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  • Vehicle date stickers suspended

    Air Education and Training Command officials announced, May 1, command installations will not enforce the year tab (AF Form 2219) vehicle decal requirement until further notice. It will become easier for Airmen to enter AETC bases during the current year tab shortage. The Air Force has experienced a prolonged a shortage of DoD vehicle registration
  • TETC registration open

    Air Education and Training Command and the San Antonio Chapter of the American Society for Training and Development will host its 5th Annual Technology in Education and Training Conference May 10-11 at the Norris Conference Center at Crossroads Mall in San Antonio. "The free two-day conference provides an opportunity for attendees to share
  • 71st SFS demonstrates skills during Kyrgyzstan deployment

    Warfighters deploying in support of Operation Enduring Freedom can rest easy knowing their safety lies in the hands of Vance Air Force Base's security forces professionals. Members of the 71st Security Forces Squadron from Vance AFB, Okla., deployed to Manas Air Base, Kyrgyzstan, in February to protect personnel and cargo from increased threats and
  • Commander in Chief visits Vance AFB

    The U.S. commander in chief stopped at Vance Air Force Base May 6 while en route to Oklahoma State University to give a commencement address. President George W. Bush was greeted by more than 300 Vance AFB servicemembers, Department of Defense civilians, contractors and family members after his speech at OSU. This was a special event for Vance, but
  • Technical training translates to Airman's real-world proficiency

    On just her second day on the job, an airman trained at Keesler AFB found she had the tools needed to handle a catastrophic situation. Airman Basic Alexandria Pickering, a February graduate of the 334th Training Squadron's aviation resource management course, is assigned to the 62nd Fighter Squadron at Luke Air Force Base, Ariz. She and her
  • AETC names 2006 Youth of the Year

    Painting, fundraising, walking for causes, helping people and playing with children...amazingly it's all in a day's work for Luke Air Force Base's Mary-Lynn Piper. What's more amazing is that she's only 16 years old. Mary-Lynn, a sophomore at Millennium High School in Arizona, won this year's Air Education and Training Command Youth of the Year
  • Randolph team helps Airmen training with Army

    They only had a few days' notice to move out for training, are bunked together in a 1950s-style barracks, have to share four showers, toilets and sinks, eat field rations and spend nearly every waking moment in uniform. Oh, and their next assignment is to a combat zone. When Randolph's leadership learned 59 Airmen from numerous units throughout the
  • 149th Fighter Wing trains with bombs in Arizona

    The bombs are heavy and so is the training schedule for student pilots under the tutelage of the 149th Fighter Wing. Every year since it became a Flight Training Unit under Air Education and Training Command, the wing has improved the syllabus for the nine-month "B-Course" with the ongoing objective of producing the best prepared F-16 combat pilots
  • AETC makes AFAF a big winner

    The Air Force concluded the 2006 Air Force Assistance Fund "Commitment to Caring" campaign May 5, and Air Education and Training Command came out on top with its effort to care for Airmen. "Thank you to all the Airmen who gave so much this year to make the AFAF campaign such a huge success," said Gen. William R. Looney III, AETC commander. "Because
  • Laughlin family adopts three Russian siblings

    American Congregationalist Henry Ward Beecher once said "Children are the hands by which we take hold of Heaven." Many parents would probably agree, but perhaps those who may understand this sentiment more than anyone else are those who cannot have children of their own. For childless couples who wish to have children, several options exist. One
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