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  • President lands at LRAFB to view Arkansas tornado damage

    President Barack Obama landed at Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., Wednesday to tour the local communities damaged by the April 27 tornado.In his first visit to the state as president, Obama met with victims, local officials and emergency personnel. "When something happens like this to a community,

  • AETC changes approach to SAPR training

    The Air Education and Training Command will change the approach for this year's annual Sexual Assault Prevention and Response training. Air Force officials announced the 2014 SAPR training will be broken into two topically-driven modules. The first module will be conducted in the spring and focuses

  • After highway crash, instructor pilot flies again

    (This feature is part of the "Through Airmen's Eyes" series on AF.mil. These stories focus on a single Airman, highlighting their Air Force story.)Her career seemed ruined, her dreams grounded."At the beginning, I thought I'd never fly again," said 1st Lt. Laura Jones, when she recalled her Jan. 2

  • Laughlin and Keesler Airmen win 2013 AETC Cost Conscious Culture Award

    Air Education and Training Command officials announced winners of the 2013 AETC Cost Conscious Culture (C3) Annual Awards 22 April. Tech. Sgt. Jeffery Randolph, 14th Operations Support Squadron, Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, was awarded C3 Individual of the Year. The 47th Civil Engineering

  • It did just happen: 322nd TRS instructor selected MTI of the Year

    "That did not just happen."It's a phrase hundreds of trainees in the 322nd Training Squadron have heard Staff Sgt. Eddie Glover say while leading flights as a military training instructor.In fact, one trainee eventually told Glover that when he heard the instructor say "that did not just happen," he

  • Caution and commitment: Sheppard's response to a real world active shooter

    What was supposed to be a regular exercise on base turned into a real world active shooter response April 24.An active shooter exercise, meant to simulate the scenario of an individual engaged in the shooting of people in a confined space or populated area, aims to prepare military installations for

  • March honors fallen

    Airmen and local community members came together April 20 to honor military members who made the ultimate sacrifice while serving their country by participating in the annual March of the Fallen rucksack march through the White Tank Mountains. There were three different weight categories

  • Tornado preparedness storms through Sheppard

    Tornadoes can come through with winds that can exceed 300 mph and also produce hail, lightning, flash floods and a host of other natural disasters. Sheppard potentially stands in the direction of a force that has the ability to irrevocably change lives. According to the National Weather Service, in

  • Laughlin Airman presents unique opportunity for Del Rio students

    A Laughlin student pilot helped connect students around the world to the International Space Station.Thanks to a partnership between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and the United States Air Force Academy Cadet Wing Science Technology Engineering and Math Outreach Club, panelists