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April 18, 2019
19th AF command chief talks readiness at Columbus AFB

Nineteenth Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Erik Thomson held an all call for the enlisted force between visiting many units of the 14th Flying Training Wing April 8, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi.
April 9, 2019
Lt Col Dick Cole, last surviving Doolittle Raider, passes away at age 103

A legendary chapter in Air Force history has come to a close. Retired Lt. Col. Richard “Dick” E. Cole, the last survivor of the “Doolittle Raid,” died April 9, in San Antonio.
April 5, 2019
T-38 endures as stellar training aircraft 60 years after maiden flight

The T-38 Talon prototype embarked on its maiden flight as the Air Force’s first supersonic trainer on April 10, 1959. Sixty years later, the sleek aircraft developed by the Northrop Corp. continues to meet the service’s training needs
March 29, 2019
Airman receives AETC-level Pitsenbarger award for heroic efforts

Earlier this month, Senior Airman Dylan Fivecoate, 14th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, was announced as the Air, Education and Training Command winner for the 2019 Air Force Sergeants Association Pitsenbarger Award.
March 29, 2019
Airman receives AETC-level Pitsenbarger award for heroic efforts

Earlier this month, Senior Airman Dylan Fivecoate, 14th Operations Support Squadron air traffic controller, was announced as the Air Education and Training Command winner for the 2019 Air Force Sergeants Association Pitsenbarger Award.
March 28, 2019
AFIT graduates 234 masters and doctoral STEM students

The Air Force Institute of Technology Graduate School of Engineering and Management awarded 234 advanced degrees at the National Museum of the United States Air Force March 21.The graduating class included 203 Air Force officers, two Air Force non-commissioned officers, eight Army officers, two
March 11, 2019
19th AF commander experiences 314th AW innovations

U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Patrick Doherty, 19th Air Force commander, visited the 314th Airlift Wing to gain firsthand insight to the way the wing integrates innovation within training March 7, 2019 at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. Doherty met with Airmen from the 62nd Airlift Squadron’s
March 8, 2019
47th Dental flight adapts, innovates through manning shortfalls

Much of the Air Force has at one point or another experienced what it’s like to be under-manned, and the Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas 47th Medical Group Dental Clinic is no exception. When there’s a never-ending push to see how much more can be accomplished by an ever smaller team, adaptation
March 7, 2019
37th TRW exercise builds readiness, Comprehensive Airmen Fitness

37th Training Wing personnel participated in a bivouac exercise Feb 12 - 13, at the Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training site at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland-Medina Annex, Texas. The first of its kind, 36-hour exercise focused on instilling the air expeditionary mindset, building individual
March 1, 2019
AETC deputy commander visits Columbus AFB

Maj. Gen. Mark Weatherington, deputy commander of Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, spoke to Airmen from across Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi, Feb. 20, 2019, about wing, group, squadron, and individual unit performance and some of their hurdles.