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  • Basic trainee succumbs during training

    Air Force officials here announced the death of a basic trainee, who died at Southwest General Hospital, San Antonio, Texas, October 19, 2011 at 7:44 a.m. Twenty-six-year-old Steven D. Williams of Detroit, Mich., had just completed his physical training assessment when he collapsed around 6 a.m. The

  • U.S. Navy Blue Angels to headline Randolph Airshow

    The skies over San Antonio will be filled with thunder when Randolph Air Force Base hosts a free air show Oct. 29 and 30. All are invited to this year's show, featuring diverse military and civilian aircraft, with the U.S. Navy Blue Angels headlining both days."It's going to be a fun,

  • General returns for Scope Warrior

    Lt. Gen. William (Bill) Lord, Office of the Secretary of the Air Force chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer, is back at Keesler Air Force Base to co-host Scope Warrior, an annual strategic planning conference for senior Air Force communications leaders.Lord was the 81st

  • White Ribbon Week aims to reduce violence against women

    White Ribbon Week will be recognized by Altus AFB during the week of Oct. 24-28. White Ribbon Week was created by a handful of Canadian men in 1991 on the second anniversary of one man's massacre of 14 women in Montreal. They began the White Ribbon Campaign to urge men to speak out against men's

  • Security Forces get familiar with shoot, move, communicate

    More than 50 Vance Air Force Base security forces Airmen used an Army pop-up target live-fire range and replica village to hone shoot, move and communicate techniques Sept. 26 and 29, at Oklahoma National Guard's Camp Gruber Maneuver Training Center in southeast Oklahoma. Exercises like this help

  • AF Evasion, Conduct After Capture training facility opens at Lackland

    A one-of-a-kind facility, built specifically to accommodate all Air Force Evasion and Conduct After Capture training, opened Monday.That's when new students began the four-day Just-In-Time Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training course.The program is for Airmen who will operate in

  • Sheppard makes improvements with AETC energy program award winnings

    Sheppard earned second place in Air Education & Training Command's Energy Use Reduction Program. The base received $1 million, which was spent on improving infrastructure, communication network infrastructure and quality of life.Maj. James Becker, 82nd Comptroller Squadron commander, said the money

  • New 937th TRG reports for duty at Fort Sam

    The 882nd Training Group has been leaving Sheppard Air Force Base piece-by-piece over the past few months. Now, on Oct. 3 at precisely 9:37 a.m., the organization becomes the 937th Training Group at its new location in nearby Fort Sam Houston.A new organization under Lackland's 37th Training Wing,

  • Altus Captain completes his Journey of Freedom

    With engorged knees and shins wrapped like a fitness mummy, he staggered through the final miles of his journey with the help of his parents, wife and brother. The last five miles took him five hours to complete. Finally 40 hours after he began, his journey was over. "When I got to the point of

  • New HC-130J arrives at Kirtland AFB

    A new HC-130J Combat King II personnel recovery aircraft arrived Sept. 29 at Kirtland Air Force Base as the first of a fleet of seven HC/MC-130Js that will be assigned here over the next few years.The HC-130J replaces the HC-130P/Ns as the only dedicated fixed-wing personnel recovery platform in the