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  • Keesler member wins Outstanding Airman of the Year

    Every year hundreds of Airman at various levels in the Air Force are recognized and win awards for doing something well. Out of those only a handful are selected to compete for the Airman of the Year award. From those, only 12 win the award. And this year, one of them walks the streets of Keesler.

  • AETC Trains America's International Partners

    Air Education and Training Command develops America's Airmen today...for tomorrow, but the command's reach extends far beyond America's borders.AETC is training the air forces of America's international partners, helping create a large-scale network of air force superiority and international

  • 'Go for Green' helps Airmen make healthy choices

    A new program at the Solar Inn Dining Facility on base makes nutrition as easy as red light, green light.The Go for Green program is a nutritional recognition labeling system designed to provide a quick snapshot of the nutritional value of food choices in the DFAC. Food items are labeled green - eat

  • Visitors on flightline create buzz for JBSA-Randolph pest control

    When 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron pest control technicians were dispatched for an unusual mission on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph's west flightline the afternoon of June 13, they weren't surprised.A swarm of honeybees buzzing around on the flap of a T-6A Texan II trainer is an odd - and perhaps

  • 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"