Keesler NCO Academy class helps rebuild storm-damaged homes

At least three Biloxi, Miss., families will remember the students from Keesler's NCO Academy for the rest of their lives. Thirty students from the academy volunteered more than 250 hours to help rebuild three homes in Biloxi that were damaged by Katrina in 2005. Tech. Sgt. Susanna Voorhies, from the

C-130 aircrew students' on-time graduation rate back on track

Timing is everything, especially when it comes to making sure C-130 aircrews get warfighters the "beans and bullets" they need to fight the Global War On Terrorism. But supplying these aircrews to the fight has been a challenge until recent changes to how Little Rock Air Force Base trains them. With

AETC deploys new pilot screening test for FY07

Air Education and Training Command officials here announced they will field a new psychomotor skills test to be required of all candidates meeting pilot selection boards after October 1. The replacement of the existing Basic Aptitude Test with the new Test of Basic Aviation Skills represents an AETC

Summer 'Air and Space Power Journal' available

The College for Aerospace Doctrine, Research and Education at Air University has published and distributed the Summer 2006 English edition of the Air Force's professional journal, "Air and Space Power Journal." The journal serves as an open forum for the presentation and stimulation of innovative

Air Force's only C-130 training squadron stands up here

The first stop C-130 aircrew members will make in the training pipeline before operating the "Herk" is the newly created 714th Training Squadron here. Lt. Col. Thomas Anderson assumed command of the squadron from Col. Andy Hamilton, 314th Operations Group commander, in a ceremony June 5 in the

Initial Flight Screening contract awarded

Air Force officials here announced May 30 that Doss Aviation, Inc., of Colorado Springs, Colo., has been officially awarded the Initial Flight Screening contract after the completion of an Air Force environmental assessment. In February, the Air Force announced its intent to award a 10 year, $178

AETC housing privatization on-track

Despite delays caused by Hurricane Katrina, Air Education and Training Command is still on track to meet its goal of privatizing 100 percent of military family housing. The Housing Privatization Initiative was approved by the Department of Defense in 1996 as a more timely and cost-effective way to

SECAF visits Lackland

View from the Top: The first year

Recently, I celebrated my first anniversary as a member of the Air Education and Training Command team. During this time, we've faced a number of challenges and achieved tremendous success fulfilling our mission to develop America's Airmen today for tomorrow. Shortly after I arrived, Hurricanes

32 years later, medic and birth mom reunite

Almost a year after she first contacted her birth mother, Staff Sgt. Katherine Blade reunited with her. The medical laboratory craftsman with the 81st Medical Support Squadron Clinical Laboratory Flight used e-mails, letters and documents she accumulated to locate her mother, Marsha Gibson, in