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Jan. 27, 2012
Base unveils memorial for fallen combat controller: Sather Memorial finds new home at JBSA-Lackland

The family of the first Air Force enlisted combat casualty in Operation Iraqi Freedom unveiled a memorial at the 342nd Training Squadron on the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Training Annex Jan. 20.Family members of fallen combat controller Staff Sgt. Scott Sather uncovered the large concrete
Jan. 26, 2012
Disabled vet talks resilience

Roberto Barrera, a disabled Vietnam War veteran, spoke to a group of Laughlin Airmen here during a stand down day to focus on resilience and suicide awareness Jan. 24.Barrera enlisted in the U.S. Marine Corps in February of 1969 before going to serve in Vietnam later that year. On Sept. 16, 1969, he
Jan. 23, 2012
AETC: 70 years of training and education programs built on the achievements of many

The demand for flying training caused by the United States' entry into World War II after the attack on Pearl Harbor, resulted in the creation of the Air Corps Flying Training Command January 23, 1942. Today marks Air Education and Training Command's 70th Anniversary. After several re-designations,
Jan. 23, 2012
Laughlin named busiest airfield in AF for 2011

Laughlin was officially announced the busiest airfield and combined air traffic control tower in the Air Force for 2011 on Jan. 10 by the Air Force Flight Standards Agency for having a total of 337,439 operations. Controlling the busiest airfield in the Air Force is the 47th Operations Support
Jan. 19, 2012
2012 Symposium shares lessons, vision with AETC Airmen

Thousands of Airmen from across Air Education and Training Command flocked to the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center here Jan. 12-13 to learn about world-leading capabilities and technologies for educating, training, recruiting and innovating.More than 120 vendor booths and 70 seminars and panels
Jan. 17, 2012
Altus AFB, first AETC base to test new Instrument Landing System

Altus AFB was recently selected by a Virginia scientific, engineering and technology applications company to be the first Air Education and Training Command base to test an innovative new Instrument Landing System. The McLean, Va.-based Science Applications International Corporation is scheduled to
Jan. 13, 2012
AETC hosts red carpet 'Red Tails' premiere

The Air Education and Training Command Symposium focuses on the future of the command. But this year, on the eve of the first day, a special event was held to honor heroes and their legacy.Nearly 2,000 symposium attendees filled San Antonio's Lila Cockrell Theater Thursday to pre-screen an upcoming
Dec. 16, 2011
Laughlin AFB graduates Afghanistan's newest pilots

Three Afghan air force lieutenants will soon be returning to Afghanistan with silver wings after graduating from Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Dec.16 here.After competing against more than 350 potential Afghan pilot candidates, these three lieutenants are the first from their country to
Dec. 6, 2011
'Cool School' teaches arctic survival

Surviving in the wilderness could be intimidating for some, but doing so during a brutal Alaskan winter could be downright scary. Detachment 1, 66th Training Squadron's Arctic Survival Training course, which began here recently, offers students a set of skills invaluable to enduring the subarctic
Dec. 6, 2011
Lackland pararescueman receives Bronze Star Medal with Valor

While engaged in operations against enemy forces near Arghandab Province, Afghanistan, July 12, 2010, an Airman risked his life to medevac three U.S. Soldiers injured by improvised explosive devices, saving their lives.Tech. Sgt. Luis Garcia, a pararescueman assigned to the 342nd Training Squadron,