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  • N.C. JROTC cadets build Wright Flyer replica

    When a SouthWest Edgecombe High School, N.C., Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadet asked her senior aerospace science instructor if their unit could build a Wright Flyer, he thought she meant a scaled down version. She did not. Using the original Wright Flyer wing span of 40.4

  • FSS leadership courses to merge at Maxwell

    The commander of Air University announced consolidation of the Civil Engineering and Services School at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and the Air Force Human Resource Management School at Maxwell into the Force Support Professional Development School, March 17. Lt. Gen. Allen Peck said

  • 908th’s NDI lab best in Air Force

    It wasn't a case of worst to first but the 908th Maintenance Squadron's nondestructive inspection laboratory's recent recognition as 2009 USAF NDI Lab of the Year represents a considerable climb says the supervisor who secured the lab's ascent to the top with a "steal." Nondestructive inspection, or

  • 42nd MDG shatters AFAF donation goal

    The way the 42nd Medical Group sees it, if you're going to raise a lot of money for the Air Force Assistance Fund during tight economic times you may as well have lots of fun doing it. According to Lt. Col. Andrew Meadows, commander of the 42nd Aeromedical Dental Squadron, the most effective way to

  • Leader Magazine transitions from print to online

    In keeping with the evolving mediums for information dissemination, the Leader Magazine has now become the Leader Magazine Online. The new Web site features Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets and Officer Training School candidates at

  • Students build LEGO robots, visit Mars

    Elementary school students from four schools in Fort Benning, Ga., and one from Fort Rucker, Ala., joined Maxwell Elementary on March 31 for a day of building computerized robots and then programming them to do things such as transverse a replica of the Mars landscape. Coordinator of the event was

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off with campaign, Web site

    As part of a nationwide observance this month to raise awareness about one of the country's most under-reported crimes, Defense Department officials launched a new Web site and campaign April 3 that give military members fresh initiatives and new teaching methods to prevent sexual assault, the

  • Space education seeks prominence

    The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff's newly-released Special Area of Emphasis, "Space as a Contested Environment," draws attention to the reality that the United States can and will be challenged in space, and that military education needs modification to address this reality. The overall goal