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  • Night Vision Goggle Academic Instructor training debuts at Randolph

    Randolph sets a new training milestone Monday as it begins its first Air Force Night Vision Goggle Academic Instructor course. The course, which has been conducted under the Air Force Research Laboratory in Mesa, Ariz., since the early 1990's, was officially transferred to the Air Education and

  • AMPing up the C-130 fleet

    Members of the Arkansas Air National Guard's 189th Airlift Wing are helping shape the future of C-130 airlift as they advise Air Force contractors in California and systems specialists in Ohio with the development of the C-130 AMP, known in aviation circles as the Avionics Modernization Program. Air

  • Helicopter rescuers rely on SERE training

    The situation was desperate. A father and son's snowmobiling expedition turned potentially deadly when they became stranded in the Idaho wilderness due to weather so severe a ground rescue was impossible. Luckily for the stranded men, a group of Airmen from the 36th Rescue Flight based at Fairchild

  • Sheppard phases in new phase program

    Sheppard Airmen in training are finding themselves with more freedom and responsibility as Air Education and Training Command transitions into its new phase program. The new program, which took effect after the Airmen returned from holiday exodus, is scheduled to be fully functional across Sheppard

  • Luke AFB, Phoenix to host Air Force Week

    The Air Force selected Luke AFB and the Phoenix metro area to host "Air Force Week" from March 19-25. Gen. William R. Looney III, commander, Air Education and Training Command, officially announced Air Force Week Jan. 8 with a four-ship F-16 flyover at Westgate City Center to a crowd of

  • AETC commander addresses training changes

    As part of a visit to Pacific Air Forces here, the commander of Air Education and Training Command discussed training with other countries' air forces. During his visit, Gen. William R. Looney III explained the changing role of the Air Force and how training is changing to accommodate today's

  • The new face of the Nomad: newsletter moves to cyberspace Monday

    The Nomad newsletter as we know it is about change its colors, making the move to cyberspace. Starting Monday, coverage of 33d Fighter Wing events and personnel will be featured on the wing homepage at http://www.33fw.acc.af.mil. The Nomad will no longer be e-mailed as a newsletter product to 33d FW