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  • Laughlin amputee earns his wings

    Earning the coveted silver pilot wings is a long and difficult journey allowing only a small percentage of officers to earn the right to be called a pilot in the U.S. Air Force.First Lt. Ryan McGuire earned his spot among the elite group recently, along with the rest of Specialized Undergraduate

  • Air Force doctor appears on 'The Oprah Winfrey Show'

    Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Van Adamson never imagined he would appear on a national syndicated TV talk show, standing next to Hollywood's biggest celebrities as a result of a college scholarship he received 13 years ago. In her second-to-last episode on Tuesday, May 24, popular day-time talk show host

  • 2012 AETC Symposium to be held Jan. 12-13

    The 2012 Air Education and Training Command Symposium and AETC Banquet will be held Jan. 12-13 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. "This is the sixth year of the AETC Symposium and we would like to continue to grow upon previous years," said Mr. Jim Sturch, director of AETC

  • 12th OG hosts low level flying competition

    The 12th Operations Group hosted a Undergraduate Pilot Training-wide Low Level Flying Competition April 28 and 29 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Forty aircrew members and 19 aircraft from six air force bases from across AETC took part in the event. The aircrews arrived at the airfield in

  • 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