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AETC names top performers of 2017

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. DaMarcus Forney, Military Training Instructor assigned to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, receives the Air Education and Training Command MTI of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet, Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Forney was the 331st Training Squadron’s first in parade for four quarters, and led 576 fitness training sessions that resulted in a 99 percent fitness assessment pass rate for his squadron. Forney trained eight flights, garnering four “BEAST Excellence” awards and produced 67 honor graduates, two top graduates, beating the AETC on-time graduate rate by one percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

U.S. Air Force Capt. Ryan Caguillo, chief of command and control communications, assigned to the 81st Training Wing at Keesler Air Force Base, Miss., receives the Air Education and Training Command Company Grade Officer of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Caguillo deployed for nine months in which he managed 4,500 communication links that enabled seamless command and control. He coordinated 15 joint terminal air strikes, linking planning requirements with combat assets and destroying four ISIS headquarters, three improvised explosive devise factories and three drug refineries. Caguillo also organized 12,000 mission documents released to 60 nations, which enabled 25,000 sorties vital to Iraqi liberation from ISIS. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Dear Beloved, 326th Training Squadron director of operations assigned to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, receives the Air Education and Training Command Field Grade Officer of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Beloved codified operations in two AETC instructions, and two group and squadron operating instructions. He coordinated 28 teams during 1,500 hours of work on 47 projects and policy updated leading to the 37 TRW receiving the Brewer Trophy. Beloved deployed during a show-of-force exercise, and led a 110-person Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Division during exercise Talon Saber 2017. He was also selected to lead a seven-member team that identified strategies to revitalize squadrons, briefing a 200-member board and the CSAF’s staff. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Julio Cedillo, Fleet Management and Analysis Assistant assigned to the 97th Logistics Readiness Squadron at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, receives the 2017 Non-supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of Air Education and Training Command, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Cedillo requisitioned five critical vehicles, coordinating transport from three bases and saving the Air Force $256,000 in replacement costs, scrutinized 4,000 repairs, completed 866 work orders and corrected 485 safety discrepancies, as well as won Wing Civilian of the Quarter as well as Flight Performer of the month for April and November 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Frances Santiago, Identification Card Section Lead assigned to the 802nd Force Support Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, receives the 2017 Non-supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Santiago won the prestigious Depart of Defense, Defense Manpower Data Center High Flyer award, restructured two site operations reducing customer wait times by 50 percent and earning a top 10 rank for office Air Force wide, as well as vetted, educated and terminated 811 Common Access and Identification Cards saving Air Force $8.7 million in erroneous Tricare benefits. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Joseph M. DiMisa, Instructor of Environmental Management at the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, receives the 2017 Non-supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. DiMisa directed eight AFIT Civil Engineering courses, while teaching 130 instructional hours in 25 courses, educating 783 Department of Defense engineers, developed seven Air Force level on-demand environmental management mini-courses, which are used 8,000 times per month and saved the Air Force $400,000 annually, as well as authored and published “Ecological Restoration of the Midwest” a 296 page book and a first of its kind for the Midwest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Dr. Andrew M. Akin, Professor of National Security Studies at the Air Command and Staff College at Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Alabama, receives the 2017 Non-supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Akin created and assisted seven academic courses, while teaching three courses, transforming Official Professional Military Education (OPME) content for 28,000 Air Force, civilian and joint service students winner of the Minerva Research Grant, as well as chaired an innovation team, producing the first-ever Facebook live and ADOBE Connect live webinars for OPME students. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Ramiro Solis, Maintenance Program Supervisor assigned to the 97th Maintenance Group at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, receives the 2017 Supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of Air Education and Training Command, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet, Feb. 22, 2018, in Orlando, Fla. Solis executed $9.2 million KC-46 Pegasus support equipment, which processed 1,874 pieces and guaranteed the Wing’s new mission success, identified a critical KC-46 potable water shortfall with a solution that was implemented fleet-wide, and orchestrated a city-wide fundraiser to replace the youth softball and safety equipment, raising $3,500 and providing for 80 children. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Paul Gentile, Assistant Chief for Fire Protection assigned to the 47th Civil Engineer Squadron at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, receives the 2017 Supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of Air Education and Training Command, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet, Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Gentile led the Wing fire prevention program, inspecting 61 facilities, identifying and correcting 46 safety violations and safe guarding 5,700 base personnel, provided vital Emergency Operations Command node during T-38 crash response, integrating with 11 agencies and hastened incident resolution, and oversaw the first-ever Junior Firefighter car show, leading 120 hours preparation and raising $2,500 enabling zero cost for the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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AETC names top performers of 2017

Brenda S. Sizemore, Director of Business Operations for the 17th Contracting Squadron at Goodfellow Air Force Base, Texas, receives the 2017 Supervisory Civilian of the Year Award from Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, Commander of AETC, during the AETC 12 Outstanding Airmen of the Year Awards banquet Feb. 22, 2018 in Orlando, Fla. Sizemore earned Best AETC Contracting Civilian two years in a row, led AETC’s best base-level cost reduction program, saving the Air Force $13 million over six years, as well as managed the Contracting Officer Warrant Program, helping to alleviate squadron buy shortfall while also increasing contract award production by 27 percent. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kenneth W. Norman)
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19th AF Commander speaks on future of military flight training

Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, Commander, 19th Air Force, speaks on the benefits of LVC training (Live, Virtual, Constructive) at the Military Flight Training USA conference held at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Oct. 28, 2015. He said new developments in flight simulator training, combined with the potential of the new T-X aircraft, can improve the quality of flight training while reducing costs. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Andy Stephens)
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Enlisted Pilot Initial Class Graduate

U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Mike, Enlisted Pilot Initial Class student, operates the controls of a T-6 Texan II aircraft simulator, May 4, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Mike is assigned to Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Training Class 17-10 with the 558th Flying Training Squadron, and is one of the first three enlisted Airmen to graduate from the course, making him on of the service’s first enlisted pilots since 1961. (U.S. Air Force photo by Joel Martinez)
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33rd FW first F-35A live bomb drop

Smoke appears after a GBU-12 detonates on a range at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., January 17, 2017. The GBU-12 was released from an F-35A assigned to the 58th Fighter Squadron. This was the first time the unit dropped live ordnance from the aircraft. (Courtesy Photo)
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Crew, plane survive bird air strike

Maj. Tim Menges, 560th Flying Training Squadron Instructor Pilot conducts a pre-flight inspection of a T-38C Talon at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Texas. Menges safely landed at Victoria Regional Airport Jan. 25, 2016, after a bird air strike knocked out the plane's electrical system. (U.S. Air Force photo by Randy Martin)
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Crew, plane survive bird air strike

Maj. Tim Menges, a 560th Flying Training Squadron Instructor Pilot poses for a photo in front of a T-38C Talon at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Menges landed his T-38C Talon at Victoria Regional Airport Jan. 25, 2016, following a bird air strike that knocked out the jet's electrical power during a training mission. (U.S. Air Force photo by Randy Martin)
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AETC Commander visits DLIFLC

Chief Master Sergeant David Staton, command chief of Air Education and Training Command, visited Airmen at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center as a part of a tour of installations that AETC oversees. (U.S. Army photo by Amber Whittington)
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AETC Commander visits DLIFLC

The commander of the Air Education and Training Command, Lt. Gen Darryl Roberson, visit Airmen at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center as a part of a tour of installations that he oversees. (U.S. Army photo by Amber Whittington)
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AETC Commander visits DLIFLC

The commander of the Air Education and Training Command, Lt. Gen Darryl Roberson, speaks with Airmen at the Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center as a part of a tour of installations that he oversees. (U.S. Army photo by Amber Whittington)
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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)
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IPE practice

Senior Airman Anna Sherman, 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment journeyman, practices fitting an Improved Outer Tactical Vest on Senior Airman Georgette Moore, 56th LRS IPE journeyman, Feb. 25, 2016 at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. IPE Airmen issue mobility oriented protection gear, outer tactical vests, helmets and more. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Grace Lee)
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