News - Category 19th Air Force

June 17, 2019
12th FTW history program named AETC's best

The preservation of Air Force history is an important task which allows Airmen to look back in time and remember important milestones and events that were important to the identity of a unit. For the last 13 years, Lane Bourgeois, 12th Flying Training Wing historian at Joint Base San
June 13, 2019
Wills takes command of 19th Air Force overseeing flying training

With the sounds of freedom and flying training as the backdrop, Maj. Gen. Craig D. Wills took the reins of the 19th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty during a change of command ceremony at Hangar 4 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, June 13, 2019.
June 12, 2019
Air Force looks at faster, smarter hardware acquisition and big data to help solve T-6 OBOGS issues

While many of the T-6 On-Board Oxygen Generating Systems issues are markedly better than last year, the Air Force is looking at ways to procure hardware upgrades like the enhanced OBOGS faster and smarter, increase basic science and research, and collect and apply new research data into acquisitions
June 12, 2019
F-16's, maintenance team from Holloman deploy for joint training with USMC

Airmen from the 314th FS and 314th AMU worked out of Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, in San Diego, California, for a training exercise from May 29 to June 14, 2019.
June 11, 2019
Luke AFB maintainers earn ‘Best in the Air Force’ title

The 56th Fighter Wing at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz., received the 2018 Clements McMullen Memorial Maintenance Daedalian Trophy, presented to the Air Force unit with the greatest weapon system maintenance record for the prior year during a ceremony May 30.
June 11, 2019
New commander takes charge of 58th OSS

The Air Force change of command ceremony is a military tradition that represents a formal transfer of authority and responsibility for a unit from one commanding officer to another.
June 7, 2019
Altus AFB supports Joint Exercise Operation Western Strike

The 97th Air Mobility Wing worked alongside the Army National Guard headquartered in Oklahoma City, Okla., to complete a joint exercise with a C-17 Globemaster III, June 3 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.
June 7, 2019
Holloman pilot announced as Thunderbird "No. 4" for 2020

Capt. Zane Taylor from the 8th Fighter Squadron at Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., has been selected to join the United States Air Force Thunderbirds for the 2020 demonstration season as Thunderbird No. 4, the team’s slot pilot.
June 7, 2019
Holloman AFB honorary commanders assume command

The 49th Wing honored their 2019 commanders emeritus and honorary commanders during a ceremony here, May 31, 2019. The honorary commander program establishes and maintains personal relationships with local civic leaders, and aids in increasing public awareness of the missions, policies and programs
June 5, 2019
First Vietnamese student graduates from US Aviation Leadership Program

Capt. Toai Dang, of Vietnam Air Defense-Air Force, became the first Vietnamese student to graduate from the Aviation Leadership Program (ALP) on May 31 at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. ALP is a U.S. Air Force-funded program, providing students of partner and developing countries with