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  • Air Force Assistance Fund campaign gets underway

    The Air Force Assistance Fund campaign kicked off Monday at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland with a goal to raise $347,000 for the four charitable affiliates under the AFAF umbrella. The kickoff was preceded by a breakfast, hosted by Joint Base San Antonio and held March 21 at the Gateway Club, for

  • 47th OG ARMs recognized as AETC's outstanding small unit

    The 47th Operations Group Aviation Resource Management team was awarded the Sergeant Dee Campbell Outstanding Small Unit award for 2012.This award is given to the best ARM team in Air Education and Training Command that operates with 29 or less members. "This is a huge accomplishment," said Tech.

  • AETC Top Operations Squadron awarded to 87th FTS

    The 87th Flying Training Squadron won the Top Operations Squadron Award in Air Education and Training Command for the first time in 12 years.The 87th FTS stood out from about 45 operational flying training squadrons across AETC this year. "This has been a challenging year for the Red Bulls, and I'm

  • 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