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Tyndall NCOA renamed after first CMSAF

Tyndall's NCO Academy was renamed Wednesday to honor the first Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force. The Paul W. Airey NCO Academy dedication ceremony will be remembered as the second greatest thing to happen in the retired chief's professional life, said Chief Airey, only because becoming Chief

New IFS facility opens doors to increased training

On a clear, crisp southern Colorado afternoon, throngs of visitors filed through the front doors of the enormous, immaculate building to see the results of more than six months of renovation work come to completion. But above the buffed tiles and new carpeting on the floor and beyond the brand new

Reservists add major adjustment to T-1 training

Four or five months after graduating from Joint Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training at Vance Air Force Base, students from the T-1 tanker and airlift track may very well find themselves flying over not so friendly skies in support of the Global War on Terrorism. Thanks to the efforts of two

AETC announces 2006 safety awards

Air Education and Training Command announced the winners of the fiscal 2006 AETC Safety Awards Dec. 8. The 314th Airlift Wing from Little Rock Air Force Base, Ark., took the top unit award, while Master Sgt. Michael Griffith of Lackland AFB, Texas, earned the highest individual honors. "It's not

Enlisted aircrew training winds down at Keesler

Although packers are busy disconnecting and crating equipment, training continues for the last 10 students in the 1A3 airborne mission system specialist course in the 332nd Training Squadron. The last Keesler class graduates Tuesday as part of the transition to the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of

Fire school dishes out world-class training

Sixty-eight training days. 4 a.m. wake-ups and two-mile runs. "Large frame burns" searing at 1,200 degrees. Smoke. Heat. Noise. The firefighter trainees at the Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Training Academy at Goodfellow AFB endure exhaustive training in an effort to be the best.

Here kitty, kitty

Curled between an air conditioning compressor and a building wall, yellow eyes glaring at the Security Forces and Entomology personnel surrounding him, he flexed his paws, claws at the ready. Suddenly a collar dropped down over his furry head, tightening around his neck, and he found himself at the

Pakistani Air Force leaders tour technical training facilities

Eight representatives from the Pakistani Air Force Academy visited Sheppard Dec. 7-8 for a tour of the base facilities. The purpose of the tour was to orient the Pakistanis to Sheppard's aircraft maintenance training procedures, and allow them to enjoy the leisure activities available both on base

Award-winning controller acquired skills at Keesler

When the Air Traffic Control Association announced its annual air traffic control awards earlier this month, an Airman at Balad Air Base, Iraq was acknowledged. Senior Airman Joshua Matias, 332nd Expeditionary Operations Support Squadron air traffic control apprentice, was named the 2006 ATCA