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  • Lebanese air force vice chief of staff, team visit CAFB

    Six officers from the Republic of Lebanon air force visited Columbus Air Force Base from June 18 to June 22 to see the Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training program in action.The Lebanese air force vice-chief of staff Brig. Gen. Abdel Rahman Razzac led his team as they toured the base and saw the

  • Luke AFB pilot reaches 4,000 flying hours

    A pilot at Luke Air Force Base reached a feat that only 30 other F-16 pilots have accomplished throughout their careers. Lt. Col. Eric Perlman, 69th Fighter Squadron assistant director of operations, reached his 4,000th F-16 flying hour June 21 when he taxied from the runway onto the 308th FS

  • Laughlin Airman deploys, comes back a hero

    The mission at Laughlin is to train the world's best pilots and deploy mission-ready Airmen. As all who are assigned here know, even though Laughlin is a very small installation by comparison, it is home to some extraordinary Airmen who are instrumental in making sure the mission is completed.

  • 81st TRSS develops new trainer for aircraft ramp, door assembly

    The 81st Training Support Squadron's trainer development flight is wrapping up another training enhancement project, this time for Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas.The trainer development team is making good use of its new high-tech facility which opened a year ago to create a new C-130H and J ramp

  • First Airmen graduate extended Air Force EOD screening course

    Six Airmen graduated from the first Explosives Ordnance Disposal preliminary screening course at Sheppard June 27. The revised and extended 20-day academic Air Force program gives Airmen a well rounded vision of their duties while mentally and physically challenging them. The goal for the course is

  • AF doctor receives France's highest decoration

    An Air Force doctor whose medical expertise and French language skills were credited with helping save 14 U.S. Sailors' lives after the terrorist attack on the USS Cole in Yemen in 2000 received France's highest decoration at the French Embassy in Washington June 21.Maj. Gen. (Dr.) Byron L. Hepburn,

  • Helicopter passes flying-hour milestone

    Forty years after it came into the Air Force inventory, the 58th Special Operations Wing celebrated a rare mark of longevity when UH-1H 69-6650 passed 15,000 hours in the air May 25. "As only the second UH-1 to surpass that number of flying hours, we wanted to mark the occasion," said Lieutenant

  • Community Action Information Board's focus is building resilient Airmen

    The Air Force's Community Action Information Board wants to make sure Airmen are well taken care of.Starting at the major command level, CAIB members write policy and collaborate with Air Force leaders to come up with better solutions to elevate individual, family and installation community issues

  • IAAFA continues to expand security cooperation initiatives

    The Air Force has implemented Air Education and Training Command institutions such as the Defense Language Institute English Language Center and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy to meet the demand for security cooperation initiatives, officials said here June 20. "Graduates of IAAFA build