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  • AETC releases new ‘Heritage Today’ video series

    The Profession of Arms Center of Excellence released three new Airman professionalism videos May 13 as part of the Heritage Today series.The Heritage Today series was designed to inspire Airmen through stories of Air Force heritage linked to current real-world Air Force operations. Col. Jeff Smith,

  • 'Laredo Escadrille' Celebrates 50th Class Reunion

    As the Air Force pauses to contemplate the 40th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War, Laredo Air Force Base Class 66-E, one of the most decorated, and admittedly blessed, Undergraduate Pilot Training classes in the illustrious history of Air Education and Training Command will congregate at

  • Sheppard receives AETC's first spatial disorientation flight trainer

    A stone pillar etched with the names of 34 Army Air Corps officers stands outside the Museum of North Texas History in Wichita Falls, Texas. It is a silent testament to the risk inherent in aviation and to the courage of its early pioneers - all 34 gave their lives during pilot training operations

  • AFIMSC activates AETC detachment

    The third of 10 Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center detachments was activated in a ceremony here May 6.Maj. Gen. Theresa Carter, AFIMSC commander, presided over the ceremony as Col. Brian Murphy assumed command of the newly established Detachment 7, serving the Airmen and installations

  • JBSA-Lackland Tuskegee Airmen exhibit open to the public

    A new Tuskegee Airmen exhibit was officially opened to the public May 4 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland Airman Heritage Museum.During the event, which was attended by three original Tuskegee Airmen, service members dressed in uniforms that resembled those

  • Active-duty Airmen to have direct access to physical therapy clinics

    The Air Force Medical Operations Agency has recently directed all Air Force military treatment facilities (MTF) to establish direct access physical therapy clinics for active-duty members. The policy shift will now allow an active-duty member with an acute musculoskeletal injury to make an

  • Military child to AF leader

    From his cradle in a small village in western Germany to the position of the 81st Training Wing commander, Brig. Gen. Patrick Higby has learned the value of being a military child and the resources available to others who have grown up in the military life.

  • Luke commander brings home flagship F-35

    The 56th Fighter Wing flagship F-35 Lightning II arrived at Luke Air Force Base April 28, it was the base's 22nd F-35. Flying the aircraft from Lockheed Martin's Forth Worth, Texas, plant to Arizona was Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus, the 56th FW commander.

  • 19th Air Force Commander steps down

    General Robin Rand, Air Education and Training Command commander, accepted a letter of resignation from Maj. Gen. Michael Keltz, 19th Air Force commander, effective April 30.Keltz’s decision to step down came following an inappropriate comment he made in a public Air Force forum. Keltz has also