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  • AETC releases 2016 Strategic Plan

    Air Education and Training Command officials released the command’s 2016 Strategic Plan today, designed to advance the First Command’s vision of “forging innovative Airmen to power the world's greatest Air Force.”“The 2016 Strategic Plan links all Airmen – military and civilian – to core AETC

  • Army, Air Force collaborate on education, innovation

    Gen. David G. Perkins, commanding general of the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, or TRADOC, visited officials from Air Education and Training Command, Jan. 7-8, to collaborate with Air Force leaders on advancing education and innovation within the respective military services.Perkins spoke

  • JBSA-Randolph hosts T-X immersion event

    The Air Force hosted an Advanced Pilot Training Industry Immersion event here for the T-X, Friday, Sept. 4.The event afforded each registered vendor a session to engage with Air Education and Training Command and other government leadership on the APT program, also known as the T-X program.The T-X

  • SECAF, CSAF, CMSAF present new "Little Blue Book"

    Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Mark A. Welsh III and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody delivered the initial handout of the pamphlet, “America’s Air Force: A Profession of Arms,” today to the Air Force’s newest Airmen at Airmen’s Week.The

  • Marines receive first F-35C Lightning II carrier variant

    The first F-35C Lightning II, carrier variant, for the U.S. Marine Corps touched-down on the flight line here, Jan. 13, from the Lockheed Martin plant in Fort Worth, Texas, to begin training in support of carrier-based operations.U.S. Marine Lt. Col. J.T. “Tank” Ryan, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron

  • Luke hosts NFL Pro Bowl practice

    NFL Pro Bowl players came to the Luke Air Force Base football field January 22 to practice and sign autographs for service members and their families.Since 1938, the Pro Bowl has been an NFL tradition during which players are selected by the coaches, players themselves, and the fans. Players who are

  • AETC website undergoing extreme makeover

    Air Education and Training Command websites have begun migration to a new standard design.During the migration process, AETC pages may experience minor errors or page redirects if a user attempts to access certain links.The migration process for Headquarters AETC's website is expected to be

  • Laughlin Air Force Club member wins truck

    Laughlin's year-long pilot training program is the time when people have to make every second count.Second Lt. Gary Rogers, a newly graduated pilot, made his time count by filling out registration forms to win a 2015 Chevy Silverado every day as he waited in line to order lunch at Laughlin's Silver

  • Commentary – NCOs echo through eternity

    "What we do in life, echoes in eternity."Taken from the film "Gladiator," General Maximus Decimus Meridius used these words to prepare his troops for battle. While the context of his words can be taken with different meanings, one internet review suggests it refers to the afterlife. The internet