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  • Want to be a Chief or a General? Read below for the perfect career path

    That got your attention, didn't it? It makes no sense to leave success to chance. Why struggle taking jobs others insist are dead end, require too much time and effort, appear to be boring at first glance, or career killers, when you can skip all of that mundane garbage? Unlike winning the lottery,

  • Double dribble: Tyndall Airman makes All-Armed Forces basketball team twice

    Making the Air Force Women's Basketball Team is difficult. Making the All-Armed Forces Women's Basketball Team is even more of a challenge. And making both teams twice? For Mariela Miles it was reality. Miles, a 5' 8" shooting guard from Missouri, helped lead the Air Force team to victory in both

  • Tyndall Airman convicted in prescription drug case

    A Tyndall Airman was convicted of two specifications of wrongful use of prescription drugs at a special court-martial held Nov. 4 here. Senior Airman Philip Jones, 325th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, was convicted by a military judge of violating Article 112a of the Uniform Code of Military

  • T-1A reaches 1 million hour mark

    Air Education and Training Command's T-1A Jayhawk pilot training aircraft flew its millionth safe flying hour Oct. 27. The aircraft reached this milestone with no fatalities, significant safety issues or major injuries, said Lt. Col. Victor Rick, AETC Initial Training Branch chief. AETC is unable to

  • View from the Top: Wishing you a safe, wonderful holiday season

    The holidays are an important time to reflect on the past year and give thanks for our family, our friends and the opportunity to serve the American people in the greatest Air and Space Force the world has ever known. This year, the Airmen of the First Command were presented with many challenges:

  • Air War College hosts foreign service officials

    When thinking of the war on terrorism at home and abroad, two pictures emerge for most Americans: the military on the battlefield and the diplomats working foreign policy in Washington and in embassies overseas. Both are working to ensure America's security. These pictures merged here when 19

  • AETC begins to implement the Air Force's Standard Desktop

    The Air Force will begin implementing the first Standard Desktop Configuration in January 2006. The SDC is one part of the 5-year, $70 million Air Force Microsoft Services contract. Standardizing the desktop will reduce the learning curve for Air Force users, particularly those who change computers

  • Air Force T-6A Texan II flies 250,000th hour

    The Air Force's T-6A Texan II primary trainer aircraft flew its 250,000th hour Dec. 14. A single aircraft or pilot cannot be credited with the milestone, as approximately 50 Air Force T-6A's were simultaneously in the air when the hour was crossed. The single-engine, two-seat T-6A is designed to

  • C-130J gets 4-star fly-in

    Little Rock's two newest C-130J Hercules received a four-star welcome today from Gen. William R. Looney III, commander of Air Education and Training Command. The C-130Js flew in a two-ship formation helmed by General Looney and Brig. Gen. Kip Self, 314th Airlift Wing and Little Rock AFB commander.

  • Wilford Hall Medical Center receives DoD Patient Safety Award

    Wilford Hall Medical Center's 59th Medical Wing Patient Safety Office here was selected for a Department of Defense Patient Safety Award in the policy and procedure category. The annual DoD Patient Safety Awards recognize leadership and innovation in quality, safety and commitment to patient care by