Air Force Legend Speaks at 59th MDW Annual Awards Banquet

Retired Chief Master Sgt. Robert D. Gaylor, the fifth Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force, was the featured speaker for the 59th Medical Wing's annual awards banquet at the Gateway Club, Feb. 28, 2014.Born in 1930 in Bellevue, Iowa, Gaylor entered the Air Force in 1948, just one year after the

Open house to reunite Tuskegee Airmen, P-51

The U.S. military was racially segregated during World War II. Reflecting American society and law at the time, most black Soldiers and Sailors were restricted to labor battalions and other support positions. An experiment in the U.S. Army Air Forces, however, showed that given equal opportunity and

Pilot training exhausting, challenging, rewarding

The 308th Fighter Squadron has more than 45 pilots who are dedicated to the training and certification of F-16 Fighting Falcon pilots. But the FS only gets the new pilots after they have already been through officer training and initial flight training."We're responsible for taking the new

Altus named installation excellence award winner

Air Force officials announced Altus Air Force Base as the Air Force's Commander-in-Chief's Installation Excellence Award winner March 6.Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III broke the news to a crowded hangar of Airmen during a 97th Air Mobility Wing all-call during his visit to the

Air Force Announces OTS Selection Board 14OT01 Results

A total of 104 men and women from across America have earned an opportunity to become Air Force leaders following their selection for an officer's commission, officials here announced today. Air Force Recruiting Service officials considered 324 applications as part of the Officer Training School

New apps provide Airmen mobile medical education and tools

Two free mobile applications produced by the Center of Excellence for Medical Multimedia are now available for Airmen and all military health system beneficiaries.The CEMM released two mobile apps in 2013, the CEMM Virtual Medical Center app and a pregnancy app called "My Pregnancy A to Z Journal."

AETC husband creates online, education resource for male spouses

The husband of an Air Education and Training Command, Directorate of Manpower, Personnel and Services major was recently recognized for his creative efforts in educating other male military spouses. Chris Pape, husband of Maj. Dana Pape, Resources Section chief, was named the AETC winner of the Joan

New commandant for the Air Force Senior NCO Academy

A-10 flyer brings airpower in perspective to ENJJPT students

Flying high above ivory clouds is usually the perspective of a pilot, but among the swirling sands and chaos of war, Maj. John Blocher, 80th Flying Training Wing executive officer, would see it up close and personal instead of seeing from the skies above. During Operation Iraqi Freedom, air

C-130 travels San Antonio highways

While common to see military aircraft in the sky, San Antonio drivers shared the road Sunday with a retired, partially disassembled Air Force C-130 Hercules cargo aircraft as it was towed on highways between Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and the Medical Readiness Training Center at JBSA-Camp