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  • AFJROTC launches Flight Academy program to address aircrew shortage

    Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC here has launched a pilot program aimed at potentially putting more pilots in the cockpits of military aircraft to help address the Air Force’s ongoing aircrew shortage.Beginning in the summer of 2018, select AFJROTC cadets who applied for a new Fight Academy

  • ACSC hosts Leadership Education and Development Experience

    The Air Command and Staff College hosted the Leadership Education and Development Experience here Wednesday and Thursday. Organizers took a more modern approach to the event, providing a more of a TED Talk-like experience, to provide a unique opportunity to connect with various generations within

  • Air University campus hosts open house

    The Squadron Officer College opened its doors to Air University students, faculty and alumni, Dec. 8, 2017. The open house was an opportunity for SOC to share how it is transforming education for students, and for a chance to meet with AU faculty and staff.“This is an opportunity for AU faculty

  • Medically ready to be mission ready

    From periodic health assessments to regular dental exams, every Airman should know the importance of maintaining their Individual Medical Readiness (IMR) at all times.

  • AETC explores learning possibilities through new pilot training program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Air Education and Training Command is looking to explore how people learn and making a more efficient path to pilots earning their wings by revolutionizing training through the Pilot Training Next initiative. Scheduled to begin in February 2018, the program’s

  • Maxwell AFLCMC officer takes part in total force exercise

    A lieutenant assigned to the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center here but stationed in Texas said he’s more accustomed to riding in military helicopters than he is at looking at one hovering mere inches from the top of his head. Second Lt. Adam Brewer took part recently in a joint, total force

  • 42nd ABW Commander Tours EPA

    Col. Eric Shafa, 42nd Air Base Wing Commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Erica Shipp, 42nd ABW Command Chief, looks at one of the pieces of vital equipment the Environmental Protection Agency uses on Maxwell-Gunter Air Force Base, Ala., Nov. 28, 2017. The EPA has mobile laboratories to easily travel to