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  • SERE specialists facilitate training for Army, Air Force

    You're at work going about your usual business ---- as a military member, that may mean going on patrol with your squad or heading to a nearby depot for a resupply ---- when suddenly, you find yourself separated from your group. You are in an unfamiliar wilderness. You only have a few things in your

  • New museum to inspire Airmen

    Two Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland museums, The Airman Heritage Museum and the Security Forces Museum, will consolidate into the Enlisted Heritage and Character Development Center by October 2014 and will serve as a stepping stone into a larger $50 million, privately-funded museum set to open in

  • Veterans in Blue: Serving Country and Community

    From a young age, Dave Mercier knew he wanted to be in law enforcement. While growing up he wasn't sure how he wanted to reach his goal, but always seeing his father's retirement orders hanging on the wall gave him an idea."My father served for four years in the Air Force and I was born when he was

  • Learning from CAOS

    At the Air University's LeMay Center for Doctrine Development and Education, behind heavy steel vault doors, members of the Royal Netherlands Air Force are strategizing in a combined air operations simulation wargame conducted June 16-27.The wargame takes place annually at the center's Wargaming

  • Luke Airman warrior on two fronts

    There are few who are prepared for battle, not the type of battle fought overseas, but those fought stateside in the ring.Mixed Martial Arts fighters are warriors who train daily to prepare for a war about honor.Staff Sgt. Keli Manglona, 56th Maintenance Group aircraft armament specialist, is a

  • Romanian AF visits Sheppard as global bonds fly high

    A Romanian Air Force delegation toured the base July 8-11 to witness the role Sheppard plays in training and inspiring warriors. The visit was intended to establish international bonds and potential joint training ventures. The four-member Romanian delegation was accompanied by U.S. Air Force

  • Doolittle Tokyo Raiders: Anniversary event draws crowd to honor heroes

    It was April 18, 1942, and the United States was embroiled in World War II following the unsuspected attack on Pearl Harbor and the Imperial Japanese forces had rapidly extended their reach across the Pacific. When called upon, 80 men volunteered for a "top secret" mission blindly - a mission that

  • AFECT Airmen teach flyers how to survive

    Flying a fighter jet requires hours upon hours of rigorous training preparing pilots for a multitude of battle scenarios, but there are some potentially fatal circumstances that can't be foreseen or avoided, such as bird strikes, engine failure or other mechanical problems leaving the pilot with

  • Wings of Blue prepare to celebrate their golden anniversary

    This weekend the United States Air Force Academy Parachute Team Wings of Blue will celebrate a milestone--50 years of "Standing in the Door." Many things have changed during the past 50 years for the team, but the one constant has been "standing in the door" -that moment when a cadet is standing in

  • Solo or no-go: ENJJPT pilot's perspective on first solo flight

    Editors Note: This article is an ongoing series about the obstacles 2nd Lt. Abraham Morland faces as a Sheppard Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training program student in the year long course, after he renounced his British citizenship to pursue his dream of flying in the U.S. Air Force. At the end of