Royal Australian Air Force completes training mission, departs from Luke

After achieving all training milestones, the Royal Australian Air Force began returning its F-35A Lightning II pilots, maintainers and aircraft to Australia from Luke Air Force Base in December 2019.

Air Force Learning Professionals now have online presence

The Air Force now has an online solution to bring learning professionals together with the launch of the Air Force Learning Professionals website in late December 2019. The site, https://www.learningprofessionals.af.mil, provides news, resources and information to help learning professionals develop

58th TRS receives new commander

The 58th Training Squadron welcomed U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Benjamin Bryant, as their new commander at a change of command ceremony Jan. 3, 2020.

Laughlin XLer of the week: Capt. Joshua Hammervold

Operational height waivers focus of latest "The Air Force Starts Here" pod

The 23rd episode of "The Air Force Starts Here," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, focuses on flying training and was released Jan. 14. On the episode, Jennifer Gonzalez from the AETC public affairs office talks about the operational waiver process for height, innovation in the

Goodfellow AFB names December Student of the Month award winners

The Student of the Month awards and Rope of the Month award are presented by 17th Training Group leadership each month.

Air Force beta-tests adaptive learning platform in basic military training

Air Education and Training Command’s emphasis on the use of technology to aggressively and cost-effectively modernize education and training took another step forward here with the issuance of personal tablets to two in-processing flights at Basic Military Training.

Forty-ninth wing acquires a new MQ-9 through ferry

The 49th Wing received its first MQ-9 Reaper through flight, Jan. 8, 2020. Typically when new MQ-9s are sent to Holloman, they are taken apart to ship and then reassembled when they arrive.

AF surgeon general speaks to JBSA medics

U.S. Air Force Surgeon General Lt. Gen. Dorothy A. Hogg spoke to medics during a Jan. 9 visit to Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas.Doctors, nurses and medical technicians from BAMC and Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center gathered for a town hall to hear Hogg’s perspective

Fanged forty-niners in Florida

Temporary deployments are an important part of being in the active-duty military. They provide an opportunity for Airmen to hone in on skills and operate in a location that they are unfamiliar with, much like a deployment. The 311th Fighter Squadron is prepared for a temporary deployment to Key