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  • AETC command chief visits Laughlin

    Chief Master Sgt. Gerardo Tapia, Air Education and Training Command command chief, toured Laughlin and visited with Airmen here May 15 and 16.Laughlin's Public Affairs office had the opportunity to sit down and speak with Tapia about his visit and about some of the issues on Airmen's minds.How has

  • UK Navy Pilot flies 1st sortie at Eglin Air Force Base

    The first United Kingdom Royal Navy student aviator at the 33rd Fighter Wing, training to be an F-35B Lightning II instructor pilot, completed his first sortie in the joint strike fighter here April 10.Royal Navy Lt. Cdr. Ian Tidball flew with the Marine Fighter Attack Training Squadron-501."From a

  • Air Force, civilian leaders share perspectives at National Security Forum

    Business and community leaders from across the country converged on Maxwell May 7-10 to take part in the 60th annual National Security Forum, the capstone event for Air War College.More than 80 NSF guests attended the secretary of the Air Force-sponsored forum, which allows for open dialogue between

  • JBSA-Randolph civil servant retires after 51 years

    After dedicating more than a half-century to the Air Force, Byron Parcenue, Air Education and Training Command Airfield Operations chief, who joined the service as an air traffic controller in 1962, will call it a career in June. Thirty of his years were spent as an active-duty member, 20 years in

  • AFMMAST shares best practices with international partner

    Leadership from the Air Force Medical Modeling and Simulation Training (AFMMAST) Central Program Office recently had an opportunity to share best practices in medical simulation and training with Maj. Gen. Michael Tempel, commander of the Medical Operational Support Command for the German Armed

  • Furlough numbers for AETC announced

    Air Education and Training Command manpower officials announced furlough will affect 14,434 civilian employees throughout the command beginning July 8. On May 14, Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel outlined a furlough implementation plan, stating civilians will take up to 11 days of unpaid leave before

  • SOC launches new SOS distance learning curriculum

    With the demands of career and family obligations, completing officer professional military education can be a challenge.Today's technology makes it possible for students around the globe to enroll in and complete the courses they need in the locations and times that work best for them. With this in

  • Maxwell medics return from supporting New Horizons

    Eight members of the 42nd Medical Group returned recently from Belize after supporting a 14-day medical readiness training exercise called New Horizons.The U.S. Southern Command joint humanitarian assistance exercise provides ear, nose and throat surgical procedures and hearing aids to patients

  • 372 TRS F-16 avionics MTT goes to South Korea

    A three-person mobile training team from the 372nd Training Squadron returned stateside May 11 after a deployment to South Korea providing F-16 avionics systems training to the Republic of Korea Air Force.The training, which began April 26 at Joongwon Air Base in ChungJu, focused on the differences

  • Honored in stone

    Carved into stone are the names of 22 individuals. Each was a pilot who served their country in the skies over Southeast Asia, and each paid the ultimate price, but another fact unites them: they were all instructor pilots here at Laughlin.The Laughlin Heritage Foundation in Del Rio, Texas, and