Bountiful bags: Food drive gives Sheppard Airmen Thanksgiving Day feast

More than 240 families were greeted by the smell of oven roasted turkey with a side of cranberry, stuffing and fresh baked rolls wafting through the house. The decadent odors and sounds of merriment surrounded the families and friends of Sheppard Air Force Base. The tasty holiday cheer was made

AF meets recruiting goal for 14th straight year

The Air Force met its active-duty enlisted recruiting goal for the 14th year in a row, and its chaplain, lines officer and health professions accession goals for fiscal 2013. The Air Force continues to recruit the highest quality applicants with nearly 98 percent of recruits in the Delayed Entry

Columbus SFS takes a bite out of hunger

Columbus Air Force Base personnel recently showed their support for the local community by participating in and attending a military working dog demonstration outside of the Columbus Club. The event, led by the 14th Security Forces Squadron asked attendees to donate one non-perishable food item to

Canines bite into work

Air Force launches new doctrine website: simplifies access, process

The Air Force's center for doctrine development has made it easier to access the service's fundamental documents and has the potential to cut the time it takes to publish updates to the documents from years to months or even weeks.Officials at the Curtis E. LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and

ACSC students visit CNN Headquarters, discuss military-media relations

Eleven Air Command and Staff College students visited both the headquarters of CNN and a Defense Department news distribution operation, Nov. 20, as part of the elective "The War for Public Opinion," produced by the U.S. Air Force Public Affairs Center of Excellence.At CNN, the students were given

Airmen develop expeditionary skills

Luke FS reaches flying hour milestone

The 425th Fighter Squadron celebrated reaching a milestone of 50,000 flying hours at Luke Air Force Base Nov. 13. For the Republic of Singapore air force and Luke, this accomplishment reflects the committed partnership both have shared since the early '90s."The partnership and understanding we have

Engineers prepare for action downrange

The 56th Civil Engineer Squadron embarked on an annual training exercise to help them prepare for deployments known as Prime BEEF Nov. 13 and 14 at Gila Bend Air Force Auxiliary Field in Arizona. CES Airmen participated in bivouac training, which included scenarios that challenged their job

Sheppard protocol is tops in AETC

The 80th Flying Training Wing Protocol office here was recently recognized by Air Education and Training Command as the winner of the 2013 George Washington Award for Protocol Excellence. The two-person protocol office, staffed by Chief of Protocol Michele Houck and Assistant Chief of Protocol 1st