An official website of the United States government
A .mil website belongs to an official U.S. Department of Defense organization in the United States.
A lock (lock ) or https:// means you’ve safely connected to the .mil website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

ImageGallery

Clear Filters | 1 - 20 of 83 results

190125-F-CQ002-1018

2nd Lt Bryan Bonnette, a pilot assigned to the 71st Student Squadron, receives his wings Jan. 25, at the graduation ceremony hosted at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. Student pilots training for over a year to receive their wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Taylor Crul)
Details Download

AETC

The First Command
Details Download

AETC leaders, instructors team up to change flying training curriculum

An L3 Maintenance contractor directs a T-38C Talon to its parking spot Feb. 1, 2018, at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma. The T-38 is a two-seat, twinjet supersonic jet trainer. It was the world's first supersonic trainer and is also the most produced. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Corey Pettis)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

In December 1942, Gen. Hap Arnold stood at Lackland’s Parade Grounds and looked out at 10 acres of Airmen – 100, 000 people arrayed in the grandest formation in Air Force history. He told the Airmen of new technologies, strategies and equipment. He told them they would win the war and help guide the future though their training and professionalism. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

Think about American airpower in context for a few moments. For the first four decades, from 1903 to 1941, there were starts and stops, triumphs and tragedies, but never before a consolidated and scientific approach to training throughout the airpower pipeline. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

That watershed moment begat the Air Corps Flying Training Command, which directly led to the major successes of the last 75 years – the Doolittle Raiders, precision daylight bombing, the Tuskegee Airmen, the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, worldwide aerial logistics and a global reach, the Berlin Airlift, MiG Alley, Operation Linebacker, Desert Storm, Southern Watch, Enduring Freedom, to name a few. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

On Jan. 23, 2017, Air Education and Training Command celebrates its 75th anniversary — a date much more important in our nation’s heritage than a simple mark in time. Jan. 23, 1942, proved to be the birth of a professional Air Force – men and women precisely selected and trained to fly, fight and win our nation’s wars. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

Beginning Jan. 23, 1942, the challenges of a global war necessitated a scientific, efficient and ever-expanding air force training pipeline that stretched from coast to coast. Activated as the Air Corps Flying Training Command, it was re-designated the Army Air Forces (AAF) Flying Training Command two months later. It added technical training to its mission in 1943 and was re-designated the U.S. Army Air Forces Training Command July 31, 1943. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

AETC's first 75 years

Today’s mighty Air Force was forged in the days and years following Jan. 23, 1942 – professional instructors, precise curriculum, training pipelines squeezed to capacity, educational facilities built in quantities and regions thought impossible. Airpower started here, the First Command, and its professional establishment remains the difference-maker to this day. Today’s Airmen – of all grades and backgrounds – are recruited, trained and educated, then sent out ready to contribute to a worldwide, complex mission wherever and whenever needed. (Courtesy Photo)
Details Download

Reenlistment

Staff Sgt. Sushil Torres addresses the audience at her reenlistment while mom Carolyn Pilgrim looks in via Apple's Facetime app at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, March 1. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Poe)
Details Download

Firefighter in Training

Team Vance kid Rex Layne plays fireman with the pros as he pairs with Firefighter Josh Stephens at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 29. Vance Fire Department firefighters helped close the night's Mardi Gras celebration by monitoring a celebratory bonfire. ( U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

Vance

Staff Sgt. Tasha Johnson, the 71st Medical Group dental lab technician, fabricates an orthodontic model at the dental lab at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 25. While the Vance dental lab fabricates a range of dental prostheses, its capabilities aren’t limited to dental items. Johnson also fabricates gear for the flying community, such as customized hearing devices for air traffic controllers. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

New Tower

Senior Airman Susana Twilley, a 71st Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, watches the old control tower demolition from the cab of the new tower at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Jan. 21. The new tower stands almost four stories taller than its predecessor and houses state-of-the-art systems to help control Vance's busy skies more efficiently. Vance's tower was replaced after more than 40 years of service to the base's pilot training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

Promotion

Airman 1st Class Brian Boarman receives his new rank from his wife Madeline and his son at weather center at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 8. Boarman was one of Team Vance's Below-the-Zone recipients. The BTZ program allows commanders to promote a select number of outstanding airmen 1st class to senior airmen six months early. The weather forecaster will put on senior airman just after the new year. (U.S. Air Force photo by David Poe)
Details Download

71st Operation Support Squadron

Air traffic controllers from the 71st Operations Support Squadron manage the skies over Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Dec. 3. Team Vance's professional flight controllers are essential in the training of hundreds of new pilots per year. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

71st Operations Support Squadron

Senior Airman Joshua Becerra, a 71st Operations Support Squadron Airman, holds a line during a retreat ceremony at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Nov. 3. Becerra and fellow Airman Leadership School students here performed a retreat ceremony as part of the ALS professional Airmanship curriculum. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

Vance AFB

Staff Sgt. Eric Salazar monitors vehicle speeds at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 29. Salazar is a Defender from Vance's 71st Security Forces Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo / David Poe)
Details Download

Marines honor those lost during 9/11

Col. Scott Solomon, 81st Training Group commander, and Keesler Air Force Base Marine Corps Detachment commanding officer Maj. Cody Stewart, lead members of the Keesler Marine Det. in a 3.7 mile remembrance run across the Ocean Springs/Biloxi Bridge during a physical training session Sept. 11, 2015. The event honored those who lost their lives during the 9/11 attacks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Details Download

9/11

Members of the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department and 97th Medical Group fold a flag during the 9/11 remembrance ceremony at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, Sept. 11, 2015. Each fold of the flag represented a group of people who were strongly affected from the events of Sept. 11, 2001. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Kirby Turbak)
Details Download

Suicide Prevention Stress Balls

Capt. Thomas Gemuend, 333rd Training Squadron undergraduate cyberspace student, receives a suicide prevention stress ball from Airman 1st Class Rashawn Thompson, 81st Medical Operations Squadron mental health technician, as Staff Sgt. Royal Wright, 81st Security Forces Squadron, verifies his identification as he enters the base Sept. 10, 2015 at Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi. Sept 10th was World Suicide Prevention Day and Keesler will be raising awareness for suicide prevention throughout September. (U.S. Air Force photo by Kemberly Groue)
Details Download