April 24, 2018 USAF Drill Team Airman returns home for Fiesta The U.S. Air Force Drill Team trip to San Antonio, April 19-23, where they performed 11 drills, was a special homecoming for one member, Airman 1st Class Blake Adler.
April 17, 2018 AETC, Sheppard collaborate on Continuum of Learning Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Force Development expert Masoud Rasti visited Sheppard Air Force Base April 17, 2018, to help leaders understand implementation of the Air Force’s newest training paradigm, the Continuum of Learning. The CoL was introduced in March 2017 and changes
April 17, 2018 Keesler Wins AETC innovation award for mission accomplishment The 81st Training Wing won the 2017 Continuum of Learning Innovation Challenge Award in the Mission Accomplishment Category during the Air Education and Training Command Senior Leader Conference, March 19-21.
April 13, 2018 ACSC’s MDOS: An inside look into one of the DOD’s most innovative courses Air University’s Air Command and Staff College was recently announced as one of five winners of the 2017 Innovation Challenge during the Air Education and Training Command’s Senior Leader Conference March 21, at Vandenberg Air Force Base, California.ACSC’s Multi-Domain Operational Strategist
April 10, 2018 AU instructor recognized as educator of the year Since it was created in 1946, Air University played a critical role in military education thanks to its team of instructors, one of whom has recently distinguished himself from the rest after winning a major award.Lt. Col. David J. Ratliff, Ira C. Eaker Center for Professional Development
April 7, 2018 Cadets learn about their Pathway to Blue Second Air Force held their fourth annual “Pathways to Blue” initiative with more than 280 ROTC cadets representing 15 different colleges and universities here, April 6-7.Throughout the two-day event, ROTC cadets and enlisted personnel traveled through this diverse and inclusive event to better aim
March 27, 2018 When failure leads to success: 365th TRS wins AETC Adapt Award The 365th Training Squadron at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, has received the Air Education and Training Command Continuum of Learning Innovation Adapt Award for failing at a concept but developing lessons learned to one day reach their desired result.
March 13, 2018 Test pilot briefs T-6 nation JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas—An F-16 Fighting Falcon’s sustained 9 g-force break turn is no small matter on a normal day. Imagine yourself there. Your head weighs 180 pounds and your arms are pinned to the stick and throttle; let go of your breath the wrong way, and you watch the world
Feb. 26, 2018 AETC names top performers of 2017 Nineteen Air Education and Training Command Airmen and civilians received AETC’s Outstanding Airman of the Year awards at a banquet in Orlando, Florida, Feb. 22. The awards honoring outstanding achievement across AETC were held in conjunction with the 2018 Air Force Association Air Warfare
Feb. 25, 2018 Former slave, two-time Olympian becomes an Airman After enduring countless hardships and overcoming unimaginable obstacles, Airman 1st Class Guor Maker, a dental assistant currently in technical training, found his way out of war-torn South Sudan, Africa and into the U.S. nearly 20 years ago.