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  • Airmen ready wing for environmental inspection

    To prepare for the upcoming Environmental and Occupational Health Compliance Assessment Management Program Inspection, the 33d Fighter Wing held Amnesty Day June 27. Amnesty Day is a day set aside by the wing environmental office to collect any hazardous waste or materials and properly dispose of

  • Dental Training Group hosts 49th annual graduation

    The 59th Dental Training Group, Wilford Hall Medical Center, graduated 28 specialty-trained dental officers in a ceremony here June 21. Twenty-six residents received their specialty certificates from six residency programs in advanced general dentistry, endodontics, tri-service orthodontics,

  • Lackland Airman ropes for the Air Force

    On March 23, Travis returned to Lackland AFB after being on deployment in Iraq for six months. Two weeks later, Travis was beginning to prepare -- for another mission-one that would take him halfway across the country. This time, however, he would not be riding in any military sanctioned

  • Air Force, Navy fighter squadrons team for dissimilar training

    The blue flight caps were the first sign something different had landed here. The 60th Fighter Squadron from the 33d Fighter Wing at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla., deployed 16 F-15Cs and more than 200 personnel June 15 for two weeks of dissimilar air combat training as an exercise in joint training

  • 33d FW remains FOD vigilant

    Rocks, pebbles, nuts, bolts, loose change or even birds are objects that can cause millions of dollars worth of damage to any aircraft or aircraft engine they come in contact with. These small, but dangerous items are all examples of FOD, foreign object damage. Lucky for the F-15C Eagles at the 33d

  • AETC, UTSA Institute of Texan Cultures to showcase art exhibit

    The Air Education and Training Command presents an exhibit titled "Heritage to Horizons: U.S. Air Force History Through Art" at the University of Texas at San Antonio's Institute of Texan Cultures beginning June 29. The collection features paintings depicting various eras of aviation history from

  • Military members can compete in rodeo from just about anywhere

    Jeff Scott's boots are no longer the black, shiny leather he wore for 25 straight years in the Air Force. Instead, they're rough and brown, with cracked rubber soles and a thin coating of dust and mud that would be far from Air Force regulations if he were still on active duty. For the moment, they

  • Rescue flight crews provide 'help from above'

    On a moonless night, the glow from a red and green instrument panel illuminates the faces of the crew of Blade 79er, a UH-1N Huey flying a night vector mission over the tree-covered mountains of northern Washington. Suddenly, the radio crackles. "Rescue, Rescue, Rescue ... Phaser 1-2 calling in

  • AFPC senior NCO named one of service's 12 Outstanding Airmen

    What started out as a routine morning quickly turned into an unforgettable one last week for one senior NCO at the Air Force Personnel Center. Senior Master Sgt. Tammy Brangard-Hern and other Team Randolph members there received an e-mail on June 13 from Maj. Gen. Anthony Przybyslawski, AFPC