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Mission: Produce next-generation aviators for America and its Allies
 
Vision: Set the benchmark in aviation training through dynamic and innovative training 

 

19th Air Force is responsible for the training of more than 30,000 U.S. and allied students annually in numerous specialties ranging from aircrews, remotely piloted aircraft crews, air battle managers, weapons directors, Air Force Academy Airmanship programs, and survival, evasion, resistance, and escape (SERE) training. They execute operational-level command and control of all formal aircrew flying training missions within Air Education and Training Command and provide Airmen with a 5th generation, cross-domain warrior mindset to the Combat Air Forces, Mobility Air Forces, and Special Operations Air Forces to sustain the combat capability of the United States Air Force.

 



    • XLer of the week: Ashley Shableski

      Ashley Shableski 47th Maintenance Directorate T-6 division secretary, was chosen by wing leadership to be the “XLer of the Week”, the week of Feb. 24, 2021, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The “XLer” award, presented by Col. Craig Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Chief Master

    • Luke fighter pilot tops 1,000 F-35 flying hours

      Maj. Nicholas “JAKAL” Rallo, an instructor pilot with the 944th Fighter Wing, became the first Luke Air Force Base F-35 Lightning II pilot to attain 1,000 F-35 flying hours here, February 22, 2021.

    • Laughlin Helps Region Get Water

      An unprecedented storm dubbed Winter Storm Yuri, blew through southwest this past week, leaving Del Rio, Texas, a small border town on the ropes with many of its residents without electricity and little, if any, running water.

    • 19th Air Force Change of Command