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First international student graduates Lackland's AF Recruiting School

Enthusiastic Air Force NCOs have helped a Saudi air forces lieutenant become the first international student to graduate from the Air Force Recruiting School in its 54-year history at Lackland. In fact, they helped so well that 1st Lt. Hamad Al-Shammari was presented the Distinguished Graduate award

318th RCS trainer mourned after unexpected death

Master Sgt. Leon Wall, 318th Recruiting Squadron, died at about 8 a.m. June 13 on the Gettysburg College campus in Gettysburg, Penn. The recruiting trainer was on the college campus attending an Air Force recruiting training conference when he collapsed while walking to his room after completing a

Lackland trainees learn to deal with IEDs

A line of trainees at Lackland's Improvised Explosive Device Training Lane advanced along the training course in the early afternoon heat. Suddenly, the group was enveloped in a rush of charcoal and dirt. They had just encountered one of the many simulated IEDs along the route. Since January, the

Fisher House joins effort to conserve energy

With energy conservation becoming more and more important executives at, Fisher House have devised the idea to install energy efficient light bulbs throughout all three of the houses. Fisher House Foundation donates "comfort homes," built on the grounds of major military and VA medical centers.

Purple Heart recipient shares story with 37 TRG

Members of the 37th Training Group had a chance to meet a hero June 6 when Purple Heart recipient Staff Sgt. Matthew Slaydon and his wife Annette took time from therapy and rehabilitation to talk with students from the Explosive Ordnance Disposal Indoctrination Course and the Security Forces

Future Airmen show Air Force excitement at NASCAR race

Gen. Bruce Carlson, commander of Air Force Materiel Command, conducted two Delayed Enlistment Program oaths of enlistment ceremonies, prior to the start of the Pocono 500 race in Long Pond Penn. The general swore in the first group, consisting of 40 young men and women from the 318th Recruiting

Severe winds damage Altus Air Force Base

Altus Air Force Base and the city of Altus were struck by sustained winds of 40 mph and gusts clocked at 87 mph by the National Weather Service during a storm Thursday night. Unconfirmed reports of funnel clouds were reported to local emergency operations centers. The winds knocked out the

Pilot's legacy continues with posthumous master's degree

Commencement ceremonies are normally a time to celebrate student achievements. However, on June 6 at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Sheppard Air Force Base campus, it was also a time to honor the legacy of a fallen classmate. Maj. Brad Funk, an instructor pilot who was killed in a T-38 crash

36th Rescue Flight locates missing woman

The 36th Rescue Flight completed its 623rd rescue June 3, when a rescue crew located a missing woman on a high ridgeline three miles from her home. The 44-year-old woman was lost 10 miles southeast of Ellensburg, Wash. The five member aircrew left Fairchild at 8 a.m. June 3 to look for the