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Nov. 3, 2020
AETC commander outlines Strategic Action Plan focus area updates

In announcing the updates to Air Education and Training Command’s Strategic Action Plan, Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, the commander of AETC and the force development commander for the Air Force, reaffirmed the First Command’s priorities, which remain fourfold: Advance force development, Enhance lethality
Oct. 27, 2020
All-female CCATT saves life of infant

A 59th Medical Wing Pediatric Critical Care Air Transport Team from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland provided care to a five-month-old patient on board a C-17 Globemaster III headed to California Oct. 9. The patient and his family were traveling from the neonatal intensive care unit in Hawaii to
Aug. 16, 2020
New HBCU Scholarships featured on Around the Air Force

Today’s look Around the Air Force features Jolly Green II aircraft refueling capabilities, new scholarships afforded to students attending historically black colleges and universities and how the Air Force moves towards gear inclusivity. (Hosted by Staff Sgt. Sara Voigt)
Aug. 15, 2020
Second to None: Building the Airmen We Need for America’s Air Force

From basic to technical training and beyond, Second Air Force is responsible for taking the best civilians our country has to offer and transforming them into exceptional Airmen of character.
Aug. 3, 2020
AETC cultivates community culture of innovation with new APAN online tool

Innovators across Air Education and Training Command now have an online collaboration tool designed to help them discover, learn, and promote a culture of innovation.
Aug. 1, 2020
New AETC Command Chief focused on Airmen and valuing force generation

The First Command welcomed Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thompson as its new senior enlisted advisor to the commander and senior staff effective Aug. 1, 2020. Thompson, who replaces Chief Master Sgt. Julie Gudgel as the command chief of Air Education and Training Command, is coming into the position after
July 31, 2020
SWTW's Assessment and Selection Equals Airpower Projection

A&S is a character based process that is indexed off of physical performance and mental fortitude, but fuses the cognitive domain to build a unit of action: an agile and adaptive operator. A&S is a high performance system designed to prepare operators for uncertainty, to embrace pressure and improve
June 3, 2020
RPA Training Next transforming pipeline to competency-based construct

Air Education and Training Command is integrating modern technology and innovative strategies in an effort to transform how remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators are developed through the RPA Training Next initiative.
May 26, 2020
Feasibility of secondary Air Force BMT location proven; COVID-19 surge operations to begin June 2

Air Force officials announced that, beginning June 2, the service will continue to hold basic military training at Keesler AFB, Mississippi, as a secondary location until the end of COVID-19 surge operations. The decision to stand up initial operating capability under 37th Training Wing comes after
March 31, 2020
Language center students, instructors go the distance with distance learning

Despite the changes and preventative measures that are part of COVID-19, students from the 637th Training Group, also known as the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC), have innovated and transferred to a digital learning environment during the past two weeks.