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  • Augmented, Virtual Reality: Changing Airmen’s learning experience

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas-- The brightest minds across the Air Force have answered senior leaders’ call to action to provide innovative, game-changing solutions for a contest  known as the Air Force Spark Tank. Representing Air Education and Training Command, two different projects and

  • AFJROTC launches Flight Academy program to address aircrew shortage

    Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC here has launched a pilot program aimed at potentially putting more pilots in the cockpits of military aircraft to help address the Air Force’s ongoing aircrew shortage. Beginning in the summer of 2018, select AFJROTC cadets who applied for a new Fight Academy

  • 97th AMXS members dominate Aircraft Maintenance Competition

    Four members of the 97th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (AMXS) recently found success competing against 10 opposing teams in an Aerospace Maintenance Competition (AMC), garnering first place and breaking two national records in the process. “The safety wire record was broken by Josh Ellison,” said

  • Patrick to receive Order of the Sword honor

    Retired Maj. Gen. Leonard Patrick has been selected to receive the Order of the Sword honor during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Feb. 9, 2018.Patrick served for 35 years and his final assignment was as Air Education and Training Command vice commander before retiring from active

  • Air Force saves Airmen time, no longer requires first year evaluations

    Air Force officials announced Jan. 4, 2018, Enlisted Performance Reports are no longer required for regular Air Force Airmen in the grade of airman first class and below with less than 36 months’ Time-In-Service or Air Reserve Component Airmen below the grade of senior airman.

  • ENJJPT leading the way in new Pilot Training Next program

    When Air Education and Training Command’s newest pilot training program takes to the skies in early 2018 in Central Texas, the fingerprints of the 80th Flying Training Wing’s Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program will be all over it.

  • 58th SOW hosts children from local hospital

    A cool breeze swept through the air on the flight line, but the cold weather wouldn’t match the warmth of laughter and smiles that filled area. Pairs of feet marched across the chilled pavement at a fast rate, moving to and from different aircraft to see what could be done next. These weren’t

  • Air University focuses on the Rapid Acquisition Initiative

    As the fall semester comes to an end, Air University wraps up its latest course, which was developed in response to higher Air Force leadership’s push for the Rapid Acquisition Initiative. Earlier this month, the Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson came before the Senate Armed Services