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  • EPIC accomplishment for Air Force’s newest pilots

    The first three enlisted members graduated the Air Force’s remotely piloted aircraft training program here today, making them the service’s first enlisted pilots since 1961. Today’s graduation is the most significant milestone in a bold initiative announced Dec. 17, 2015, to find high-quality

  • Wings of Blue jump into Texas Rangers' home opener

    Wings of Blue, the Air Force Academy’s parachute team, helped the Texas Rangers kick off their Major League Baseball season with a jump into the team’s home opener at Globe Life Park April 3, in Arlington, Texas. The WOB took participated in the pregame ceremonies before the Rangers competed against

  • 44th Annual Freedom Flyer Reunion honors sacrifice of POWs/MIAs

    Members of the 560th Flying Training Squadron hosted the 44th annual Freedom Flyer Reunion and 20th annual POW/MIA Symposium March 30-31 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.The event honors all prisoners of war and missing in action service members from the Vietnam War and included a

  • 1,000th RPA student graduates

    Lt. Col. Jason Thompson, 558th Flying Training Squadron commander, presented 2nd Lt. Kevin a certificate commemorating the thousandth graduate of the Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft training program at Joint Base San Antonio–Randolph, Texas, Jan. 20, 2017.The 558th Flying Training Squadron

  • Throwback paint scheme proves heritage is big in the 435th

    The 435th Fighter Training Squadron and the 12th Maintenance Group have blended a throwback paint scheme with a 40th anniversary reunion to celebrate a vital Air Force mission.When the 435th was reactivated after the Vietnam War on Jan. 1, 1977 at Holloman Air Force Base, its mission was to teach

  • Air Force releases RFP, replaces T-38

    The Advanced Pilot Training (T-X) program will provide student pilots in Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training (SUPT) advanced phase and Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals (IFF) with the skills and competencies required to transition into 4th- and 5th-generation fighter aircraft."Pilot training

  • Wing members support CSO career day

    More than 20 members of the 55th Wing supported the 479th Flying Training Group’s Undergraduate Combat Systems Officer Training Career Day here Nov. 18.   The 479th FTG organizes a career day every six months to help current CSO students make more informed decisions on what aircraft they would

  • First two enlisted pilots complete solo flights

    Two Air Force master sergeants became the first enlisted Airmen in six decades to complete solo flights, Nov. 3, during Initial Flight Training at the 1st Flying Training Squadron. Both soloed in a DA-20 Katana at Pueblo Memorial Airport as part of the Air Force’s IFT program, which is mandatory for

  • 12th FTW welcomes new commander

    A native Texan assumed command of the 12th Flying Training Wing during a ceremony in Hangar 41 at Joint Base San Antonio Randolph June 30. Col. Joel L. Carey received the unit’s guidon from Maj. Gen. James B. Hecker, the 19th Air Force commander, on a stage while hundreds of Airmen, family members,

  • Academy Flying Team competes in national competition

    The Air Force Academy Flying Team competed in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association national competition in May in Columbus, Ohio. The competition featured former cadets who graduated from the Academy June 2 and who are now second lieutenants: Jonathan Hart, Brett Meyer, Garrett Ellis,