June 13, 2022 Innovation continues with Det. 24’s change of command Lt. Col. Steve “Tiger” Briones took command of Detachment 24 from Lt. Col. Ryan “Motor” Riley during a change of command ceremony at the Kendrick Club June 10. Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, 19th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony and talked about the ground breaking progress within pilot
June 8, 2022 AFRC A3 director visits 340th Flying Training Group Brig. Gen. D. Scott Durham, director of Air, Space, and Information Operations for Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command, received a mission briefing from Col. Kyle Goldstein, 340th Flying Training Group commander, during a visit to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph June 6.
June 3, 2022 ‘Bloom where you’re planted’ Tinkey began her quest to commissioning when she entered the U.S. Air Force Academy in 2013. However, a few months later, family tragedy struck twice, forcing her to leave the academy and delaying her dream of becoming an officer and pilot.
May 31, 2022 Class 22-10 achieves aeronautical rating Twenty-two student pilots graduated from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training, achieving the aeronautical rating of Pilot, May 26, 2022, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
May 30, 2022 300 sorties makes for an Awesome Day at ENJJPT The 80th Flying Training Wing came together with a goal of setting a new record for the number of sorties flown at the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program, making their efforts an Awesome Day for the program.
May 25, 2022 ‘FORCECON 2022’ spurs collaboration, innovation for Air Force, industry, academia The inaugural FORCECON 2022: Innovation – Technology – Gaming convention kicked off here with a collider event May 24-25 to spur collaboration between the military, industry and academia, with a goal of tackling some of the military’s toughest challenges in the areas of force development, and
May 24, 2022 AETC announces winners of iChallenge at FORCECON 2022 Winners of the AETC iChallenge competition were announced during FORCECON 2022: Innovation – Technology – Gaming, an interactive industry and academia collider event and gaming competition held at the Tech Port Center and Arena in San Antonio, Texas, May 24-29.
May 18, 2022 FAIP heritage aircraft revealed The 14th Flying Training Wing unveiled its newest heritage series painted aircraft on May 13, 2022, at Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.
May 16, 2022 Combat Airlifter of the Week: Tech. Sgt. Arkeith Carter Tech. Sgt. Arkeith Carter, 314th Maintenance Group operations training development and instructor NCOIC, is recognized as the Combat Airlifter of the Week, May 16, 2022.
May 12, 2022 Nomad Lightning Strikes Airmen from the 33rd Fighter Wing executed Nomad Lightning, a large force employment exercise May 2-6 on the Eglin Test and Training Range.