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  • 12th FTW instructor pilot summits Mt. Everest

    An active mountain climber since he was a cadet at the U.S. Air Force Academy, Capt. Marshall Klitzke, a native of Lemmon, S.D., has felt at home in the mountains since he was a little boy."My grandfather was from [Colorado Springs] so I had visited the area since I was little. He always took me

  • Recruiter named one of AETC's top Airmen for 2013

    An Air Force recruiter stationed in Del City, Okla., was recently named as one of Air Education and Training Command's Outstanding Airmen of the Year for 2013.Master Sgt. Derick Heflin, 342nd Recruiting Squadron health professions recruiter, joined the Air Force in 1999 from Albany, Ore. He started

  • Who will be AETC King of the Hill?

    A new game focused on the Air Education and Training Command's Cost Conscious Culture initiative is adding a fourth "C" to C3 - competition. King of the Hill, an online game in which AETC members can vote for their favorite AETC C3 ideas, will debut June 10 and run for 42 days. Each day two

  • T-1 Jayhawk mod ushers in new era in CSO training, first for AF

    The 451st Flying Training Squadron completed the final step of a long journey when a T-1A Jayhawk modified for electronic warfare training took flight on an undergraduate syllabus sortie June 4. This is the first time in Air Force history an undergraduate aviation program has formally incorporated

  • Thunderbolt named 2012 AETC Honor Guard Member

    Honor guard members are seen at various events on and off base. Their work may seem commonplace but one particular Thunderbolt has set himself above the rest as the Air Education and Training Command's 2012 Honor Guard Member of the Year.Senior Airman Kyle Wisecarver, 756th Aircraft Maintenance

  • Desert Challenge competitors train at Luke

    What thoughts come to mind when hearing that a person has any of the following: vision impairment, traumatic brain injury, amputation, cerebral palsy, muscular dystrophy or spinal cord injury?Probably not an athletic competitor.Fourteen U.S. Paralympic competitors trained at the Luke Air Force Base

  • British army veterans tour JBSA-Randolph

    Members from the 12th Flying Training Wing invited a trio of British Army veterans to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph for a tour, chips and cheers May 16 as part of their week-long visit to San Antonio, which concluded May 18 with their participation in the second America's Armed Forces River Parade

  • Laughlin family returns from tornados' wake

    After a massive, nearly two-mile wide tornado with winds exceeding 200 miles per hour struck central Oklahoma May 20, 2103; a Laughlin family drove their truck, a borrowed trailer and 5,880 pounds of donations to the devastated areas. Tech. Sgt. Shane Buss, 47th Flying Training Wing Equal