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  • AF Academy, AETC host technology-infused basic aviation skills training

    Colorado Springs high school students and recent Air Force Academy graduates are flying together -- in the classroom -- thanks to training devices that simulate the T-6 Texan II training aircraft. The Academy is hosting summer training sessions in partnership with AETC to explore the benefits of

  • USAFE-AFAFRICA commander visits Det. 24, Pilot Training Next

    Gen. Jeffrey L. Harrigian, United States Air Forces Europe and United States Air Forces Africa commander, visited Detachment 24 and Pilot Training Next to learn more about how AETC is exploring and prototyping a pilot training environment that integrates various technologies to produce pilots in a

  • Pilot Training Next cadre discuss lessons learned, way forward

    NATIONAL HARBOR, Maryland - Air Education and Training Command officials announced the second iteration of Pilot Training Next would begin in January 2019 during a panel at the 2018 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference here.To refine the curriculum for the next class, the PTN cadre

  • Flying training reimagined as first PTN class graduates

    AUSTIN, Texas—The Air Force’s pilot training landscape took a significant step forward in reimagining how Airmen learn to fly as 13 students from the first iteration of Pilot Training Next pinned on their silver wings in a ceremony Aug. 3 here.As Air Education & Training Command’s most tangible

  • Undergraduate Pilot Training; there’s an app for that

    The 80th Flying Training Wing entered this year’s Air Education and Training Command Innovation Challenge after successfully creating an app to make more than 1,500 pages of necessary documents available to its pilots via handheld device.

  • AETC names top performers of 2017

    Nineteen Air Education and Training Command Airmen and civilians received AETC’s Outstanding Airman of the Year awards at a banquet in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 22. The awards honoring outstanding achievement across AETC were held in conjunction with the 2018 Air Force Association Air Warfare

  • AETC commander discusses role of innovation in developing leaders

    ORLANDO, Fla., -- Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast, commander of Air Education and Training Command, spoke to Airmen about the importance of developing innovators in today's Air Force at the 2018 Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Feb. 22 in Orlando, Florida. During his speech, Kwast gave his thoughts