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  • AETC OAY nominees ‘take it all in’

    Twenty-five Outstanding Airman of the Year nominees from bases across Air Education and Training Command compete tonight for AETC honors. The ceremony, however, is only the icing on the cake.The nominees, who arrived Monday with spouses and family members, experienced a week-long tour of the San

  • Randolph celebrates 50th Anniversary of T-38 landing

    In 1961, the average American earned $5,300 a year, could buy a house for $12,500, a car for less than $3,000 and gas for 27 cents a gallon.In 1961, the U.S. Air Force bought a plane for $756,000 -a deal that continues to pay dividends 50 years later.Randolph held a ceremony March 17, marking the

  • ENJJPT: 30 years of pilot training excellence

    The Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program has been described in many ways. It's the only internationally manned and operated flying training program. It's the only organization chartered by NATO specifically to train combat pilots for the alliance.Those are a couple of the official "big boy"

  • AFIT Prof wins IEEE Outstanding Teacher Award

    Dr. Barry E. Mullins, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the Air Force Institute of Technology is the recipient of the 2010 C. Holmes MacDonald Outstanding Electrical and Computer Engineering Teacher Award. Sponsored by Eta Kappa

  • AETC wraps up spring leadership conference

    Air Education and Training Command leaders wrapped up their spring meeting March 3 at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, following three days of discussion on the command's most pressing issues.Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr. hosted the event, his first since he took command of AETC Nov. 17. The general said

  • Leaders sign agreement for future military structure in San Antonio

    A year of positive transition is ahead as a new era of military medical care is established in the San Antonio area, as mandated by the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Law.Air Force and Army Chiefs of Staff have signed an agreement that establishes the San Antonio Military Health System, or SAMHS,

  • Airforce.com adviser conducts life-saving live chat

    Airforce.com's internet advisers, or "chatters", answer a variety of questions from the online public, but occasionally, they are asked to help save a life.Brad Shimp, an Air Force Recruiting Service chatter, acted quickly when he received a request this week from someone concerned about their

  • Sheppard recovers from winter storms

    The winter storms that blasted through Sheppard Air Force Base and North Texas in two consecutive weeks recently did more than hit near- or below-zero temperatures. It also hit Sheppard hard in the pocket book.According to figures consolidated by the 82nd Comptroller Squadron from organizations

  • First female CV-22 pilot completes training

    It started with pictures of aircraft in her grandfather's home. Then it was on to starting lessons to earn her private pilot's license as a high school senior. It kept up through her Air Force training. First Lt. Candice Killian, 58th Training Squadron student, has always wanted to fly. After nearly