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  • Altus Air Force Base hosts joint training

    U.S. Army Soldiers from Fort Sill, Oklahoma, practiced loading and unloading a C-17 Globemaster III cargo aircraft alongside U.S. Air Force loadmasters Oct 2, 2014.The intent of the training was to improve joint-operability between the Army and the Air Force, and ensure the 4th Battalion, 3rd Air

  • MA2 Mayo memorial unveiling ceremony at NTTC school grounds

    A memorial unveiling ceremony for Master-at-Arms 2nd Class Mark Mayo was held at the Naval Technical Training Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 2.On March 24, at the age of 24, Mayo paid the "ultimate price" while standing chief of the guard at Naval Station Norfolk, Va. On board the

  • Domestic Violence Awareness Month: I Can We Can

    October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, and members at the 59th Medical Wing rallied together to make pledges on what they could do individually and collectively to stop domestic violence during an event hosted by the Family Advocacy program.Tables were cluttered with various colors of paint,

  • Every Airman has a part in energy conservation

    October is Energy Action Month, a time for every Airman, Air Force civilian and contractor to make a conscious effort to conserve energy.Although there isn't really a "squeaky clean" energy, common sources of green energy such as water, wind and the sun can help to minimize our environmental

  • JBSA-Lackland systems administrator earns silver medal at Invictus Games

    A 59th Medical Support Squadron systems administrator earned a silver medal as a member of the United States Armed Forces National Team at the first ever Invictus Games, Sept. 12 in London.Staff Sgt. Mark Johnson earned the medal competing in Wheelchair Rugby after the U.S. national team suffered a

  • Laughlin wins Energy Incentive Award for ninth consecutive quarter

    Laughlin recently won the Air Education and Training Command's Energy Incentive Award for the ninth consecutive quarter.The award's criteria considers energy and water reduction compared to the previous years' average baseline."This award is given to the AETC base that has the highest reduction in

  • Airmen celebrate 50 years of civil engineering heritage

    Airmen from the 97th Civil Engineer Squadron celebrated their Air Force heritage at a briefing Oct. 1, 2014.Oct. 1, 1964 was the birth of the Prime Base Engineering Emergency Force and Rapid Engineer Deployable Heavy Operational Repair Squadron Engineer units established Oct. 12, 1965, in Air Force

  • First DOD GO completes F-35 qualification training

    When the wheels of his F-35A Lightning II touched down here around 1 p.m., Sept. 26, Maj. Gen. Jay Silveria became the first Department of Defense general officer to complete qualification training in the joint strike fighter.Silveria, the commander of the U.S. Air Force Warfare Center at Nellis Air

  • Columbus stands up A-29 training unit at Moody

    The 14th Flying Training Wing stood up the 81st Fighter Squadron Oct. 1 at Moody Air Force Base, Georgia. The squadron will be responsible for using A-29 Super Tucanos to train 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers over the next four years.The 81st FS is a geographically-seperated unit assigned