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  • 58th SOW, pararescuemen save lost hiker

    A helicopter crew and pararescuemen assigned to Kirtland Air Force Base recovered a hiker Monday who had been lost in Colorado since Saturday. The HH-60 crew of four Airmen from Air Education and Training Command's 58th Special Operations Wing, and two pararescuemen from Detachment 1, 342nd Training

  • Sheppard innovates Web-base self-inspections

    Innovation in the checklist industry has found its way to the Sheppard Air Force Base Self-Inspection Program through the Management Internal Control Toolset. MICT, call sign "MIC-T," is a web-based self-inspection software tool used to manage, track and close self-identified work center

  • Secretary of the Air Force talks with Airmen while visiting Vance AFB

    "We're committed to ensuring that the United States continues to have the world's finest Air Force for generations to come," Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley told a group of Team Vance members during his stop here July 27."Your hard work here at Vance... generating the finest pilots in the

  • First Air Force F-35 pilot part of aviation history

    With the arrival of the joint strike fighter, the military continues setting the historic milestones for the worldwide aviation industry in preparing the first F-35 Lightning II pilots.Lt. Col. Eric Smith became a part of history himself recently as the first Airman to fly the new stealth fighter

  • White House summit honors South Asian American military heritage

    Members of the 317th Recruiting Squadron led the military portion of a diversity summit aimed at recognizing the contributions of South Asian Americans at the White House on July 29-31.The summit focused on energizing national service through goodwill and selflessness to the community, and was

  • Team Altus wins 2011 AMC Rodeo

    The 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo Team from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., earned the title of "Best Air Mobility Wing" July 29 during the closing ceremony.The "Best Air Mobility Wing" award is only one of the ten trophies Team Altus wrangled during the competition but is given to the overall

  • Luke general featured in business CEO series

    When is a chief executive officer not called a chief executive officer? Maybe when he is a wing commander. Brig. Gen. J.D. Harris Jr., 56th Fighter Wing commander, participated in a CEO series for the Arizona Business Magazine July 20.Just as large companies impact the economics of their surrounding

  • Luke graduates 10,000th crew chief

    Luke Air Force Base graduated eight Mission Ready Airmen Monday in a ceremony that included the school's 10,000th student. Their training at Luke behind them, they will become crew chiefs specialized in tactical aircraft maintenance. The Detachment 12, 372nd Training Squadron MRA program goal is to

  • Mobile language class makes impression

    With their clipboards and homework packets in hand, students at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center boarded the bus and headed for the Bob Bullock Texas State History Museum in Austin, Texas.However, this is no ordinary field trip. It is a mobile classroom, and the students are

  • Altus stands tough throughout fifth day of 2011 AMC Rodeo

    Fans cheered as the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron Rodeo Team from Altus Air Force Base, Okla., crossed the finish line of the 2011 Air Mobility Command Rodeo Aerial Port Challenge Course July 28, marking the end of their final competition. "It was a big relief crossing that finish line because