July 2, 2019 AFROTC summer Field Training underway on AU campus Air Force ROTC cadets from around the country are battling the central Alabama heat this summer at Air University on their journey toward earning their gold bars. The more than 2,600 cadets from most of AFROTC’s 145 detachments are rotating through Field Training, a congressionally mandated program
July 2, 2019 Altus Airman wins AF-level Pharmacy Tech of the Year award U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Stacie Hamilton, a pharmacy flight chief assigned the 97th Medical Group, won the annual Leadership Pinnacle Senior Technician of the Year Award, May 2019, at Altus Air Force Base, Okla.
July 1, 2019 Airfield management course at Keesler adds virtual reality The 334th Training Squadron at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., has incorporated the first virtual reality training for Airfield Management students in the Air Force so the students get more of a “hands-on” learning experience.
July 1, 2019 Team BLAZE welcomes newest ‘pilot’ during fun-filled day Pilots, pink gifts and attention, according to Aubrey Armstrong, there’s not much more a child could ask for. Aubrey had a chance to spend time with pilots at Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, June 25, during her Pilot for a Day opportunity.
July 1, 2019 14th FTW commander discusses economic impact, future plans Col. Samantha Weeks, 14th Flying Training Wing commander, spoke to members of the Base Community Council June 20 during a luncheon at the Club on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
July 1, 2019 CSAF presents Kolligian Trophy to Vance T-38 pilot Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein presented the 2018 Koren Kolligian Jr., Trophy to Capt. Matthew T. Heath, a T-38 instructor pilot assigned to the 71st Flying Training Wing, Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, at the Pentagon, June 27.
July 1, 2019 SNCO Academy brings first-ever PME course to Jordan A team of three instructors from the U.S. Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy visited Amman, Jordan, to provide the first-ever Senior NCO mobile education course here June 10-27. The instructors partnered with Royal Jordanian Air Force translators to present the two week course to 30
July 1, 2019 Air Force announces targeted special duty and instructor tour length changes The Air Force is reducing targeted special duty and instructor tour lengths. The tour length reduction from four to three years for military training instructors, military training leaders, AETC technical training instructors with prefix “T”, “J”, or “X”, and stateside professional military
July 1, 2019 Little Rock AFB unit named AETC's top ops squadron The 62nd Airlift Squadron received Air Education and Training Command’s Top Operations Squadron for 2018 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas, earlier this year.
June 29, 2019 CAP cadets converge on Laughlin Twenty-eight high school Civil Air Patrol students from across America converged on Laughlin June 8 through 15 to get a first-hand course in pilot training. CAP is the official civilian auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force and is a volunteer organization with an aviation-minded membership including