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  • First IFS class not 'business as usual'

    Like at many unit headquarters, someone at the front desk greets visitors as they walk in. What's unusual about Detachment 1 of the 306th Flying Training Group is that "someone" is the manager of a Best Western hotel. The oddities don't end there -- not by a long shot. The dining facility is the

  • Initial Flight Screening operations begin today

    As the first students report for class, Air Education and Training Command will formally usher in a new era in flying training when Initial Flight Screening operations begin at Pueblo Memorial Airport today. The Initial Flight Screening program evaluates candidates hoping to enter Air Force aviation

  • Halter takes command of 19th Air Force

    Surrounded by a line of 15 wing commanders, top enlisted leaders, civilian dignitaries, a couple hundred well-wishers and 11 combat training aircraft, Maj. Gen. Irving Halter Jr. took command of the 19th Air Force from Maj. Gen. Marc Rogers in a special ceremony Oct. 3. Gen. William R. Looney III,

  • AETC Historians produce inside look into Hurricane Katrina recovery

    Air Education and Training Command historians here recently finished an in-depth look at Operation Dragon Comeback nearly a year after a devastating natural disaster. Operation Dragon Comeback is the designator adopted by Keesler Air Force Base personnel to describe the recovery effort after

  • Resident MiG killer retires from 33d Fighter Wing

    The 33d Fighter Wing's resident "MiG killer," Lt. Col. Benjamin "Coma" Powell, 33d FW inspector general, retired Friday and bestowed his legacy as a Gulf War hero as an example for other pilots to follow. During his tenure with the 53d Fighter Squadron at Spangdahlem Air Base, Germany, Colonel

  • Demons return home from Iraqi deployment

    The 33d Fighter Wing Nomads welcomed home more than 180 Airmen from the 728th Air Control Squadron here after a four-month deployment to Iraq Saturday. While deployed supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom, the Demons were at three locations: Kirkuk, Tallil and Balad air bases in Iraq; a majority of the

  • Stars rise in 33d Fighter Wing sky

    Command chief master sergeant is an elite position that only chief master sergeants, who make up less than 1 percent of the senior-most enlisted members of the Air Force, can hold. Chief Master Sgt. Douglas Kesler, the new 33d Fighter Wing command chief, joined the wing Aug. 28 when he replaced

  • Demo team, board selects the few and proud

    Not just anyone can be a member of the Air Combat Command F-15 West Coast Demonstration Team. Each fall, crew chiefs, avionics specialists and engine specialists from the 33d Aircraft Maintenance Squadron and 33d Maintenance Squadron compete for a handful of spaces on this prestigious team and it

  • 306th Flying Training Group gains commander

    The 306th Flying Training Group, Detachment 1, the military arm of the new Initial Flight Screening school, gained its introductory commander here Monday under the Colorado skies that will witness the newest Air Force aviators. Lt. Col. John Tomjack, the Air Force's newest detachment commander,

  • AETC runners fare well in Air Force Marathon

    Air Education and Training Command-sponsored runners fared well in the 10th Annual Air Force Marathon held at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, Sept. 15The AETC Men's Relay team placed first in the open division with a time of 2:47:59. The team of Mark Roberts, Derek Rowe, David Max and Randy