Vance air traffic controller selected for direct appointment to academy

Approximately 2 percent of enlisted Airmen who apply to the U.S. Air Force Academy are selected each year for direct appointment, and one of the air traffic controllers here is among them.Airman 1st Class Sage Keltee, with the 71st Operations Support Squadron, will be leaving for the academy in

Medical team achieves cutting-edge patient transfer

Marking a first for military medical care in the United States, an Army and Air Force team successfully transported a critically ill woman on a form of heart-lung bypass from San Antonio Military Medical Center to New York City last month.This mission marked the military's first stateside transport

Streamlining, modernizing tech training takes expert team

Top leaders from the Air Force civil engineering community gathered here Jan. 28 - Feb. 1 to conduct an exhaustive review of the electrical career field's technical training curriculum.To accomplish the daunting task of covering 796 line items alone in the electrical Career Field Education and

IAAFA hosts first female Dominican Republic combat pilot

Taking a break from catching drug dealers, Capt. Maria Tejada-Quintana came to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to attend the Inter-American Squadron Officer School at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, graduating Dec. 12 with 278 fellow IAAFA students.Tejada-Quintana, a petite brunette, claims

Hanging out at the survival school

12th FTW goes the distance to honor Airmen, saves $30K

Like most wings the 12th Flying Training Wing honors their annual award winners every January in a ceremony that highlights their achievements from the last year.However, when time came to plan this year's ceremony the wing had a new challenge to face: how to get everyone there.Unlike many wings,

Keesler-developed program AIMS at increased efficiency

A new military training leader workflow program developed at Keesler begins Air Education and Training Command-wide implementation Feb. 1. The Airman Interactive Management System was inspired by and developed for MTLs as a multi-faceted tool to track every aspect of an Airman's time in technical

Altus leads AETC in transition to cost-conscious culture

A small base, in a small community, has shown how large of an impact it can make by leading the way in Air Education and Training Command's transition to a cost-conscious culture, or C3.Since the beginning of January 2012, the 97th Air Mobility Wing at Altus Air Force Base, Okla., has generated more

Air Advisor Academy honors Yokota with first PACOM course

The Air Force Air Advisor Academy instructed cultural preparation and engagement to a team of professional airlifters at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14 - 18, making it the first time the academy has sent a mobility training team to train in the Pacific Command since the school began in May 2012.

2013 promotion cycle study reference CDCs are available online

The 2013 promotion cycle study reference CDCs, in addition to those published for 2012, are now available on the e-WAPS Online Reference Library Database (e-WORLD)."For Airmen testing out-of-cycle, having access to past versions of the CDCs ensures they have appropriate study material for the cycle