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  • 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

  • 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