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  • Foreign aircrew trains for multi-national mission

    The Air Force C-17 Aircrew Training Center's ability to project a global force stretches well beyond the United States. The schoolhouse is currently preparing foreign aircrew for a first-of-its-kind mission in Hungary. A multi-national consortium consisting of 10 North Atlantic Treaty Organization

  • Reserve squadron to improve aircrew training

    Top military and government officials gathered at the 47th Annual Quail Breakfast in Washington, D.C., to announce Altus AFB will receive a reserve squadron, which will boost aircrew training for the KC-135 Stratotanker, C-17 Globemaster III and the eventual KC-X. Col. David Allvin, 97th Air

  • Volunteers provide selfless service to 59th Medical Wing

    Volunteer Appreciation Week, honoring 59th Medical Wing volunteers, takes place April 19-25 at Wilford Hall Medical Center. The theme for this year's event is, 'Volunteers: providing a world of commitment to our armed forces mission.' There are more than 400 volunteers currently working in the

  • 80th FTW activates new training squadron

    The 80th Flying Training Wing stood up a new training squadron April 10 in Hangar 2550. The 469th Flying Training Squadron was reactivated to alleviate congestion in the 90th FTS. Capt. Jeff Thomason, an organizer for the event, said the 90th FTS has always produced quality combat pilots, but

  • Wilford Hall team trains with Chilean Air Force medics

    An 11-man team of Air Force medics from the 59th Medical Wing participated in a Medical Readiness Training Exercise, or MEDRETE, with 31 Chilean Air Force medics in March. "This was clearly different from a routine 'humanitarian mission' as surgical subspecialty care was provided to a pre-screened

  • Coast Guard's top officer highlights service ties with Air Force

    The top Coast Guard officer said the Air Force and the Coast Guard have more in common than one might think. Admiral Thad Allen, Coast Guard commandant, told this to Air War College students here April 9, during a speech about homeland security. The bedrock of the relationship between the two

  • Florida recruits get taste of basic training

    Air Force recruits here recently participated in an exercise depicting what they might expect upon arriving at basic military training.Twenty young men and women in the 331st Recruiting Squadron delayed entry program participated in the session led by Senior Master Sgt. Grant Dugre, 96th Security

  • Air Force, industry herald T-38 turning 50

    The test pilot who flew the T-38 Talon on its maiden flight 50 years ago said April 10 that during the historic sortie he felt he was on the safest mission of his career. Then something dawned on him. "I hadn't landed it yet!," said Lew Nelson, one of the speakers at a celebration held on the

  • Air Force Recruiting Service Airman earns Bronze Star

    The attacks were constant. Iraqi insurgents used heavy mortars to keep the forward operating base in Baghdad, Iraq, under fire. The attacks came unexpectedly, killing and wounding coalition soldiers. "Day and night," explained Capt. James D. Couch. "It was common, I'd be in my trailer and I'd hear

  • 14th FTW dedicates GATR site to fallen Airman

    Columbus Air Force Base paid tribute to a fallen Airman with a dedication ceremony April 9. The ground-to-air transmitter and receiver site was renamed the Melendez Radio Site in honor of Staff Sgt. Luis Melendez, a former Columbus AFB Airman who was killed in a helicopter crash in support of