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  • All in a weekend's work: Fairchild rescue flight saves 2 lives

    Airmen from the 36th Rescue Flight, an Air Education and Training Command unit, answered the call to save not only one, but two lives in one weekend.On June 13 at 5:30 p.m., Capt. Berto Holt, the 36th RQF operations supervisor, received a call that a kayaker was stranded 70 miles southeast of

  • Fort Sam Houston Civil Engineering prepared shelters for migrant children

    The 502nd Civil Engineer Squadron responded with lightning speed after the call came late on a Friday afternoon in mid-May to establish an emergency shelter to house up to nearly 1,200 unaccompanied migrant children at a Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland facility.In less than 24 hours, the 502nd CES

  • New commander takes the lead of Basic Military Training

    Air Force Basic Military Training welcomed a new commander Monday during a change of command ceremony at the Recruit and Family In-processing Information Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.Col. Michele C. Edmondson assumed command of the 737th Training Group from Col. Deborah Liddick. Liddick

  • BMT commander retires, reflects on experience

    Friday's Air Force Basic Military Training graduation and parade will no doubt be special for the BMT senior leader.It will be the last BMT graduation and parade for Col. Deborah Liddick as the 737th Training Group commander before Col. Michele C. Edmondson assumes command of the group during a

  • Reflecting on D-Day: world-class training led to air supremacy

    Many know June 6, 1944, as D-Day, the day when more than 150,000 Allied Forces stormed the Nazi-occupied beaches of Normandy, France, selflessly risking their lives to establish a strategic beachhead. Though the victory came at a high price, few friendly casualties were lost to enemy aircraft that

  • Japan Air Self-Defense Force general visits AETC

    The head of Japan Air Self-Defense Force Air Training Command visited Air Education and Training Command, Monday, May 12. Lt. Gen. Masayuki Hironaka, commander of Air Training Command, was given an overview of AETC's mission and international training programs. Hironaka and Gen. Robin Rand,

  • Final F-35A delivered to Eglin

    The 58th Fighter Squadron became the Air Force's first complete F-35A Lightning II squadron after they welcomed their 26th and final F-35A May 28 at the 33rd Fighter Wing, here.Maj. Scott Charlton, 58th FS pilot, ferried the aircraft, AF-45, from Lockheed Martin's F-35 production center in Fort

  • Recruiting NCO to receive Bronze Star Medal

    "People first." It's more than just a phrase for Master Sgt. Michael Staggs. It was the philosophy that saw him through a year-long deployment to Afghanistan.Staggs filled several roles, primarily as the senior enlisted advisor for the Defense Contract Management Agency, a joint-service unit that

  • WWII veteran shares story

    Everyone has a story. It could be a simple story or complex. Some may experience a moment that can change their lives forever. For retired Chief Master Sgt. Harold Bergbower, 26th Cavalry Regiment air mechanic, his time in the Air Force proved to be life changing, and he shared it May 15 at Club