20 Sep 2012

Air Force instructor wins Army 1st Brigade Instructor of the Year

For Tech. Sgt. David Carr it seemed unlikely that an Air Force instructor could win an Army award, but this year he did just that after being named the Army 1st Brigade Instructor of the Year at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. Assigned to the 364th Training Squadron Detachment 1 at Fort Leonard Wood, part of the 782nd Training Wing based at Sheppard Air

19 Sep 2012

IDS agencies team up to educate Airmen 'out of training'

Approximately 150 Airmen not in training this week at Sheppard got the opportunity to learn more about personal finance, team building, stress management and relationships in a new pilot program aimed at providing them with tools to enhance their overall life-skills knowledge base.Through collaboration between the Sheppard chapel staff, base

17 Sep 2012

AFRI hosts cyber conference, next step in new school

Cyber Power: The Quest Toward a Common Ground is the theme of the second annual Air Force Research Institute conference Oct. 9-11 in the Officer Training School and will act as another step toward the completion of the new Cyber Air Corps Tactical School, or C-ACTS.Focusing on cyberspace issues, C-ACTS will use elements already at the Air

12 Sep 2012

JBSA-Randolph units benefit from PECI program

More than five years ago, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph's Trainer Development Division bought two machines called vertical milling centers that more than recouped their costs in a matter of months.The first one, purchased for $195,880, started operation in December 2005 and had saved the Air Force $381,903 by November 2006; the second machine,

12 Sep 2012

F-35A maintenance training on track

As the Air Force begins its Operational Utility Evaluation of the F-35A Lightning II, maintenance training to support the Joint Strike Fighter is also preparing for key program milestones.Though the first "pipeline" students - Basic Military Training graduates - don't begin training until January 2014, the two units in charge of F-35A maintenance