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  • Staff Sgt. Vanessa Glenn, Community College of the Air Force student services technician, organizes the diplomas for the October graduating class at the CCAF headquarters at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., Sep. 17, 2014. There were 13,042 diplomas printed off for the graduates of the October class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Alexa Culbert)

    CCAF graduates largest class to date

    The Community College of the Air Force's October class broke records when 13,042 graduates earned their associate of applied science degree.With the graduates from the April class, the year 2014 has had a total of 23,160 graduates.Breaking records is nothing new for the CCAF. It is the largest community college in the nation with a 6,000-person
  • ALTUS AIR FORCE BASE, Okla. – U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Laura Bourdlais, 58th Airlift Squadron instructor loadmaster, teaches a group of soldiers from the 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 31st Air Defense Artillery Brigade, Fort Sill, Okla., how to properly restrain a vehicle inside a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft, Oct. 2, 2014. Roughly 100 Soldiers from Fort Sill visited Altus AFB to get hands-on rapid deployment training. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Megan E. Acs/Released)

    Altus Air Force Base hosts joint training

    U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, practiced loading and unloading a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft alongside U.S. Air Force loadmasters Oct 2, 2014.The intent of the training was to improve joint-operability between the Army and the Air Force, and ensure the 4th Battalion, 3rd Air Defense Artillery Regiment, 31st Air Defense
  • Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria, U. S. Air Force Warfare Center commander, has a laugh with Airman 1st Class John Patterson, 33rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, after completing his final qualifying flight in the F-35A Lightning II Sept. 26 at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. Silveria became the first general officer in the Department of Defense to qualify in the fifth generation fighter. He completed his training with back-to-back flights and hot pit refueling. (U.S. Air Force photo/Samuel King Jr.)

    First DOD GO completes F-35 qualification training

    When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, wrapped up his seven-week
  • Col. James Boster, 14th Operations Group Commander, poses for a photo with Lt. Col. Jeffrey Hogan, Afghan A-29 Light Air Support training unit commander, and Col. Chad Franks, 23rd Wing Commander after the arrival of the first A-29 Super Tucano Sept. 26 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The A-29 training unit at Moody is currently Detachment 1 of the 14th Operations Group, 14th Flying Training Wing headquartered at Columbus AFB, Miss. The Afghan A-29 Light Air Support training mission will begin at Moody in February 2015. The A-29 will provide offensive and defensive aerial fires capability and reconnaissance and surveillance capability within Afghanistan. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Dillian Bamman)

    Columbus stands up A-29 training unit at Moody

    The 14th Flying Training Wing stood up the 81st Fighter Squadron Oct. 1 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The squadron will be responsible for using A-29 Super Tucanos to train 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.The 81st FS is a geographically-seperated unit assigned to the 14th Operations Group but stationed at
  • GOODFELLOW AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – A Sony XDCAM PMW-EX1R films the Fire Officer IV Course at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy Sept. 19. The course was filmed for a distance learning project, so DOD firefighters around the world can receive the training they need to become a certified fire chief. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Devin Boyer)

    New approach to Goodfellow Fire Officer Course to save AF money, improve capabilities

    The Fire Officer IV Course at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy here was filmed Sept. 15 to 25 in order to create a distance learning course that will save funds and improve training capabilities.The fire academy's Fire Officer IV is the capstone certification for firefighters within the DOD becoming qualified in the role of
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