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  • T-6 Texan II crashes at Sheppard AFB

    UPDATE: A T-6 Texan II from Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, crashed just before 2 p.m. May 1, southwest of Hastings, Oklahoma. Both crew members ejected safely and have returned to base. The aircraft was performing a pilot instructor training mission at the time of the accident.

  • The Air University Fellows Program

    In comes the AU Fellows Program: a two-year selective developmental assignment that results in creating officers that are capable, innovative and better leaders than when they arrived.

  • Holloman's 311th AMU heads to Hill for exercise Venom 19-01

    The 311th Fighter Squadron deployed for a temporary duty assignment to Hill Air Force Base, Utah, April 22, 2019, for exercise Venom 19-01. The snowcapped mountains and lush, green grass of Utah replace the old scenery of white sands and open desert of Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico.Over 200

  • The Air Force is becoming more Agile – one project at a time

    The term ‘Agile’ has been on the lips of Department of Defense senior leaders with increasing frequency recently – often citing its importance for developing functional, innovative software that better equips the warfighter to respond to uncertain and ever-changing environments.While the private

  • SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    Students from Air University’s School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies met with European allies last month to gain new perspectives and alternative views on how different parts of the world define nuclear deterrence.

  • Yesterday’s Air Force: The Doolittle Raid

    After a string of defeats in America’s early days of World War II, the president ordered a mission to strike Japan and to help improve the morale of the American people.

  • Sheppard Defender receives medal for life-saving actions

    On November 12, 2018, a 74 year old woman knocked on the door of her neighbor when she was suffering from pneumonia, luckily for her, one Senior Airman Janine Casey, 82nd Security Forces Squadron unit scheduler, answered.