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  • 59th MDW Airmen honored for performance at 2013 Warrior Games

    Eight Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing Patient Squadron were recognized for their performance at the 2013 Warrior Games during a ceremony held June 12 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center.Capts. Sarah Evans and Wesley Glisson, Master Sgts. Shawn Schwantes and Sherri Nel, Staff Sgts. Jason

  • New Professional Development Guide available

    The new Professional Development Guide (PDG), AFPAM 36-2241, is now available at www.e-publishing.af.mil. Printed guides will be distributed to all promotion-eligible active duty Airmen in the grades of E-4 through E-8 and airmen first class with at least two years in service. Base and unit Weighted

  • Luke community rallies to help Oklahoma victims

    The Green Knights Military Motorcycle Club and 56th Fighter Wing Chapel staff rallied their members to gather donations for victims of the recent tornadoes in Oklahoma.The Luke Air Force Base chapter of the Green Knights MMC joined forces with Airman's Attic staff to donate nearly a thousand pounds

  • Student pilot survives lymphoma, continues dream

    What if your childhood dream job became a reality? Now imagine that dream coming to a screeching halt with the possibility of not just losing the dream, but your life as well.Capt. Dakota Olsen, 310th Fighter Squadron student, had a vision of becoming a pilot at age 5. As Olsen looked into careers

  • Critical Days of Summer calls for increased risk management

    More daylight, clear skies and no school usually means one thing - summer is here.For many in the Air Force and Air Education and Training Command, summer means outdoor activities. Whether it's the road or the beach that beckons Airmen to come out and play, safety officials and senior leaders are

  • AETC commander tours Keesler

    Gen. Edward Rice Jr., commander of Air Education and Training Command, met with Keesler Airmen during a tour of the base June 10-11.During the visit, Rice, Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia, AETC command chief, and Teresa Rice, the commander's spouse, talked with groups of students and permanent party

  • African Airmen return to Air University for U.S. Air Forces Africa symposium

    Military officers from the air forces of 16 African countries returned to Air University for the African Airmen Alumni Symposium June 11-13.The symposium, held at Air War College and sponsored by U.S. Air Forces Africa, is geared toward strengthening key partnerships, enhancing regional cooperation

  • AF Surgeon General lauds military medicine, SAUSHEC medical graduates

    Calling their accomplishment another chapter in a long history of success for military medicine in San Antonio, the U.S. Air Force Surgeon General honored more than 250 physicians and allied health care graduates during the San Antonio Uniformed Services Health Education Consortium awards and

  • Sheppard Chapel provides disaster relief aid for the first time

    Remembering what it felt like to experience a natural disaster in New Orleans, a Sheppard chaplain led airmen to lend a hand in Oklahoma.Capt. Chaplain Shane Moore, 82nd Training Wing, Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, led a team June 8 to Moore, Okla., to lend a helping hand to victims of an EF-5

  • F-35 fleet, training capability grow at Eglin

    The largest fleet of F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter aircraft grew to 25 aircraft as the F-35 Integrated Training Center here welcomed two new Air Force F-35A variants of the multi-role fighter to the Emerald Coast June 5.What this means for the 58th Fighter Squadron is the ability to fly an