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  • AETC first to receive new acquisitions authority

    Air Education and Training Command became the first major command authorized to pursue services acquisitions valued at up to $500 million, following the signing of an agreement between the command and Air Force Acquisitions officials. The new agreement is expected to help streamline the acquisition

  • Air Force medics hone skills in Panama

    A two-week U.S. Southern Command-sponsored exercise began here Saturday with the arrival of medics from seven military installations. The Medical Readiness Training Exercise to Panama is one of approximately 70 MEDRETEs sponsored each year by U.S. Southern Command. The MEDRETE is scheduled to treat

  • Conference highlights future of learning

    More than 80 representatives from military, government, and academia gathered here July 15-16 to share how they are working to modernize training and education. The Future Learning Conference was created to highlight what military, government, and academia are doing right as they develop new methods

  • DOD PA school among the best in country

    The Department of Defense Interservice Physician Assistant Program at Fort Sam Houston, Texas, got a shot in the arm recently when a national magazine ranked it in the top 7 percent of physician's assistant programs in the country. According to a U.S. News and World Report study, IPAP was

  • 343rd Wolfpack runs with Greenwood NASCAR star

    Carl Edwards is one of many drivers on the NASCAR Sprint Cup circuit, but when the driver of No. 99 Office Depot car stops in Greenwood, Neb., he holds rock star status. Greenwood is home to I-80 Speedway, located 40 miles west of Omaha. I-80 Speedway is also Mr. Edward's home track, so when he

  • Back to basics

    These are challenging times. If you're keeping up with the news, you're probably as frustrated as I am when you see editorials with titles like, "Clean up the Air Force." While we have important issues such as nuclear accountability that must be addressed, you and I both know that the vast majority

  • Last Air Force student graduates from Guard loadmaster school

    Student No. 4181, Air Force Reserve Staff Sgt. Amie Starcher of the 95th Airlift Squadron, Pope Air Force Base, N.C., walked up on stage, received her wings, saluted smartly and was the last Air Force loadmaster to graduate July 11 from the Air National Guard' s Enlisted Aircrew Academic School.

  • AETC vice commander departs, leaves legacy of improvements in command

    A Texas native who spent much of his career trying to "get an assignment in Texas" is about to uproot from his home and depart once again. Maj. Gen. Mark A. Welsh III, Air Education and Training Command vice commander, leaves July 18 for his new duties as Associate Director for Military Affairs at

  • Eglin NCO supports Continuing Promise

    Tech. Sgt. Eric Gaona typically spends his on-duty time roaming the 33d Fighter Wing's flightline ensuring the wing's F-15 Eagles are mission ready as a member of the maintenance quality assurance team. However, the bi-lingual Airmen recently put his mechanical expertise aside and volunteered to

  • First Eagles fly away

    The first F-15C Eagles took off for their new home in New Orleans, Wednesday as the 33d Fighter Wing begins the transition into the international training center for F-35 Lightning II. "Over the next year, fewer and fewer F-15s will be flying over the skies of Eglin but it won't lessen the 33d