AETC officials announce 2009 best antiterrorism programs

Air Education and Training Command officials recently announced the 2009 antiterrorism program award winners. The winners now move up to the next level of competition. Antiterrorism program-fixed unit 12th Flying Training Wing, Randolph AFB, Texas Antiterrorism program manager Matthew T. Barido,

JSF touches down at Eglin

Summit of Americas support added to Nomad history

Ten F-15s and 125 personnel from the 33rd Fighter Wing returned this week from a 15-day deployment providing aerial security support for Summit of the Americas conference. Wing members operated from Port Salines International Airport, Grenada, where a Joint Task Force set up a bare base. "It was a

Student conducts last T-37 simulator mission

No one wants to be last in anything they do, especially when it comes to the highly-competitive Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Program, the world's only multi-nationally run undergraduate pilot training organization. But 2nd Lt. Evan Negron, a 25-year-old Salem, N.J., native, said he didn't mind

PHOTO: AETC briefs industry, service leaders

Maj. Gen. Erwin F. Lessel briefs industry and military leaders during a presentation at the 2008 Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education (I/ITSEC) Conference, held in Orlando, Fla., Dec. 1-4.I/ITSEC 2008 brought together more than 2,000 attendees from the Department of Defense,

Airmen selected for DOD physician assistant school

"I'm so frustrated that I think all three of you need to go back to school and learn this," said Brig. Gen. O.G. Mannon, 82nd Training Wing commander, as he handed three Airmen their new textbooks for the Physician Assistant Training program. Staff Sgt. Jared Files, 383rd Training Squadron, Staff

Maxwell medics plan joint exercise in Dominican Republic

Medics treated 760 patients at a primary school in Hostos, Dominican Republic April 22 on the inaugural day of the largest Maxwell Air Force Base-planned U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Exercise to date. A group of 45 medics, translators, security and support personnel derived from the U.S. Air

Tyndall Airmen slim down, prove fit to fight

The culmination of the Beat the Boss and the Biggest Loser competitions came April 17 at Tyndall AFB, Fla. The purpose of each event was to motivate Airmen through further incentives to strive for excellent scores on physical training testing, and to see which contestants could lose the most weight.

Officials notify civilians of future employment at Sheppard AFB

About 90 Sheppard AFB civilian employees learned the future of their employment with the base April 20-22 when civilian personnel officials handed out Reduction-in-Force notifications. Pat Leard, 82nd Training Wing's Civilian Personnel Flight chief, said the notifications are a result of the A-76

WHMC emergency department more than meets the eye

At first glance, Wilford Hall Medical Center's emergency department appears to be just another level one trauma center, treating patients from Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio and the surrounding areas. Yet, much more is going on there than many people realize. "The emergency department has a