Air Force to study hyperbaric therapy for brain injuries

The San Antonio Military Medical Center Hyperbaric Center and the U.S. Air Force School of Aerospace Medicine received funding to study the effects of hyperbaric oxygen therapy on mild to moderate traumatic brain injuries. Researches hope to find additional ways to treat wounded warriors with

New eSeminars offer civilians retirement and benefit information

The Air Force now offers eSeminars on retirement, benefits, and financial literacy  to civilian appropriated fund employees.These eSeminars offer civilian employees the ease of accessing information at any stage in their career or as needs arise.A new law designed to ensure civilian employees are

AETC seeks recruiters, instructors, MTIs for immediate assignments

Air Education and Training Command officials are seeking hundreds of members for immediate assignment as recruiters, technical school and basic military training instructors. The need for instructors is in response to the Air Force end-strength increase of roughly 4,000 members and the Basic

Lackland's AirFest features military's finest fliers, wows thousands

Aerial acrobatics showcasing the military's might and highlighting airpower heritage drew in a crowd of more than 260,000 people Nov. 1 and 2 during Lackland Air Force Base's AirFest 2008. The Navy Blue Angels demonstration team, the Army parachute-jumping Golden Knights team, and Tora! Tora! Tora!,

Air Force extends basic military training

The first group of Air Force recruits to experience expanded basic military training arrived here Nov. 4. These new recruits are the first to face the challenge of an additional 14 days of training from 6.5 to 8.5 weeks. The added time will be used to enhance and reinforce BMT's current war skills

Civilians begin OTS leadership training

Enthusiastic is the word to describe the 25 Air Force civilians who make up the first class to mirror officer training school. The Civilian Acculturation and Leadership Training Program at Air University's Officer Training School will lead a pioneering group through a two-week course adapted from

First students graduate Raptor Basic Course

Four student pilots at Tyndall AFB became the first graduates of the Air Force's F-22 Raptor Basic Course Nov. 1, setting another milestone in the fielding of the Air Force's most advanced fighter aircraft. Capt. Marcus McGinn and 1st Lts. Dan Dickenson, Ryan Shelhorse and Austin B. Skelley made

New UAS program at Randolph simulates air battle space

A first-of-its-kind combat familiarization program for pilots slated to fly unmanned aircraft systems will soon launch at the 563rd Flying Training Squadron here. The four-week-long Unmanned Aircraft Systems Fundamentals Course will begin instruction Nov. 21. It is designed to give 10 newly-winged

CSAF reviews BMT parade

Altus ground safety chief wins AETC-level award

Air Education and Training Command officials recently recognized the chief of ground safety here as the command's winner of the 2008 Government Employee Insurance Company Public Service Award.Mike Matthews, 97th Air Mobility Wing chief of ground safety, will now go on to compete with winners from