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  • Laughlin saves energy, money with solar-paneled roof

    Laughlin's 47th Civil Engineer Squadron recently replaced two weather-torn roofs with a new thermoplastic elastomeric roof system featuring an additional 500 solar panels to conserve energy.Buildings 255 and 256, better known as the enlisted dormitories, suffered damage during a storm in 2006.

  • Sergeant Walker's court-martial begins

    The general court-martial for Staff Sgt. Luis Walker, 737th Training Group, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, begins today (July 16, 2012). Sergeant Walker, a basic military training instructor (MTI) at JBSA-Lackland, faces 28 charges, including rape, adultery, obstruction, aggravated sexual contact,

  • Keesler member wins Outstanding Airman of the Year

    Every year hundreds of Airman at various levels in the Air Force are recognized and win awards for doing something well. Out of those only a handful are selected to compete for the Airman of the Year award. From those, only 12 win the award. And this year, one of them walks the streets of Keesler.

  • AETC Trains America's International Partners

    Air Education and Training Command develops America's Airmen today...for tomorrow, but the command's reach extends far beyond America's borders.AETC is training the air forces of America's international partners, helping create a large-scale network of air force superiority and international

  • Luke Airmen recognized for combat contributions

    Four Thunderbolts from the 56th Logistics Readiness Squadron received recognition June 29 for their contributions in combat. Master Sgt. Iordanis Velissariou was awarded the Purple Heart, while Tech. Sgt. Miranda May, Staff Sgt. Steven Wilson and Airman 1st Class Dane Pratt each received the Air

  • 'Go for Green' helps Airmen make healthy choices

    A new program at the Solar Inn Dining Facility on base makes nutrition as easy as red light, green light.The Go for Green program is a nutritional recognition labeling system designed to provide a quick snapshot of the nutritional value of food choices in the DFAC. Food items are labeled green - eat

  • Diagnosed with disorder ... Airman fights to stay

    It normally takes a trainee 8.5 weeks to complete Air Force Basic Military Training. For one recent graduate, it took overcoming Guillain-Barre Syndrome to become an Airman, graduating six months after his arrival at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.In his fourth week of basic training last December,

  • Visitors on flightline create buzz for JBSA-Randolph pest control

    When 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron pest control technicians were dispatched for an unusual mission on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph's west flightline the afternoon of June 13, they weren't surprised.A swarm of honeybees buzzing around on the flap of a T-6A Texan II trainer is an odd - and perhaps