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  • Randolph reservists ensure health of T-38 fleet

    Air Force reservists assigned to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph play a vital role in ensuring the aging T-38 Talon - Air Education and Training Command's primary jet trainer - remains mission-ready.The 415th Flight Test Flight, part of the 413th Flight Test Group Air Force Reserve unit at Robins

  • 306th realigns under 12th Flying Training Wing

    The 306th Flying Training Group was realigned under the 12th Flying Training Wing in a ceremony at the Air Force Academy Airfield June 5.The 12th FTW took formal control of the group June 1 by order of Gen. Edward Rice, commander of Air Education and Training Command, due to the scheduled

  • Air Force marks 100,000th flight from Pueblo

    The Gateway to Air Force aviation launched its 100,000th sortie today.That gateway is run by the 1st Flying Training Squadron at Pueblo Memorial Airport in Pueblo, Colo. The 1st FTS oversees Initial Flight Screening, for all of the Air Force's pilot, combat systems officers and remotely piloted

  • 12th OG hosts low level flying competition

    The 12th Operations Group hosted a Undergraduate Pilot Training-wide Low Level Flying Competition April 28 and 29 at Ellington Field in Houston, Texas. Forty aircrew members and 19 aircraft from six air force bases from across AETC took part in the event. The aircrews arrived at the airfield in

  • 12th FTW gathers to remember fallen Airman

    It was standing room only in the Randolph Air Force Base Theater Tuesday as nearly 800 people came together to honor the life of Maj. Jeff Ausborn in a memorial ceremony.The major, a 99th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan last week when a shooter opened fire

  • 12th FTW gathers to remember fallen Airman

    It was standing room only in the Randolph Air Force Base Theater Tuesday as nearly 800 people came together to honor the life of Maj. Jeff Ausborn in a memorial ceremony.The major, a 99th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan last week when a shooter opened fire

  • Air Force announces fighter training mission preferred basing decision

    Air Force officials announced May 3 that Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is the preferred location for consolidation of the Introduction Fighter Fundamentals training units.The Air Force conducts IFF training at five locations, producing 450 IFF graduates per year. Over the years, the Air Force IFF

  • Randolph pilot killed in Afghanistan

    An Airman assigned to the 12th Flying Training Wing was killed in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 27 when a shooter opened fire at Kabul International Airport killing eight U.S. servicemembers and one American contractor.Maj. Jeff Ausborn, a 99th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, was deployed to

  • Sortie signals end of T-1A's CSO mission at Randolph

    The T-1A Jayhawk's combat systems officer training mission at Randolph is over, but the twin-engine jet trainer will play an even greater role at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., where the new generation of CSOs is being trained.The T-1A's CSO mission at Randolph ended last week when a Jayhawk