CMSAF Cody discusses future, heritage during visit to Columbus

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, visited Columbus Air Force Base Sept. 24-25, taking time to meet with Team BLAZE Airmen and discuss several of the Air Force's current hot topics."More than anything the reason Athena and I and our

First A-29 aircraft arrives at Moody for Afghan flight training

The first of 20 A-29 Super Tucano aircraft arrived here Sept. 26, in preparation for the Afghanistan pilot and maintenance training mission.The A-29 is a light air support training aircraft that will be used to train 30 Afghan pilots and 90 Afghan maintainers as part of a requirement from the

Lackland Airmen support humanitarian relief efforts

19th AF activates under AETC

The Air Education and Training Command will re-activate a streamlined 19th Air Force Oct. 1, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.Gen. Robin Rand, the AETC commander, will appoint Maj. Gen. Michael Keltz as the commander of the newly re-activated numbered air force."Activating

Altus produces mission capable boom operators

For the past 16 years the 97th Air Mobility Wing has been the only school house for training initial KC-135 Stratotanker boom operator students, which trains around 265 Airmen and international students a year.Boom operators are aerial refueling specialists who conduct the offloading of fuel to U.S.

Wounded Warrior: 'Excited, confident in myself, team and our competitiveness'

With less than two days until Warrior Games 2014, one first-time competitor is mentally and physically ready for the challenges ahead."I'm going to put my heart out there and do my best," said retired U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Daniel Crane, who represents the Air Force as a member of the 59th

25 years, two pilots, one special flight

The dollar ride represents a special event in every pilot's career. Simply put, the dollar ride is a student pilot's first flight in an airframe that occurs in phase two of training. The ride is a non-graded and low-stress orientation to a new aircraft that is guided by an instructor pilot. The T-6

Enlisted promotion test production begins

The Air Force has begun its forty fourth year of enlisted promotion test production.This year, for the 2014 promotion testing cycle, 226 promotion tests were administered to support the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) and the United States Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Promotion

CMSAF visits Keesler

Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force James A. Cody, the service's highest ranking enlisted leader, visited Team Keesler Sept. 22-23.During the visit, Cody and his wife, retired Chief Master Sgt. Athena Cody, toured base organizations, met with the Airmen who train and work here, hosted two all calls

Nine warriors slated to represent Lackland in Warrior Games 2014

Nine warriors are slated to represent the 59th Medical Wing at the Warrior Games 2014 in Colorado Springs, Colorado, from Sept. 28 through Oct. 4, 2014."More than 200 wounded, ill and injured service members and veterans will participate in seven sports (archery, cycling, shooting, sitting