News - Tag Air Education and Training and Command

Aug. 24, 2020
Air Force top officials visit JBSA missions for first combined trip

Secretary of the Air Force Barbara Barrett was accompanied by newly sworn-in Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. Charles Brown, Jr. and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne Bass to take a closer look at operations across Joint Base San Antonio during COVID-19.
June 5, 2020
The Future of Enlisted Professional Military Education

The panel of chief master sergeants from AU answered both pre-submitted questions and questions asked during the event addressing concerns for current and future enlisted PME classes.
April 28, 2020
Electronic Signals moves virtual due to COVID-19

With safeguarding their students in mind, the Apprentice Electronic Signals Intelligence Analyst (1N2A) course, innovated by shifting two-thirds of its material digital.
April 21, 2020
Financial Management course at Keesler implements innovative changes in classroom

The 335th Training Squadron introduced a new direction for the Financial Management career field in its most recent graduating class at Keesler AFB, Mississippi. The course is focusing on teaching only the most important and relevant material to their students to improve the quality of the class.
March 13, 2020
Formal trainer aircraft maintenance training returning after long hiatus

All is quiet inside the newly renovated south end of Hangar 62 at JBSA-Randolph, but in a matter of months the 15,000-square-foot area will hum with activity as instructors mold a new generation of Air Force trainer aircraft technicians.
Feb. 24, 2020
AETC names Training Support Officer of the Year

Maj. Tate Grogan, 341st Training Squadron Director of Operations, was named the Air Education and Training Command’s Training Support Officer of the Year, Jan. 31, 2020.
Jan. 30, 2020
AETC Command Team visits Maxwell to ensure quality of life for Airmen

The AETC Command Team visited Maxwell AFB Jan. 29, 2020, to see quality of life issues affecting Airmen and their families in privatized housing and dorms for Airmen, as well as for an update on local public school initiatives and a visit to MGMWERX.
Oct. 24, 2019
Strategic partnership of innovation: PTN, NASA launch two-part collaborative research agreement

Officials from Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next have established a strategic partnership with NASA, focused on biometric data collection and the application of emerging technology into PTN curriculum that will innovate the student pilot learning environment.
Sept. 16, 2019
Building the strongest of Airmen

From jumping out of airplanes hundreds of feet in the air to swimming through rushing water down range, Special Warfare Airmen fight through the toughest and most vigorous environments to support the Air Force mission.
Aug. 27, 2019
A dark night leads to a bright career

It was a zero illumination night in a Pave Low helicopter above the New Mexico desert when two pilots experienced a malfunction in their flight controls during a training mission. Normally, protocol is to land immediately. Due to the unique circumstances of that night, the flight crew hesitated to