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  • Laughlin Airman admitted to Air Force Academy

    A Laughlin Airman who has supported countless Air Force Academy graduates during his tenure here as a member of Laughlin's maintenance team will soon get the opportunity to attend the prestigious institution.Airman 1st Class Daniel Mihm, 47th Maintenance Directorate, was recently granted his release

  • AETC, 17 AF partner to bring maintenance training to 7 partner nations

    SHEPPARD AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Officers and NCOs from seven African nations began a three-week course here May 5 designed to provide fundamental maintenance and logistics management skills--while building essential international partnerships.A partnership between 17th Air Force (Air Forces

  • Keesler partners with Vandenberg to build missile maintenance trainer

    The 81st Training Support Squadron's Simware section is partnering with the 532nd Training Squadron at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., to build the Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile Maintenance Virtual Trainer.The importance of this training system can't be overstated as acquisition of the IMVT

  • Keesler marks major milestone in cyber training

    Wednesday, the 81st Training Group marks a momentous event in cyber history by hosting a banquet to celebrate the transformation of the communications career fields to cyberspace operations.Hosted by Brig. Gen. Andrew Mueller, 81st Training Wing commander, the occasion commemorates the standup of 19

  • AFIT education paves way to space

    How far can a higher education take you? About 220 nautical miles - straight up. That's at least true for retired Col. Steve Lindsey, an astronaut with NASA and graduate of the Air Force Institute of Technology.Colonel Lindsey's latest space flight, aboard the final mission of the space shuttle

  • Air Force announces fighter training mission preferred basing decision

    Air Force officials announced today Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the preferred location for consolidation of the Introduction Fighter Fundamentals' (IFF) training units.The Air Force currently conducts IFF training at five locations, producing 450 IFF graduates per year. Over the years, the

  • Goodfellow hosts SISRO Conference, ISR Deputy Chief of Staff attends

    Goodfellow hosted the Senior Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Officers Spring 2011 Conference April 26-29, which was attended by many dignitaries including Lt. Gen. Larry James, Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, Headquarters U.S. Air Force,

  • Altus Airman helps make Iraq a little greener

    After six straight days on the job, people usually use their day off to rest and recover before their week starts again. That's not the case with a group of Airmen deployed to Contingency Operating Site Warrior, Iraq.As areas of the base got dirtier and more polluted with trash, members of the 321st

  • Wing names building after fallen ISR Warrior

    April 29 marked a historical day here as the wing celebrated a legacy and honored one of its own Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance comrades.She was a U.S. Air Force Academy graduate and a Goodfellow-trained intelligence officer. At just 25 and only three months into her first deployment,

  • Randolph pilot killed in Afghanistan

    An Airman assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday when a shooter opened fire at the Kabul International Airport killing eight U.S. servicemembers and one American contractor.Maj. Jeff Ausborn, a 99th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, was