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  • Safe and sound all year round

    The 2013 Critical Days of Summer campaign is over, but safety officials continue to stress the need for risk management all year long. Although the Air Education and Training Command sustained only one fatality, the command recorded 321 injuries during the CDoS. The death in AETC was a result of a

  • Sheppard officer beats cancer, selected to pilot Raptors

    For one new Air Force pilot, "living the dream" is much more than a cheap throwaway line. To 1st Lt. Rob Hansen of the 80th Flying Training Wing, "living" means surviving stage 2 Hodgkin's lymphoma. "The dream" means graduating at the top of his undergraduate pilot training class and earning a slot

  • AGE generates power

    Members of the 908th Maintenance Squadron aerospace ground equipment team keep aircraft generators running by performing routine maintenance checks. Watch the video below to see how it's done, and how the generators support aircraft:

  • Culture, language and negotiation experts participate at Army conference

    Five culture, language and negotiation experts from the Air Force were special guests of the U.S. Army last week, offering expertise to the premier gathering of armor and infantry soldiers for the 2013 Maneuver Warfighter Conference at Fort Benning, Ga. Faculty from the Air Force Culture and

  • JBSA-Randolph POW/MIA event honors America's heroes

    An event honoring all prisoners of war and missing-in-action members took place Sept. 18 in front of the Missing Man Monument at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. In conjunction with National POW/MIA Recognition Day, which happens the third Friday of every September, service members participated in

  • New Air Force app addresses ‘problem solving’

     Airmen can now download an Air Force mobile application designed to help them better get at the root of workplace problems.Air Force Smart Operations for the 21st Century, or AFSO21, is the Air Force's 8-Step Problem Solving method and the application puts AFSO21 resources right at their

  • JBSA-Randolph hosts adaptive sports camp for wounded warriors

    Eighty-five Air Force wounded warriors from around the nation participated in a week-long adaptive sports camp Sept. 16-20 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The camp, offered by the Air Force Wounded Warrior Program, featured a variety of physical activities: air rifle, air pistol and archery;

  • Luke EM: Keeping Thunderbolts at ready

    September is National Preparedness Month. Sponsored by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, National Preparedness Month encourages Americans to prepare, plan for and stay informed about emergencies. Airmen with the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron Readiness and Emergency Management Flight are

  • Luke AGE gets lean, increases production

    The 56th Equipment Maintenance Squadron Aerospace Ground Equipment flight held a Lean event recently in an effort to operate more efficiently, saving the Air Force money and man hours. The event is designed to look at current processes to see if there are ways to do things smarter.A team of AGE