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  • That’s a Wrap

    Class 21-16, the final fiscal year 2021 Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class, graduated thirty-two aviators, Oct. 1, 2021, on Columbus Air Force Base, Miss.

  • SUPT classes 20-22, 20-23 set to graduate

    Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-22 and 20-23 are set to graduate Sept. 3, 2020 after 52 weeks of training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. Laughlin is the home of the 47th Flying Training Wing, whose mission is to build combat-ready Airmen, leaders and pilots. (U.S. Air Force

  • Hypobaric altitude chamber finds new home at 344th Training Squadron

    A hypobaric altitude chamber claimed the 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence hangar as its new home at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 25, 2020. The 344 TRS team worked closely with members of 19th Air Force to make this repositioning possible and also

  • SUPT classes 20-20, 20-21 set to graduate at Laughlin

    Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-20 and 20-21 are set to graduate after 52 weeks of training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Aug. 8, 2020. Laughlin is the home of the 47th Flying Training Wing, whose mission is to build combat-ready Airmen, leaders and pilots. (U.S. Air Force

  • 56th CES maintains Luke AFB arresting system, ensures safety

    An F-16C Fighting Falcon assigned to the 309th Fighter Squadron accelerates towards emergency cables during an annual drill to recertify the BAK-12 arresting system May 8, 2020, at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. The BAK-12, which is maintained by the 56th Civil Engineer Squadron, uses modified brake

  • 300 rated officers to join Total Force Aviation Recruiting Team

    The Air Force's first Aviation Recruiting Team, a Total Force Recruiting program specifically designed to help reach the goals of the Chief Of Staff of the Air Force’s Rated Diversity Improvement initiatives, was recently stood up and AFRS’s Detachment 1 held the team's first two-day training course

  • BASHing bird strikes aim of JBSA-Randolph program

    A bird strike is a collision between a bird and an aircraft, but the term is often expanded to cover other wildlife strikes, such as bats or ground animals. Despite significant dispersion, depredation and avoidance, U.S. Air Force pilots face this rare danger every time they don gear and sit in the