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  • 44th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion honors sacrifice of POWs/MIAs

    Members of the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 44th annual Freedom Flyer Reunion and 20th annual POW/MIA Symposium March 30-31 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.The event honors all prisoners of war and missing in action service members from the Vietnam War and included a

  • Keesler MDG Airmen perform first robotic surgery in AF

    Members of the 81st Surgical Operations Squadron performed the Air Force’s first robotic surgery at the Keesler Medical Center here March 28. Maj. Lauren Buck, 81st MSGS general surgeon, and her surgical team performed a robotic ventral hernia repair. Buck has experience with the da Vinci Si

  • New commander takes reins at 19th AF

    Wing commanders from across the Air Education and Training Command welcomed the new 19th Air Force commander during a change of command ceremony here March 28.Brig. Gen. Patrick J. Doherty received the guidon for 19th Air Force from Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker as Lt. Gen. Darryl L. Roberson, AETC

  • AETC names top performers for 2016

    Air Education and Training Command senior leaders recently recognized nine Airmen as the command’s best for 2016. The awards distinguish AETC’s enlisted Airmen for their leadership, job performance, community involvement and personal achievements. "America's Air Force is an extraordinary blend of

  • AETC First Faces: Senior Airman Anthony Morris

    Senior Airman Anthony Morris, an air traffic controller at Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, talks about his upbringing in a small town in Alabama, playing basketball for the All-Air Force Team and Team USA and his career in the United States Air Force."First Faces" began several years ago with

  • Goodfellow wins AETC Innovation Award

    Air Education and Training Command released the winners of its Innovation Competition March 15, with Goodfellow taking home the Institutional Culture Category.To win the award the 17th Training Wing had to compete with all other bases in AETC and have Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, Air Education and

  • 59th Medical Wing plays key role in AETC mission

    Located on the northern edge of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the 59th Medical Wing headquarters – Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center – has overlooked the 'Gateway to the Air Force" since 1942.  Developing into a leading medical treatment, education, training, and research organization, the

  • Graduate school unveils new 3D metal printer

    The Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has been utilizing additive manufacturing, also known as 3D printing, to build prototypes with polymers for more than 30 years. On March 16, its Graduate School of Engineering and Management unveiled a new state-of-the-art