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  • 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

  • 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

  • Wilford Hall conducts study to reduce premature births

    A research program is under way at Wilford Hall Medical Center to test the effectiveness of an investigational drug to reduce preterm delivery in women.Lt. Col. (Dr.) Andrea Shields, 59th Maternal/Child Care Squadron, maternal-fetal medicine specialist, along with investigators from eight other

  • Education center saves Air Force time, money

    Success and savings on national testing at the Lackland AFB Education Center are forming a program model for the Air Force.A partnership between Lackland and the San Antonio branch of Wayland Baptist University last December computerized the testing program that is taking the national testing center

  • Distinguished educators gain first-hand experience during Maxwell visit

    Twenty-five distinguished educators from colleges and universities across the United States and Puerto Rico completed a three-day visit to Maxwell Air Force Base June 12.The Jeanne M. Holm Center for Officer Accession and Citizen Development provided the college and university representatives an

  • El Salvadoran vice chief views AETC programs

    The vice chief of the Joint General Staff for the Republic of El Salvador visited Lackland May 10-11 to gain insight on U.S. Air Force educational and training programs.The two-day visit by El Salvadoran air force Brig. Gen. Jaime Parada fell under the auspice of the U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff's

  • Gaylor NCO Academy sergeant wins Air Force award

    When Master Sgt. Erica Gage volunteered to deploy in August 2008 she didn't realize it would have such a large impact on professional military education in Iraq or her career.Sergeant Gage has been selected the 2009 Air Force Enlisted Professional Military Education Senior NCO of the Year for her