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Boosting readiness: AETC’s plan to train 1,500 pilots annually

Boosting readiness: AETC’s plan to train 1,500 pilots annually
19th Air Force creates Flying Training Center of Excellence

19th Air Force creates Flying Training Center of Excellence

Benjamin Faske
Forged in resilience: first-ever chapman ultra run tests limits

Forged in resilience: first-ever chapman ultra run tests limits

Benjamin Faske
Accessions, Flying and Technical Training, and Learning Engineering Centers begin initial operations to support Great Power Competition

Accessions, Flying and Technical Training, and Learning Engineering Centers begin initial operations to support Great Power Competition

Dan Hawkins
New commanders attend UPT University

New commanders attend UPT University
Kreuder takes command of Nineteenth Air Force

Kreuder takes command of Nineteenth Air Force

Mission: Produce next-generation aviators for America and its Allies

Vision: Set the benchmark in aviation training through dynamic and innovative training solutions

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.

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Jan. 14, 2020
Operational height waivers focus of latest "The Air Force Starts Here" pod

The 23rd episode of "The Air Force Starts Here," Air Education and Training Command's podcast series, focuses on flying training and was released Jan. 14. On the episode, Jennifer Gonzalez from the AETC public affairs office talks about the operational waiver process for height, innovation in the
Jan. 13, 2020
Forty-ninth wing acquires a new MQ-9 through ferry

The 49th Wing received its first MQ-9 Reaper through flight, Jan. 8, 2020. Typically when new MQ-9s are sent to Holloman, they are taken apart to ship and then reassembled when they arrive.
Jan. 13, 2020
Fanged forty-niners in Florida

Temporary deployments are an important part of being in the active-duty military. They provide an opportunity for Airmen to hone in on skills and operate in a location that they are unfamiliar with, much like a deployment. The 311th Fighter Squadron is prepared for a temporary deployment to Key
Jan. 13, 2020
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