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Feb 07
Upon meeting the required assets available goal, the Kirtland CV-22 training pipeline opened for selected experienced pilots and flight engineers.
2 Feb 07
Pilots from the 435th Fighter Training Squadron, newly returned to Randolph, began training its first class of Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) IP students
30 Mar 07
The 49th Fighter Training Squadron at Columbus AFB, Mississippi, started its first IFF class.
20 Apr 07
AETC established the 602d Training Group (Provisional), assigned to Second Air Force, to expedite the in lieu of (later called Joint Expeditionary Training) missions with the U.S. Army.
26 Apr 07
The 3d Flying Training Squadron moved to Vance AFB, Oklahoma to conduct the IFF training mission there. Effective 8 May 07, the 3 FTS was redesignated as the 3d Fighter Training Squadron.
11 Jun 07
The 434th Fighter Training Squadron at Laughlin AFB, Texas, started its first IFF class.
21 Jun 07
As a result of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) commission decision, the 479th FTG inactivated, ending six years of conducting the IFF mission at one location.
Jul 07
The 97th Air Mobility Wing's entire C-5 student load transferred from Altus AFB, Oklahoma, to the 433d Airlift Wing at Kelly Field Annex, Texas. During the same time frame, the last three C-5s left Altus.
Sep 07
Two pilots were selected from each of the SUPT bases to train with a special IFF F-22 Small Group Tryout (SGTO) syllabus at Randolph AFB, Texas. All eight pilots successfully completed the class, which began in October.
Oct 07
The 71st Special Operations Squadron opened its training pipeline for the first graduates of Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training-Helicopter (SUPT-H) to go directly to CV-22 training.
11 Jan 08
Four student pilots selected for the first F-22 B-Course began F-16 Lead-In Training at Luke AFB and began flying in the F-16 on 1 February.
30 Jan 08
HQ AETC released the White Paper On Learning: the Future of Air Force Education and Training to encourage the development and implementation of advanced, creative learning for the Air Force's greatest assets--its Airmen.
17 Mar 08
The first class of F-22 B-Course students began training at Tyndall.
31 Mar 08
The 80 FTW at Sheppard AFB held an official T-6A arrival ceremony as the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training (ENJJPT) program welcomed its first new Texan II trainer.
14 Apr 08
Pilots from the 23rd FTS flew the first two production TH-1H helicopters from the Bell Aerospace Services U.S. Helicopter facility to Fort Rucker, Alabama. AETC officially accepted them on 27 May.
13 Jun 08
Lockheed Martin rec3eived the contract for 14 HC/MC-130Js as part of the aircraft's recapitalization program.
2 Jul 08
General Stephen R. Lorenz assumed command on AETC, replacing retiring commander General William R. Looney III.
Aug 08
The Air and Space Basic Course celebrated its 10th anniversary of instilling an "Airman First" culture among the Air Force's new officers.
25 Aug 08
The Executive Integration Oversight Board agreed to the recommendation to locate the Joint Base San Antonio headquarters at Fort Sam Houston.
1 Oct 08
AETC transferred responsibility for Little Rock AFB, Arkansas, to Air Mobility Command. The 314 AW became a tenant on the base it used to host.
1 Nov 08
The first four F-22 initial qualification students graduated from Tyndall's Raptor formal training unit.
4 Nov 08
The first group of Air Force recruits to go through the extended 8.5 week BMT program arrived at Lackland AFB to enter training.
21 Nov 08
Recent SUPT graduates entered the first Undergraduate Fundamentals Course class as students took their first steps to become Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) pilots.
3 Dec 08
A selection board of senior AETC leaders chose 10 highly experienced pilots as F-35 initial cadre instructor pilots.
15 Dec 08
The first group of trainees to use the $28 million Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training course at the Lackland Training Annex began training at the site.
5 Jan 09
The first Beta-test class of new UAS pilot candidates who volunteered from non-rated Air Force career fields entered Initial Flight Screening at Pueblo, Colorado.
5 Feb 09
The Air Force signed the Joint Integrated Training Center Record of Decision, limiting the number of F-35s on Eglin to 59 in an attempt to address noise-hazard concerns from a local community.
Mar 09
Air University launched the new General Education Mobile program to partner with community colleges around the US to bring on-line general education courses to Community College of the Air Force students to facilitate them earning a four-year degree.
9 Apr 09
Headquarters Air Force approved establishing a flying training requirement in Undergraduate Air Battle Manager training, allowing students to receive their wings at the end of undergraduate training like the rest of the rated career fields.
30 Jul 09
The Surgeons General from the Sister Services agreed the Air Force would be the lead service for the Medical Education Training Center at Fort Sam Houston.
1 Aug 09
AETC activated the 502d Air Base Wing at Fort Sam Houston.
30 Sep 09
AETC decided to transfer the space surveillance training programs from Schriever AFB, Colorado, to Vandenberg AFB, California.
1 Oct 09
AETC gained the 33 FW at Eglin AFB, Florida, the wing responsible for the F-35 Joint Integrated Training Center and F-35 pilot and maintenance training.
2 Oct 09
AETC reactivated the 479th Flying Training Group at NAS Pensacola, Florida, as the parent unit for Combat Systems Officer (CSO) training.
17 Nov 09
Lackland broke ground for its first Airman Training Complex as replacements for the Recruit Housing and Training facilities built in the 1960s and 1970s.
6 Jan 10
General Lorenz added "Innovate" to the list of AETC core competencies of Recruit, Train, and Educate.
17 Jan 10
The 97 AMW at Altus answered a request to provide six C-17s and crews to help with relief operations for the earthquake in Haiti. During Operation Unified Response, the ferried relief equipment and supplies to the devastated island and carried evacuees back to the U.S. over the next five days.
10 Apr 10
The Deepwater Horizon mobile oil drilling rig suffered a failure in the Gulf of Mexico 49 miles offshore of Louisiana. Oil continued leading until August, causing a massive oil spill that had disastrous environmental effects on the Gulf Coast. The spill spread as far as NAS Pensacola where it affected the water survival training, parachuting course.
30 Apr 10
Joint Base San Antonio reached initial operational capability when the transfer of the garrison at Fort Sam Houston began with the establishment of the 502d Mission Support Group and seven squadrons.
5 May 10
The first CSO class entered training with the 479 FTG at NAS Pensacola.
Jun 10:
After moving all of its resources to the Air Force Network, Keesler AFB became the first base in the Air Force to decommission its legacy base networks and migrate over 7,000 users, computers, e-mail accounts, and associated application servers to the new system/
22 Jun 10
Officer Undergraduate Cyber training began at Keesler AFB.
24 Jun 10
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools accredited AU's plan to enable officers to earn a PhD after attending the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies, followed by completing a dissertation in the subsequent three-to-five years.
1 Jul 10
When Wilford Hall Medical Center's General Surgery department relocated to the San Antonio Military Medical Center-North, it stopped accepting trauma or any other inpatients per BRAC direction.
2 Jul 10
Tyndall's final F-15 students graduated from its formal training unit as a part of the plan to reduce the number of the Combat Air Forces' legacy aircraft.
Aug 10
The last class of navigators and combat systems officers graduated at Randolph AFB before the entire program moved to NAS Pensacola.
4 Aug 10
The first Air Force students entered medical training at METC.
1 Oct 10
Joint Base San Antonio reached full operational capability and its final BRAC-mandated milestone when the Army transferred Fort Sam Houston's real property, civilian employees, and budget to the joint base.
17 Nov 10
General Edward A. Rice, Jr. assumed command of Air Education and Training Command on the retirement of General Lorenz.
4 May 11
Randolph AFB, Texas, was selected as the preferred location for the consolidation of the Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals training units.
14 Jul 11
The 33d Fighter Wing at Eglin AFB, Florida, received its first F-35 Lightening II
13 Mar 12
General Rice delivered Kirtland's first MC-130 J.
10 Apr 12
Two F-35A Lightning II pilots from the 33d Fighter Wing completed the first formation flight at Eglin AFB, Florida.
20 Jun 12
General Rice appointed Maj General Margaret Woodward to conduct an independent commander directed investigation into matters relating to training instructor misconduct.
12 Jul 12
HQ 19th Air Force inactivated. All units assigned to 19 AF were reassigned to AETC.
1 Oct 12
The 325th Fighter Wing at Tyndall AFB, Florida, was relieved from its assignment to AETC and was assigned to Air Combat Command (ACC).
15 Aug 13
Headquarters 336th Training Group, Fairchild AFB, Washington, was assigned to Headquarters 58th Special Operations Wing, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, from AETC.
10 Oct 13
General Robin Rand assumed command of Air Education and Training Command on the retirement of General Rice.
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