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  • Airman’s Foundational Competencies: An Air Force Initiative

    In this episode of The Air Force Starts Here podcast, we explore the Airman’s Foundational Competencies. The Air Force has identified 24 Airman’s foundational competencies for all Airmen, as part of a systematic competency-based approach to develop the force. In to episode 51 of "The Air Force

  • Top AETC Mentors Offer Advice on Growing from Good to Great

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass, along with other senior enlisted leaders, spoke to over 700 virtual attendees during AETC’s Good to Great through Personal Perspectives, a Panel of Mentors event on May 25, 2021.

  • Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown

    Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.

  • 2021 AETC Outstanding Airmen of the Year

    Air Education and Training Command leaders congratulate the 2021 AETC Outstanding Airmen of the Year. These awards recognize the important contributions, significant accomplishments and the highest qualities of leadership exhibited by enlisted, officer, and civilian members representing a

  • AETC COVID-19 Oral History with 59th Medical Wing

    In episode 50 of "The Air Force Starts Here," we take a look back at how the COVID-19 pandemic and changed Air Force training. Gary Boyd, Air Education and Training Command historian, speaks with Maj. Gen. John J. DeGoes, who is the former 59th Medical Wing commander, and has been credited by Lt.

  • AETC Announces Winners of iChallenge 2021

    Lt. Gen. Brad Webb, commander of Air Education and Training Command, announced the winners of the AETC iChallenge and awarded a combined $300,000 during the annual Gathering of the Torch event at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. The winners will work with their wing leadership to use the funds

  • BEAST MTI takes over AETC Instagram account May 12

    A military training instructor from the BEAST, Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training, at Joint Base San Antonio – Lackland, Texas, is the next force generator to take over AETC’s Instagram account May 12. Follow AETC on Instagram at aetc_firstcommand to see this takeover.