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  • New museum to inspire Airmen

    Two Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland museums, The Airman Heritage Museum and the Security Forces Museum, will consolidate into the Enlisted Heritage and Character Development Center by October 2014 and will serve as a stepping stone into a larger $50 million, privately-funded museum set to open in

  • Lackland's Wilford Hall embraces innovation to enhance patient health care

    The 59th Medical Wing is on a mission to enhance its world-class health services by promoting a climate of patient-centered care and process improvement.To achieve this positive change, 59th MDW Commander Maj. Gen. Bart Iddins sparked two new initiatives he hopes will inspire and empower men and

  • Barnes Center rebuilds senior NCO DL course, academy curriculum

    As any builder would know, building a structurally sound house starts with a solid foundation.That's the blueprint curriculum developers at the Air Force's center for enlisted professional military education followed when developing the new distance learning course for senior noncommissioned

  • Training in hyper realism

    Have you ever wondered what it would be like if film makers added smell and other senses to your explosive, action-packed movie watching experience? This idea is probably not far from reality and most likely will make motion pictures even more dynamic.One strategy the Air Force Medical Modeling and

  • Veterans in Blue: Serving Country and Community

    From a young age, Dave Mercier knew he wanted to be in law enforcement. While growing up he wasn't sure how he wanted to reach his goal, but always seeing his father's retirement orders hanging on the wall gave him an idea."My father served for four years in the Air Force and I was born when he was

  • Existing tools help users reduce PII breaches

    Members of 24th Air Force are refurbishing an old email tool to help Air Force users reduce breaches of personally identifiable information, or PII.The Digital Signature Enforcement Tool, or DSET, which currently prompts users to provide a digital signature when an email contains an active hyperlink

  • F-35 returns to limited flight, officials rule out Farnborough

    While the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter has returned to limited flying, it will not be appearing at the Farnborough International Airshow in the United Kingdom, Pentagon Press Secretary Navy Rear Adm. John Kirby said during a Pentagon news conference July 15.The F-35 fleet was grounded July

  • AFRS command chief reflects on 30 years of service

    After 30 years of service to the Air Force, Chief Master Sgt. William Cavenaugh, Air Force Recruiting Service command chief, will retire in a ceremony here July 17.Cavenaugh grew up in North Carolina and worked for his cousin's construction company for a while after he graduated from high school."I