Contracting Specialist from the 82nd Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, talks about how his family inspired him to join the Air Force and what it means to be a leader. "First Faces" began several years ago with chaplains from throughout AETC nominating

  • Devoted AF veteran serves community with art

    I seldom create things to please other people; I normally create things with the mindset that I’m making something that I would want to display in my own home,” said the man with many accolades and awarding-winning pieces adorning the walls around his drafting table. Before retiring in 2010, then

  • Calm in the chaos: CCT students under pressure in tactics exercise

    Rumbling down a dirt road in a Medium Tactical Vehicle cargo truck, a team of special operators quietly awaits for chaos to ensue. The truck grinds to a halt in an intersection in the forest. It’s clear why in a second: a voice squawks over the radio that a roadside bomb rendered their truck

  • Goodfellow students show their talent

    The 17th Training Wing Chaplain Office hosted Goodfellow’s Got Talent show at Crossroads Student Center Aug. 13.The event allowed students from all training squadrons to showcase their skills in front of their peers.“I believe this event really brings us out of the routine we’re constantly in, and

  • One man, three wars, four services

    Few Americans can say they served in three major wars, fewer still can say they were a member of four different branches of the U.S. military. However, Ret. U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Robert Earl "Sam" Puckett has achieved both. His journey began in 1943, as a 17-year-old Arkansan who enlisted in

  • Chapel team earns top AETC honors

    For the second year in a row, the 59th Medical Wing Chaplain Office earned the Air Education and Training Command Robert P. Taylor Award for best small chapel team.