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  • AETC leaders visit Altus AFB

    Leaders from Air Education and Training Command visited Altus Air Force Base Aug. 6 - 8, 2014.AETC Commander Gen. Robin Rand and his wife Kim, along with U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia, AETC command chief, met with Airmen and families of the 97th Air Mobility Wing and also attended a

  • Altus AFB breaks ground for KC-46A construction

    Officials broke ground on a new construction project on Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma., Aug. 7, 2014.The ceremony marked the beginning of a months-long effort to prepare for the arrival of the newest refueling aircraft in the Air Force fleet, the KC-46A Pegasus.Air Education and Training Command

  • Lackland medical Airmen tackle response force training

    Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing's Defense CBRN (chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear) Response Force trained July 21-23 to prepare for a national crisis.Comprised of 153 Airmen, the wing's DCRF is tasked to provide medical care, and work with military and civilian emergency response

  • New Wilford Hall to showcase patient-focused comforts

    Construction of the 59th Medical Wing's new Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center continues with an expected completion date in fiscal year 2016.The 681,000-plus square-foot, state-of-the-art treatment center will replace the existing medical center, which opened in 1957, and was named after Maj.

  • Luke crew chief training course reaches 11,000 graduates

    Detachment 12, 372nd Training Squadron graduated its 11,000th mission-ready Airman at Luke Air Force Base. With their training complete at Luke, the newly graduated crew chiefs will be able to use their specialized skills at their first permanent assignment."Every F-16 Fighting Falcon crew chief

  • Altus AFB hosts joint firefighter rescue training

     Altus AFB hosted a Department of Defense Rescue Technician Course July 14 - Aug. 1, 2014 at several locations around base.The course consisted of various low and high-angle rescue techniques combined with confined-space rescue techniques to qualify the firefighters to perform rescues from elevated

  • Airfield systems: Bridging the gap between nerds, jocks

    Here at Laughlin, pilot training is king and hundreds of students each year earn their wings. Every Airman on base plays a vital role in this mission of producing pilots.One team critical to keeping pilots safely in the air, is Laughlin's Airfield Systems. Its Airmen work day and night, with little