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  • 10 Air Force teams compete for top dog honors

    The U.S. Air Force selected 10 of its best military working dog handler teams to compete in the 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials here May 3-5.The Air Force makes up 10 of the 43 teams for the first DoD competition to be held in the past 10 years.The Air Force traditionally

  • DoD Military Working Dog handlers come together for joint competition

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials kicked off this week allowing 43 teams from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to demonstrate their handling skills with their canine partners here May 4-6.The competition was designed to showcase each branch of service's

  • AETC commander: Air Force staying ahead of learning curve

    The commander of Air Education and Training Command spoke about the future of Air Force learning at the Air Force Association's 2012 Air Warfare Symposium in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 23.General Edward A. Rice, Jr. addressed Airmen and defense industry professionals on the Air Force's need to continue to

  • Getting ready for the worst case scenario

    Team Sheppard members participated in an Anti-Terrorism and Emergency Management exercise Feb. 21-23 in preparation for the upcoming Air Education and Training Command Compliance Inspection.The exercise gave the team an opportunity to practice its ability to respond to an emergency scenario

  • From pavement to the busiest RAPCON in the AF

    Like most other young boys, John Hammer dreamed of growing up and being a professional football star. Instead, the 30-year-old staff sergeant, husband, and father of three, is a senior watch supervisor at the busiest airfield in the Air Force.Before joining the Air Force in 2005, Hammer lived and

  • Pararescueman: Selfless service and resiliency

    Service before self is an Air Force core value each Airman is expected to embody. For one particular group of Airmen, it's central to their way of life. The pararescueman code states: "It is my duty as a pararescueman to save life and to aid the injured. I will be prepared at all times to perform my

  • Basic training command chief outlines priorities

    The new 37th Training Wing Command Chief Master Sergeant believed the Air Force had basic military training right when he left Lackland in 1989.Returning 22 years later as the wing's top enlisted Airman, he uses one word to describe today's BMT."Awestruck," said Command Chief Master Sgt. Craig

  • Fort Sill Soldiers taste deployed life close to home at Altus AFB

    Soldiers from the 4th Battalion 3rd Air Defense Artillery, Fort Sill, Okla., recently concluded their 10-day Patriot missile culmination training event here Oct. 21. "The training was awesome," said Capt. Bradley Hayes, 4-3 ADA BN Alpha Battery commander. "We came to Altus and we replicated what we

  • General returns for Scope Warrior

    Lt. Gen. William (Bill) Lord, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer, is back at Keesler Air Force Base to co-host Scope Warrior, an annual strategic planning conference for senior Air Force communications leaders.Lord was the 81st

  • EMEDS team trains for emergency response

    Air Force medical personnel honed their skills last month in a massive joint forces field-training exercise simulating a terrorist attack in the United States.The 10-day exercise, held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., allowed service members to war game the scenario and know their specific duties in case a