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  • F-35: Italians first mission highlights partnerships

    Two Italian pilots completed their initial training flight in the F-35 Lightning II Nov. 5 at Luke Air Force Base marking the first F-35 flights under control of an Italian pilot.Today marks another significant step forward for the F-35 program as today's missions showcased the full partnership

  • Cost Curve initiative central to civ-mil industrial forum

    Air Force and industrial aerospace leaders gathered here Oct. 26 - 28 to discuss progress within the U.S. and joint flight training sphere, including cost-cutting initiatives and assimilation of complex new technologies.Central to many presentations and discussions during the Military Flight

  • 19th AF Commander speaks on future of military flight training

    Each year, U.S. Air Force and allied students complete pilot training under the banner of 19th Air Force. On Oct. 28, the numbered air force commander spoke to an audience of 120 military and industry members on future training mission requirements and what tomorrow’s pilot can expect.“Airpower for

  • Securing the future by Bending the Cost Curve

    Bending the Cost Curve, one of the 13 Make Every Dollar Count cost initiatives launched by the Air Force, includes a growing and evolving set of more than 20 acquisition reform activities. These activities are focused on finding ways the Air Force can be more effective at how it spends money to get

  • Air Force legend interacts with next generation of Airmen

    Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education andTraining Command, hosted a distinguished visitor, retired Lt. Col. Richard Cole,one of two surviving members of the Doolittle Raiders from WWII Oct. 30.  Cole was the co-pilot for then-Lt. Col.  Jimmy Doolittle, mission commander, duringthe

  • Course builds critical health care leadership skills

    A new course is helping 59th Medical Wing leaders hone their leadership skills as the wing further transforms into a high-reliability organization.The first Interprofessional Clinical Leadership Program kicked off Oct. 16 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center. It aims to help clinical teams

  • DCOE: a unique entity within the 59th MDW

    The 59th Medical Wing is home to the Diabetes Center of Excellence, a premier Air Force Medical Service specialty clinic dedicated to providing standardized diabetes care to beneficiaries across the military health care system.Composed of three sections - a clinical division, an outreach division,