Now showing: March 3 edition of Air Force Television News

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SAN ANTONIO (AFPN) --  Training for two different types of wars is highlighted in the latest edition of Air Force Television News.

Staff Sgt. Leigh Bellinger goes along with a B-1 Lancer crew practicing bomb runs over west Texas using new computer technology that makes them more efficient.

Meanwhile, Tech. Sgt. Pachari Lutke attends a training class for Air Force Office of Special Investigations agents in south Georgia, the first time the agents have attended this government training center.

Staff Sgt. Kevin Dennison visits Holloman Air Force Base, N.M., to see how soldiers are supplementing security forces to relieve the heavy operations tempo the career field is experiencing.

Medical news plays a big part in the program. Staff Sgt. Bill Scherer examines a new technique using night-vision goggles, allowing medical people to see a person's veins in the dark on the battlefield.

Tech. Sgt. David Pullen reports on a new minimally invasive surgical technique being used at Wilford Hall Medical Center at Lackland AFB, Texas. The technique permits less-complicated operations, fewer side effects and shorter in-hospital stays.

Staff Sgt. Bronwyn Tardo also reports from Wilford Hall; her story involves a new computerized mother and infant used to teach nurses and medical technicians how to overcome problems during birth.

Dennison visits the Air Force Academy to report on the resumption of undergraduate pilot training, a program suspended when the aircraft used to train students was pulled from service because of several accidents.

Staff Sgt. Melissa Allan spotlights two programs in the District of Columbia that help feed the homeless and needy.

Bellinger ends this edition with a program at Mountain Home AFB, Idaho, that shows children what their mothers and fathers do when they are deployed.

Air Force Television News is a biweekly production of Air Force News Service. It is distributed on videotape to more than 3,000 military and civilian outlets worldwide, and is seen on more than 700 cable TV outlets nationwide. It is also available on the Internet at www.af.mil, and can also be seen regularly on The Pentagon Channel. The program is the only military production offered with closed captioning. Viewers can comment on the program by sending e-mail to aftvnews@afnews.af.mil.