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  • Honored in stone

    Carved into stone are the names of 22 individuals. Each was a pilot who served their country in the skies over Southeast Asia, and each paid the ultimate price, but another fact unites them: they were all instructor pilots here at Laughlin.The Laughlin Heritage Foundation in Del Rio, Texas, and

  • Learning from the past

    It was early, just before dawn. There was no light over the horizon when a Union patrol group encountered 45,000 Confederate soldiers. The soldiers belonged to Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, who ordered them to attack the Union forces. The Union soldiers were taken by surprise, and their forces were

  • JBSA-Randolph Airman earns Senior NCO of Year

    When Senior Master Sgt. Felix Bradford, Air Education and Training Command F-35 functional manager, walked into the office of one of his superiors one morning last month, he was somewhat apprehensive.Col. Craig Berlette, AETC Logistics, Installations and Mission Support deputy director, had

  • State Secretary Thorshaug visits ENJJPT

    Norwegian State Secretary Eirik Owre Thorshaug visited Sheppard today to meet with Norwegian student and instructor pilots at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program. Also present was Brig. Gen. Morten Klever, the Deputy Director of the F-35 Program for Norway and former ENJJPT Steering

  • Four Keesler volunteers win Air Force award

    "A volunteer is a person who can see what others cannot see; who can feel what most do not feel. Often, such gifted persons do not think of themselves as volunteers, but as citizens - citizens in the fullest sense: partners in civilization."Those words from the 41st president of the United States,

  • Funny car champion added to Wall of Achievers

    National Hot Rod Association Funny Car champion Jack Beckman was added to the U.S. Air Force Enlisted Heritage Hall's Wall of Achievers May 2 at Gunter Annex."Fast Jack," as he is called by fans, is a former Air Force sergeant and avionics technician on the F-111D Aardvark. Beckman joins a notable

  • WHASC VOLUNTEERS: Ordinary people doing extraordinary things!

    Age is only a number at opposite ends of the timeline for two Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center volunteers. The difference in age between Trinidad Garcia, soon to be 93, and Nate Olech, 17, is just that - a number.Terryca Fuller, WHASC Office of Volunteer Services director, welcomes Garcia's

  • SFS handlers paired with canine counterparts

    Editor's note: This is the first in a three-part series on military working dogs.What does it take to build a bond? What if the pair doesn't speak the same language? Members of the 56th Security Forces Squadron are able to construct a strong relationship with military working dogs after being paired

  • Civilian, military leaders meet for annual National Security Forum

    The theme of this year's National Security Forum, which begins Tuesday, is "Rebalancing Towards the Asia-Pacific and Beyond: Implications for U.S. Grand Strategy."According to Dr. Mark Conversino, dean of Air War College, "The Defense Strategic Guidance issued in January 2012 notes that our country

  • AF general appointed to head single military health agency

    The Defense Department on April 25 moved a step closer toward reshaping the Tricare Management Activity into a broader Defense Health Agency, naming and promoting Air Force Maj. Gen. Douglas Robb to head the new three-star directorate.Robb co-chaired a DoD task force that reviewed the military