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  • Wrenches to Wings: munitions maintainer becomes Eagle pilot

    An Airmen here is well on his way to fulfilling his dream of flying the same eagle he once turned wrenches on. 2nd Lt. Kyle Wheeler, a Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program graduate, 80th Flying Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, once prepared weapons as an Air Force enlisted air

  • AETC selects JBSA-Randolph legal office as tops in command

    Six months into 2012, members of the 502nd Security Forces and Logistics Support Group Office of the Staff Judge Advocate at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph looked at ways they could improve their performance in 2013.The JBSA-Randolph legal team learned May 2 that the strides it made last year

  • Lackland Network Support Squadron tests new virtual helpdesk app

    The personnel at the 690th Network Support Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Kelly Field Annex are working hard to put an end to long periods of telephone waiting time with a new product called the Virtual Enterprise Service Desk.The product, also known as vESD, is a client-based

  • DLIELC celebrates 60 years of academic excellence

    The Defense Language Institute English Learning Center commemorates 60 years of dedication to providing world-wide English language training May 9 at the school grounds here. The two-day 60th anniversary celebration included the annual DLIELC International Festival, an anniversary ceremony, the

  • Cancer survivor becomes pilot for a day

    John Austin survived infant leukemia, seven surgeries, chemotherapy, respiratory failure and dozens of blood transfusions. He can now add U.S. Air Force pilot to that list.Thanks to the 58th Airlift Squadron and the Altus Air Force Base Pilot for a Day program, John spent the day exploring

  • Sheppard releases "Experience ENJJPT" episode 3; documents T-6 training

    The third installment of "Experience ENJJPT", part of a year-long video documentary series documenting undergraduate pilot training at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program, was released to the public Friday, May 16, at 9 a.m.The beginning stages of flight training in the T-6 Texan

  • AFECT Airmen teach flyers how to survive

    Flying a fighter jet requires hours upon hours of rigorous training preparing pilots for a multitude of battle scenarios, but there are some potentially fatal circumstances that can't be foreseen or avoided, such as bird strikes, engine failure or other mechanical problems leaving the pilot with

  • Air Force launches new program to capture innovative ideas

    Air Force officials announced the creation of a new program April 4, designed to harness Airmen's innovation. Airmen Powered by Innovation, or API, will replace three existing Air Force "good idea" programs - the Innovative Development through Employee Awareness, Productivity Enhancing Capital

  • Wings of Blue prepare to celebrate their golden anniversary

    This weekend the United States Air Force Academy Parachute Team Wings of Blue will celebrate a milestone--50 years of "Standing in the Door." Many things have changed during the past 50 years for the team, but the one constant has been "standing in the door" -that moment when a cadet is standing in