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  • JBSA-Randolph clubs earn Air Force-level award

    The Parr and Kendrick Clubs at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph were chosen for a top Air Force-wide distinction as the Best Food Operations Program of the Year in 2012. With $4.9 million in revenue from sales and more than 1,800 events hosted in 2012, the Air Force's No. 1 income-producing clubs

  • C-130 maintenance training team helps Royal Thai AF counterparts

    A mobile training team from the 373rd Training Squadron's Field Training Detachment 4 returned here March 9 from a month-long deployment to Thailand providing C-130 maintenance training to the Royal Thai Air Force.Nine members of the field training detachment (FTD) made up the team of instructors

  • Airmen shoulder the load in remembrance of fallen comrade

    Special tactics operators from across Pope Field, N.C., took part in a six-mile walk around the flightline carrying a log dedicated to a fallen comrade March 15. The log, carved in honor of Staff Sgt. Andrew Harvell, has an estimated weight of 1,250 pounds. Harvell's nickname "Big Andy" is carved on

  • First Faces: 1st Lt. Tyson Hyer

    This week's First Faces selectee is 1st Lt. Tyson Hyer, an instructor pilot assigned to the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.The Mesa, Ariz., native earned his wings through Euro-Nato Joint Jet Pilot Training class 11-08. His involvement in the program helps foster

  • Patient feedback system debuts online

    The Department of Defense has created a fast, easy way for patients to provide feedback on healthcare services they receive at San Antonio Military Health System facilities. Military treatment facilities in San Antonio are using the Interactive Customer Evaluation system to improve services provided

  • USAF First Sergeant Academy embraces blended learning

    The U. S. Air Force First Sergeant Academy has transformed its curriculum from a traditional "brick-and-mortar" education experience to a mixture of facilitated distance learning and in-resident classroom time to teach future first sergeants. What was once a three-week in-residence course is now

  • Cooking inspires Air Force career

    For Col. Sharon Hunter, 97th Medical Group commander, cooking and food sparked an interest in an Air Force career as a dietician.Hunter, a native of Blairsville, Ga., enjoyed school from the start."When I was in high school, I enjoyed math more [than other subjects]," Hunter said. "But school didn't

  • Commander's vision for AETC outlined in learning transformation document

    Air Education and Training Command officials created a document that provides an in-depth look into the commander's vision for the future.The document, "An AETC Vision for Learning Transformation," was designed to provide information on the way ahead to anyone affected by changes within AETC about

  • First Faces: A1C Brett Ison

    This week's First Faces nominee is Airman 1st Class Brett Ison, 314th Training Squadron, Presidio of Monterey, Calif.Ison is from Cheboygan, Mich., a small farm town in northern Michigan, and is currently a student at the Defense Language Institute to become an airborne cryptologic linguist.Even as