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  • Physiology training combats human factors in flight

    One of the secrets behind nearly 75 years of U.S. air dominance is the quality of our pilot training. But long before students learn to identify, out-maneuver and defeat enemy aircraft, they have to learn to deal with a much more subtle but no less dangerous threat: hypoxia.Essentially a lack of

  • CSAF honors flight training instructor with Kolligian Trophy

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz presented Capt. Frank Baumann, an instructor pilot from the 80th Flying Training Wing at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, one of the Air Force's most prestigious flight safety awards during a Pentagon ceremony here June 27. Baumann was named the 2011

  • AF top engineers give tips on saving energy, money

    Summer is officially under way. While it means fun in the sun for Airmen and their families, it can be an expensive, wasteful time of year for the Air Force. Utility bills on installations often rise drastically as air conditioning units and sprinkler systems work to keep up. The Air Force spends

  • Chiefs issue strategic direction to combat sexual assault

    Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on combatting the crime.The chiefs released a "32-star"

  • Navy earns Top Dog honors

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog Trials came to a close May 5 after a top dog was selected following a grueling three-day competition.Forty-three teams came together from across the DoD to test their skills in patrol, and explosives and drug detection scenarios in simulated

  • 10 Air Force teams compete for top dog honors

    The U.S. Air Force selected 10 of its best military working dog handler teams to compete in the 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials here May 3-5.The Air Force makes up 10 of the 43 teams for the first DoD competition to be held in the past 10 years.The Air Force traditionally

  • Fitness center renamed to honor fallen Airman

    Team Luke officially renamed its fitness center to the Bryant Fitness Center during a rededication ceremony Monday in honor of an Airman killed while serving in a combat zone last year. Lt. Col. Frank Bryant Jr., the fitness center's namesake, was among the nine Americans killed during the April 27,

  • DoD Military Working Dog handlers come together for joint competition

    The 2012 Department of Defense Military Working Dog K-9 Trials kicked off this week allowing 43 teams from the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps to demonstrate their handling skills with their canine partners here May 4-6.The competition was designed to showcase each branch of service's

  • Planning continues for new Airman Heritage Museum

    Efforts are underway to expand the Air Force's enlisted heritage museum here. The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation plans to modernize the USAF Airman Heritage Museum with a new facility to be located on what is becoming Lackland AFB's Heritage Campus. The site location, at the North end of the