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  • Airmen solve X-ray mystery, save $103K machine

    Most of us hate when things break, but for the 82nd Medical Support Squadron’s biomedical equipment repair team, that’s when the fun starts. So when the 82nd Dental Squadron's $103,000 x-ray machine stopped working Jan. 15, they were excited to meet the challenge.

  • Altus AFB participates in 2016 Ilopango Airshow

    Members of the 97th Air Mobility Wing were in attendance at the 2016 Ilopango Airshow held at the Ilopango International Airport, San Salvador, El Salvador, Jan. 30 – 31. The 97th AMW sent a U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft from the 58th Airlift Squadron, to be setup as a static

  • AETC commander visits Joint Base San Antonio

    “Airpower starts here.”With those words, Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of AirEducation and Training Command, kicked off his visit Jan. 20 with severalhundred Joint Base San Antonio service members, civilians and contractors atthe Student Activity Center on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.The general

  • Goodfellow celebrates 75 years with flag raising reenactment

    Goodfellow Air Force Base celebrated its 75th Anniversary by reenacting a 1941 flag raising featuring a fly over of the World War II-era trainer Vultee BT-15 Valiant and the modern day Rockwell B-1 Lancer at the Norma Brown building Jan. 26.The flag raising ceremony commenced a year of events to

  • AETC Command Chief culminates 31-years of service to Air Force, people

    Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia, command chief for Air Education and Training Command, retires Jan. 22 after a 31-year Air Force career.Before his final salute, Tapia took a moment to reflect on his time as an Airman and what he will miss most about serving his nation and taking care of Air Force

  • Nomad’s legacy in Desert Storm

    The Nomads have a heritage of air dominance, none more notable than their actions in Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm where they secured the first aerial victories of the Gulf War.In August 1990, when Iraq invaded Kuwait to annex the country’s rich oil reserves, President George H. W. Bush

  • AETC releases 2016 Strategic Plan

    Air Education and Training Command officials released the command’s 2016 Strategic Plan today, designed to advance the First Command’s vision of “forging innovative Airmen to power the world's greatest Air Force.”“The 2016 Strategic Plan links all Airmen – military and civilian – to core AETC