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  • AETC holds Senior Leader Conference

    Air Education and Training Command leadership held the Spring 2017 Senior Leader Conference this week at Sheppard. Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, AETC commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Dave Staton, AETC command chief, along with over one hundred senior officer, enlisted and civilian leadership, came

  • Distinguished service since ‘72

    The history of the 12th Flying Training Wing stretches back to World War II and has been part of Air Education and Training Command since it was activated as part of Air Training Command at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas on May 1, 1972.Although the wing celebrates the lineage of its predecessor

  • Training the world's finest aviators since 1941

    The first class of fresh 2nd lieutenants destined to fly, fight and win over the skies of Europe and the Pacific arrived at the Army Air Corps Flying School of Enid Dec. 16, 1941. They were part of Class 42D.Since then, more than 33,300 aviators have earned their wings here. Some of the all-star

  • AETC celebrates with 75th Anniversary Extravaganza

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_UOKkjb4-4Members of Air Education and Training Command celebrated AETC's heritage Jan. 23 with a 75th Anniversary Extravaganza at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.AETC was founded as the U.S. Air Corps Flying Training Command Jan. 23, 1942, prior to the birth of the

  • AETC’s 75th Anniversary and the birth of a professional Air Force

    On Jan. 23, 2017, Air Education and Training Command celebrates its 75th anniversary — a date much more important in our nation’s heritage than a simple mark in time. Jan. 23, 1942, proved to be the birth of a professional Air Force – men and women precisely selected and trained to fly, fight and

  • Altus AFB: evolution of a training base

    Dec. 7, 1941; a day that will live in infamy. The attack on Pearl Harbor plunged the United States into war. At the time the entire U.S. military had roughly 450,000 active duty members and the need for more troops was answered.Fast forward two years and another call went out, this time not for

  • Missions and memories: Keesler’s first 75 years

    “I think the most significant thing I did during my military career was in 1973,” recalls retired Chief Master Sgt. Lonnie Arnold. “Troops returning from Vietnam were being delivered here and it was our job to help repatriate them; get them settled into lodging, link them back up with their wives

  • Sheppard Celebrates 75 Years of Excellence

    In July 1940, two Army Air Corps officers stepped off a plane into the sweltering summer heat of north Texas.Maj. Oscar Beal and Capt. Joe Miller had been sent to evaluate nearby Call Field, which had been a World War I flight training base, as a potential location for a technical training school.