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  • "Developing Mach-21 Airmen" explores Pilot Training Next 2.0

    The fifth episode of "Developing Mach-21 Airmen," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, was released March 18.In the episode, Lt. Col. Paul Vicars, the director of Pilot Training Next, sits down to discuss the second iteration of AETC’s innovative and experimental approach to

  • International environment, innovation to headline 21st-century pilot training

    The 77th meeting of the ENJJPT Steering Committee, which is the governing body of the world’s only internationally manned and operated pilot training program, was held at Sheppard AFB March 11-15 to give representatives from partner nations an opportunity to discuss the physical and financial health

  • IFF: Where fighter pilots begin their careers

    Before pilots step into fighter aircraft, they must go through Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals, an eight-week course designed to transform newly graduated pilots selected to fly fighters into fighter wingmen.

  • German Air Force change of command

    A new commander took the reins of the German Air Force Tactical Training USA Command here during a change of command ceremony, March 13, 2019.Maj. Gen. Dr. Jan Kuebart, GAF Flying Units commander, presided over the ceremony in which Col. Werner Theisen assumed command of the GAF Tactical Training

  • Thiesen takes command of GAF TTC, prepares for move to Sheppard

    A new commander took the reins of the German air force Tactical Training USA Command, which is set to move to Sheppard Air Force Base soon, during a change of command ceremony, March 13, 2019, at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Col. Werner Theisen assumed command of the GAF Tactical Training

  • Maxwell principal named DoDEA Americas 2019 Region Principal of the Year

    The Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA) Americas region proudly announces that Paul Hernandez, the Maxwell Elementary-Middle School principal in Alabama, as the 2019 DoDEA Americas Principal of the Year."Paul leads as a data-driven principal who motivates others to make a difference in

  • PTN innovations moving to undergraduate pilot training

    Beginning May 31, 2019, flying training wings will formally begin integrating innovations from Pilot Training Next into the undergraduate pilot training curriculum,19th Air Force officials announced at the PTN Technology Expo held here March 12-13. Taking lessons learned and data derived from

  • Third KC-46 Pegasus arrives at 97th Air Mobility Wing

    “A KC-46 Pegasus was delivered to Altus AFB, Oklahoma, today following completion of Foreign Object Debris (FOD) sweeps on Boeing KC-46 aircraft going through the acceptance process," said Rose Riley, Air Mobility Command Public Affairs spokesperson.