Air Force Features

Sept. 17, 2022
Kendall celebrates win with Air Force recruiters

Kendall was on hand to celebrate the Air Force’s 75th anniversary, meet future faces of the Air and Space Forces and join the 332nd Recruiting Squadron in celebrating them meeting their annual recruiting goals.
Aug. 30, 2022
T-38 Talon Repair Inspection and Maintenance program launches at JBSA-Randolph

The T-38 Talon will undergo Talon Repair Inspection and Maintenance, or TRIM, modification to perform localized depot-level maintenance to replace or repair key parts to keep these valuable training platforms mission ready.
July 22, 2022
Around the Air Force: Inflation Impacts, Vaught Awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom, Red Hawk Beddown

In this week’s look around the Air Force, new information for Airmen regarding inflation, retired Brig. Gen. Wilma Vaught is awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, and Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph moves forward with construction to prepare for the new fifth-generation training jet.
July 11, 2022
AFIMSC set to begin Red Hawk beddown efforts at JBSA

The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center will move forward with major construction work to support the beddown of a new aircraft and training mission at JBSA-Randolph. The fifth-generation jet trainer will replace AETC's aging fleet of T-38 Talon fleet with advanced technology.
Jan. 7, 2021
Registration open now for virtual AETC Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 27-28

The two-day event is being hosted by the AETC Mentoring Council, which is composed of Airmen from around the command, and will allow senior leaders to mentor a virtual audience on specific topics.
July 14, 2020
AETC to host Developmental Special Experiences webcast July 21

Developmental Special Experiences, or DSEs, are competency-based learning activities outside the scope of formal training that have been validated as a potential means to obtain specific foundational, occupational, or joint competencies.
June 16, 2020
Air Force Recruiting Service classic association with Reserve now operational

As part of the association, AFRC Recruiting Service has officially aligned its four recruiting squadrons to become the 367th Recruiting Group. The 367th RCG is now the fourth group under the AFRS umbrella.
June 7, 2020
Black box sheds light on night vision challenges for aircrew students

A collaborative effort of the 502nd Trainer Development Squadron and Air Education and Training Command Aerospace Physiology Lead Command, the unaided night vision trainer, also known as an NV light bar, demonstrates how dark adaptation and various types of lighting enhance unaided night vision.
April 24, 2020
USecAF, CMSAF visit AETC to see adjusted training operations in response to COVID-19

The visits allowed senior leaders the opportunity to see first-hand how Air Education and Training Command has adjusted operations to mitigate and minimize COVID-19 impacts to the basic, technical and flying training pipelines, all of which have been deemed mission essential.
April 16, 2020
ANG recruiting joins newly merged Total Force Lead Refinement, Call Center

Air Force Recruiting Service’s strive to become an integrated recruiting enterprise took a big step forward as Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention signed on to be part of the newly merged Total Force Lead Refinement and Call Center beginning April 15.
April 16, 2020
ANG recruiting joins newly merged Total Force Lead Refinement, Call Center

Air Force Recruiting Service’s strive to become an integrated recruiting enterprise took a big step forward as Air National Guard Recruiting and Retention signed on to be part of the newly merged Total Force Lead Refinement and Call Center beginning April 15.
April 15, 2020
Air Force Global Strike Command surgeon team leading fight against COVID-19

Col. Virginia Garner, AFGSC command surgeon, leads a team of 21 medical professionals in a battle unlike the world has seen in more than 100 years.
April 15, 2020
Air Force Salutes campaign to honor those working front lines

Air Force Salutes campaign is a way Airmen can honor someone in their community who doesn’t wear the Air Force uniform but still embodies the Air Force core value of service before self.
Feb. 11, 2020
300 rated officers to join total force aviation recruiting team

Air Force Recruiting Service’s Detachment 1 held their first two-day training course for the team Feb. 2-3 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.
Feb. 7, 2020
AETC partners with UTSA to refine pilot candidate selection

In an effort to gain more insight into what attributes could best predict the success of pilot training candidates, Air Education and Training Command turned to the data analytics program at the University of Texas-San Antonio to help them refine and validate the Pilot Candidate Selection Method as

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