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  • Pilots defend Tyndall against 'attack,' hone war skills during 2005 War Day

    Every day Tyndall F-15 Eagle instructor pilots teach dozens of student pilots how to fight and win in combat, yet instructors rarely get a chance to showcase their own warfighting skills against a formidable adversary. Fortunately, some 1st Fighter Squadron instructors got a chance to test their

  • AETC Services Holiday Designated Driver campaign kicks off

    Headquarters Air Education and Training Command Services is once again taking additional steps to ensure AETC club goers have a safe way home. The 2005 Holiday Designated Driver - "Leave the Driving to Us" program is designed to support existing local designated driver club programs and runs Nov. 21

  • New enlistees swear in at San Francisco 49ers game

    Seventy-six Delayed Entry Program recruits swore into the Air Force Nov. 6 before a crowd of 70,000 at a San Francisco 49ers game. The DEPers, some of whom traveled as far as 100 miles to the Monster Park football field, enlisted through the 364th Recruiting Squadron, headquartered in Sacramento,

  • Air Force Christmas radio special features Lee Ann Womack

    Country music star Lee Ann Womack shares her favorite holiday memories and traditions in the latest "Red, White and Air Force Blue Christmas" radio special produced by Air Force Recruiting Service. The one-hour show features an in-depth interview with Ms. Womack along with songs from her "The Season

  • AETC team wins 2005 CSAF Team Excellence Award

    An Air Education and Training Command team from the 381st Training Group at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., was recognized by Gen. T. Michael Moseley, Air Force Chief of Staff, Sept. 29 for winning the 2005 Chief of Staff Team Excellence Award. The CSTEA recognizes outstanding team performance

  • Gould takes command of 2nd AF

    Maj. Gen. Michael Gould took command of Second Air Force during a ceremony Nov. 9 here. General Gould comes to Keesler from the Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, where he served as the Third Air Force commander. The new commander had previous assignments in Air Education and Training Command as

  • Finding new home, family in midst of hurricane losses

    There's no denying the progress Keesler has made to return to some kind of normalcy since Hurricane Katrina. Still, I find myself torn between mourning the losses of so many others and mourning my own losses. The generous spirit in me wants to break out the checkbook every time I hear something on

  • New 'shipment' of students largest in two years

    A caravan of buses wound its way to Keesler Oct. 31, a sure sign that the 81st Training Group is rebounding from Hurricane Katrina. The arrival of the 314 basic training graduates for in-processing at the Levitow Training Support Facility was the largest "shipment" of students Keesler has seen in at

  • Det. 3 AMCAOS vital to training C-130 aircrews

    Little known to many on Little Rock Air Force Base is a team of 30 operators, engineers and contractors from Headquarters Air Mobility Command that are vital to the training of C-130 aircrews around the world. They are charged with oversight of over 1,700 training courses, more than $500 million in

  • AETC names Lance P. Sijan Leadership Award nominees

    The Air Education and Training Command has chosen nominees for the Lance P. Sijan U.S. Air Force Leadership Award. These officers and enlisted members were selected for their outstanding demonstration of the highest qualities of leadership in their duties and lives. Lt. Col. Stephen M. Browning,