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  • 63 years later: Columbus supports MIA ceremony

    Twenty honor guardsmen from Columbus Air Force Base and four T-38 Talons supported a missing in action ceremony Aug. 10 for a Mississippi Airman, exactly 63 years after his aircraft crashed.A native of Sumner, Capt. Frederick Partridge served in both World War II and the Korean War during his eight

  • First call; Roberson outlines AETC priorities

    Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, held his first commander’s call here yesterday.Roberson briefly talked about his family and then introduced his priorities for AETC.“Our business is the mission,” said Roberson. “Recruit, train and educate Airmen to deliver

  • New training supports combatant commander campaign plans

    Air Education and Training Command’s Special Missions Directorate recently completed a pilot program in a joint venture with Air University’s LeMay Center Warfighting Education Directorate, delivering the United States Air Force Steady-State Campaign Support Planning Course on-line via the

  • Recruiters: Keepers of the keys

    Without keys, the vehicle doesn’t start.An Air Force career is much like taking a car for a drive. The trip has hills and valleys representing the highs and lows most Airmen experience as they take their career for a quick four-year spin around the block, or on a cross-country, multi-state family

  • Free Professional Airmen’s Conference coming to San Antonio

    The Air Force Sergeants Association Professional Airmen’s Conference will be held at the Grand Hyatt-San Antonio, Aug. 22-26, 2015, in San Antonio, Texas.The conference is free to military and Department of Defense civilians and is scheduled to feature senior leadership perspective speakers to

  • SOS invites former faculty to help celebrate 65th anniversary

    All former Air Force Squadron Office College faculty, known as Red Pant Faculty, are invited to help the school celebrate its 65th anniversary Oct. 22-24, 2015."We have numerous events planned over a three-day celebration that not only reflect on the school's heritage, but also provides attendees

  • BOWST preps students for refueling mission

    Altus Air Force Base is home to one of the most advanced systems used to train future U.S. Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker refueling aircraft boom operators. The Boom Operator Weapons System Trainer is a simulator used by boom operator students here at Altus AFB to provide hands-on training before

  • Columbus upgrades 100-year-old technology

    Spatial Disorientation, the inability to determine ones position in an open space, can be a cause of aircraft accidents.This is caused when the body's internal gyros do not match up with aircraft instrument readings and what the pilot expects to see. SD occurs because current SD trainer technology

  • Fighter Pilot: Hopper to bring resolve to Aug. 8 triathlon

    Three weeks before Maj. Christina Hopper's first half-Ironman race, she came down with bronchitis. She carried the sticky, coughing weight with her as she continued training, hoping that she'd kick it before race day. In a doctor's office on the Tuesday before the race, as her still-inflamed lungs

  • Air Force sharpens its Talons, propels pilot training into the future

    A major milestone for the Pacer Classic III T-38 Talon structural-modification program was celebrated during a ribbon cutting ceremony July 31 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The Pacer Classic III program, run by Air Force Material Command, represents the largest single T-38 structural