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  • DoD Seeks to Eliminate Stigma for Seeking Mental Health Care

    The Defense Department wants service members to know there's no stigma in seeking mental health care, a DoD Health Affairs official said here today."We want troops and their families to know DoD has great emphasis on gaining access to mental health care, reducing barriers, and following where the

  • Altus and Sheppard Airmen train together for war

    It's only been a few days into the deployment for the contracting Airmen, but after recovering from an earlier bomb threat, tensions are high.Now, a disgruntled vender from a nearby village has made his way into the contracting tent and is angry that his deal did not go through. In the intensity and

  • Sheppard takes on new courses for AFLOS

    Sheppard's first class of 28 Logistics Readiness Officer Course students graduated here the end of May 2015.The Logistics Readiness Officer Course and the Intermediate Readiness Officer Course, previously taught at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, relocated to the Air Force Logistics Officer

  • F-35 Accident Investigation Complete

    A failure of the third-stage rotor of the engine fan module caused a June 23, 2014, engine fire in an F-35A Lightning II, according to an Air Education and Training Command Accident Investigation Board report released today.The F-35A, which was assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter

  • F-35 Accident Investigation Complete

    A failure of the third-stage rotor of the engine fan module caused a June 23, 2014, engine fire in an F-35A Lightning II, according to an Air Education and Training Command Accident Investigation Board report released today.  The F-35A, which was assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron, 33rd Fighter

  • RPA student pilots gain experience in T-6A orientation flight

    In an effort to allow students training to operate remotely piloted aircraft to gain hands on experience in a manned aircraft, pilot instructors from the 559th Flying Training Squadron are teaming up with student pilots from the 558th Flying Training Squadron.The first attempt at orientation flights

  • Luke's 56th FW has new mission

    Luke Air Force Base's 56th Fighter Wing conducted a Change of Mission ceremony today, formally including the F-35 Lightning II as part of the wing's new mission statement. The ceremony included the military tradition of unveiling 56th FW commander, Brig. Gen. Scott Pleus' name on the flagship F-35,

  • JBSA-Randolph Airmen conduct emergency training with local partners

    Members of the 39th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph refreshed their knowledge on life-saving procedures with individuals from Texas Task Force 1, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Army National Guard during a Helicopter Search and Rescue Technician