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  • Prior Service program open but strictly limited

    A very limited number of specialized careers are open in the Air Force Prior Service Program. The prior service program is an enlistment option which allows a select number of people who separated from military active duty, the Guard or Reserve, to enter full-time Air Force service. The number of

  • Airmen shave heads for pilot's son battling cancer

    Airmen from the 62nd Fighter Squadron recently shaved their heads to support a deceased officer's son who is battling with cancer.Second Lt. Dave Mitchell, former 62nd FS pilot, lost his life during a training mission in 2008 at Luke Air Force Base. Five years later, his son Brayden was diagnosed

  • Keesler Security Forces honors fallen Airmen with new memorial

    The 81st Security Forces Squadron unveiled its memorial to fallen Airmen defenders April 11, in the guard mount room of the SFS headquarters building.The memorial honors all nine security forces Airmen who lost their lives during Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom: 1st Lt. Joseph

  • Step Up and Stop Sexual Assault

    Every April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM). A month to take action, increase awareness of the issues of sexual violence, and prevent it from happening in the first place. The Air Force's Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Program, or SAPR program, underlines the Air Force's commitment

  • Flying Critical Care Team displays capabilities during open house

    Medical personnel from Keesler AFB, Miss. and Air National Guard personnel from Jackson, Miss. , joined to display critical care aeromedical transport teams in a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft to the public during the Columbus Air Force Base open house April 5-6. Aeromedical and critical care teams

  • New general takes command of medical wing at Lackland

    Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Bart Iddins took charge of the 59th Medical Wing during a change of command ceremony April 10 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.Iddins replaces a retiring Maj. Gen. Byron Hepburn, who led the 59th MDW through its integration with Army medical services as part of the new

  • AETC commander presents Enid, Vance Altus Trophy

    Gen. Robin Rand, commander of Air Education and Training Command, presented the Altus Trophy to Enid civic leaders April 2 at the Woodring Regional Airport in Enid, Okla.The Altus Trophy is awarded to the community that best supports its host AETC base."At the end of the day, it's not about a

  • During tough times, ‘be brilliant in the basics’

    Multiple sexual assault incidents, academic cheating accusations, sequestration, less money, and people worrying about whether or not they will have a job tomorrow are all adding stress to a force already being stretched by a high volume of deployments. Since increased stress and distractions are

  • Acting Deputy SecDef talks budget, urges innovation

    Acting Deputy Secretary of Defense Christine H. Fox spoke at Air University's Air War College about budget constraints and sequestration in relation to the Air Force's role in the Department of Defense, the importance of technology and innovation April 3.Before speaking to the agenda, Fox shared her

  • Veterans in need receive hope

    Hope can come in many forms, but for veterans in need, hope can be a simple business suit and a tie.The 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron, supported by the 56th Fighter Wing Chapel, held a clothing drive for the U.S. Veterans Initiative nonprofit organization in Phoenix that offers aid to veterans