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  • SERE: ROLLOUT! Hueys support training

    Wind thrusts downward chopping the air, creating a grassy wave kicking up weeds and dirt. Loose articles of military uniforms flap in the wind as instructors and students stand against the force produced from the propellers of the Iroquois helicopter.A clunky metal object with three opposing prongs

  • SERE: Water survival - preparing Airmen for the sea

    Everything instantly goes dark as a fuselage rises into the air. Winds stir and the water below begins to churn.Strobe lights begin to flash and sounds of simulated gunfire and thunder fill the already chaotic room.As soon as the fuselage is up in the air, it's back in the water. U.S. Air Force

  • Accomplishing the dream: becoming a pilot

    "I went from thinking I was the tip-top to struggling to make it through," said 1st Lt. Steven G. Strickland, 93rd Air Refueling Squadron co-pilot. "But because I struggled, I was able to learn more and I became more grateful for the opportunity to be a pilot."Strickland knew from a very young age

  • Luke veteran survives three wars, plane crash

    "I should have been shot down," he said, recalling one of his 133 missions in his F-4 Phantom II during the Vietnam War. "I was patrolling a river just above the demilitarized zone. There was a large cargo boat the enemy would use to transport supplies so I figured I might as well sink it. I

  • SERE: Man is the environmental impact

    "You want to know what an environmental impact is? Man. Man is the environmental impact."With detailed site surveys and overlook of permits for 43 geographically separated pieces of land over a four-state area, Todd Foster, 336th Training Group training area manager, knows the environmental impact

  • Maxwell hosts African representatives on Department of State tour

    World leaders understand that building partnerships prevents conflict and enables a quicker response to instability, but the mission of building those partnerships extends past the Department of Defense.Often, by supporting building partnership capacity initiatives, one of the Air Force's core

  • From sun up to lights out – A day in the life at a BMT training squadron

    The morning is silent, but there's a sense of anticipation in the air as military training instructors from the 320th Training Squadron here prepare to meet their new batch of trainees. Finally, the wait is over as a bus driver pulls up with new Air Force recruits and opens the door of the bus --

  • Teaching English to trainees

    Echo Company under the Defense Language Institute English Language Center, or DLIELC, is a unit here that most Soldiers may not be familiar with. Although it's not widely known, the unit has an important and challenging mission that differs from anything else in the Army.This unit allows Army

  • Never leave an Airman behind

    “It happened pretty fast,” said Master Sgt. Anthony J. Soupley, 312th TRS Special Instruments superintendent. “He started saying he didn’t feel good, so we sent him to sick call. They thought it looked like a virus and thought it best to let it run its course.”Airman 1st Class Chris Evans, 312th

  • Day in the life: MTIs transform civilians into Airmen

    A booming voice echoes outside the future home for a flight of basic trainees, "Left... left... left, right, left..."Occasionally the chant is broken with shouted phrases like, "Get your cover!," "Get your dress!" and "Keep in step!" These barked commands are given to a group of marching trainees by