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  • SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    SANDS students visit Europe, gain new perspectives

    Students from Air University’s School of Advanced Nuclear Deterrence Studies met with European allies last month to gain new perspectives and alternative views on how different parts of the world define nuclear deterrence.
  • 109th AW takes off for Greenland season

    Wing begins annual mission to Greenland

    Airmen of the 109th Airlift Wing kicked off their annual support for National Science Foundation research in Greenland April 23, as about 80 Airmen and three LC-130 Hercules aircraft left Stratton Air National Guard Base for Kangerlussuaq, Greenland.
  • Staff Sgt. Taylor Lopez Boodooram, Active Duty Clinic Office manager, demonstrates tourniquet placement on a manikin’s arm during a National Association of Emergency Medical Technicians Tactical Combat Casualty Care course in the 366th Medical Group Simulation Lab Room at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho, February 2019. TCCC is a standardized course offered across the military to equip warfighters with basic skills to save lives in combat operations. (Courtesy photo)

    New training prepares Airmen to save lives

    Airmen are “arming up” their life-saving skills with Tactical Combat Casualty Care, also known as TCCC. TCCC is a standardized course created to equip every Airman, Soldier, Sailor and Marine with the basic skills to save lives in combat operations.
  • U.S. Air Force Capt. Mike Karnes, a 14th Fighter Squadron F-16 fighter pilot, parks an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 22, 2019. Misawa Air Base Airmen and aircraft deployed to Guam for Resilient Typhoon, an exercise designed to strengthen airpower dispersal capabilities within the Indo-Pacific region. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Brittany A. Chase)

    Airmen sharpen capabilities through dispersal exercise

    Pacific Air Forces Airmen and aircraft from across the command joined together at Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, April 22, to participate in a dispersal exercise throughout Micronesia.
  • Master Sgt. Brandon VanWalraven, 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron mobile training team sergeant, speaks with the Costa Rican Air Vigilance Service dog handlers, April 1, 2019. The team of six dog-handlers trained from March 26 through April 6 on new dog handling techniques to improved their day-to-day operations at the Juan Santamaria International Airport and other remote posts across Costa Rica. (U.S. Air Force photo by Maj. Noelle DeRuyter)

    571st MSAS training engagement with Costa Rican Air Vigilance Service

    The 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron completed a training event with the Air Vigilance Service, or SVA, of Costa Rica from March 23 through April 12 across two locations near the capital city of San José. This fundamental training was the 571st MSAS’ second full training engagement in Costa Rica, offering partners in the area courses from law enforcement and dog handling to aircraft maintenance, safety and aircrew flight equipment.
  • U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Angela Santos, superintendent, Education and Technology Branch, Air Force Cryptologic Office, Twenty-Fifth Air Force, began an internship in April through the Air Force Career Skills Program, or CSP. The program prepares Airmen through vocational and technical training for a specific career or trade when transitioning from military to civilian employment. (U.S. Air Force photo by Lori Bultman)

    Career Skills Program prepares Airmen for employment after service

    The Air Force Career Skills Program, or CSP, prepares Airmen through vocational and technical training for a specific career or trade when transitioning from military to civilian employment.
  • Central American firefighters plow the ground to contain a wildlands fire during the Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences (CENTAM SMOKE) exercise, April 11, 2019, at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras. CENTAM SMOKE brought together firefighters from Honduras, Costa Rica, Belize, Guatemala and El Salvador to train with U.S. Air Force members as well as develop bonds and understandings of one another’s culture with team building exercises. The weeklong training included aircraft and structural fires, vehicle extrication, and a firefighter combat challenge. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

    Allied firefighters conduct joint training during CENTAM SMOKE exercise

    Firefighters from five Central American countries and Joint Task Force-Bravo participated in Central America Sharing Mutual Operational Knowledge and Experiences, or CENTAM SMOKE, exercise at Soto Cano Air Base, Honduras, April 8-12.
  • U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Drayton Callen, 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron deployment training NCO in charge, unloads cargo off of a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130J in support of exercise Neptune Guardian on Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, April 5, 2019. The 81st LRS acted as a one-stop shop for ground and air transportation as well as munition requirements for joint exercise Neptune Guardian between the U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Suzie Plotnikov)

    81st LRS provides support for exercise Neptune Guardian

    The 81st Logistics Readiness Squadron supported a joint exercise, Neptune Guardian, with the Navy and Coast Guard, April 6-11.
  • Civilian first responders from Romania participate along with Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, in a multinational medical exercise.

    Medical logistics Airmen enable enhancement of lifesaving skills at NATO exercise in Romania

    Approximately 50 Airmen from the 86th Medical Group, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, arrived April 3 at Cincu Military Base, Romania, to participate in the NATO-led medical exercise Vigorous Warrior 19.
  • McMurry briefing

    New leaders equipped for command at AFMC Squadron Leader Orientation

    More than 50 first-time AFMC commanders and materiel civilian leaders attended the intense five-day training, which included briefings, panel discussions, mentorship sessions and workshops on topics ranging from AFMC mission expectations to information on legal, financial and support programs and resources and more.
  • U.S. Air Force 1st Lt. Quincey Watts, a 555th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron F-16C Fighting Falcon pilot, exits his aircraft during exercise African Lion 2019 at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco, March 25, 2019.

    Triple Nickels kick-off exercise African Lion 2019 with a roar

    Airmen from the 31st Fighter Wing and Royal Moroccan Air Force conduct F-16 aviation training during exercise African Lion 2019, March 25-April 3, 2019, at Ben Guerir Air Base, Morocco.
  • Arpad Lepper, 55th Civil Engineer Squadron fire department training chief, puts out a simulated C-17 aircraft fire March 8, 2019, while using a FLAIM Trainer simulator inside the fire department conference room on Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska. To help combat the firemen from inhaling harmful toxins during a call, more fire departments are purchasing virtual reality equipment to provide a safer way to train their members. (U.S. Air Force photo by Charles J. Haymond)

    Firefighter training goes virtual

    Firefighters train weekly to maintain readiness, so when the call comes to put their lives at risk for the people they serve, they are prepared. Whether in training or on a live fire, they are susceptible to various carcinogenic toxins - until now.
  • Royal Air Force Flight Officer Syd Janota (fore), Pilot Training Next 2.0 student, observes a fellow student flying a virtual-reality training sortie at the PTN facility at the Armed Forces Reserve Center in Austin, Texas, March 18, 2019. The RAF have both a student-pilot and an instructor pilot participating in the class as they look to introduce PTN lessons learned into their flying training pipeline. (U.S. Air Force photo/Dan Hawkins)

    RAF partners with PTN to innovate pilot training pipeline

    It’s been said that “seeing is believing” and after a visit last May to the Pilot Training Next facility in Austin and facing a pilot shortage, the United Kingdom’s Royal Air Force is taking innovation to the next level with the inclusion of a student and an instructor pilot in the second iteration of the class.
  • Squadron commanders from across the Air Force discuss the latest policy and process updates for serving on Enlisted Forced Distribution Panels at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, March 19, 2019.

    AFPC hosts Squadron Commander Course

    The Air Force’s Personnel Center hosted its second squadron commander course March 18-22. After a six-year hiatus, the course was reinstituted in January and redesigned to provide new and sitting squadron commanders a first-hand opportunity to learn about key issues and processes about AFPC’s key programs and processes for talent management and care for Airmen and families.
  • F-15E Strike Eagles taxi on the flightline at Royal Air Force Lakenheath, England, March 22, 2019. 492nd and 494th Fighter Squadrons joined Royal Air Force personnel and aircraft in the latest iteration of exercise Point Blank in Yorkshire, England. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Shanice Williams-Jones)

    US, UK’s exercise Point Blank introduces new elements to the fight

    48th Fighter Wing and Royal Air Force personnel participated in the latest iteration of exercise Point Blank in Yorkshire, England, March 22, 2019.
  • New Air Force JROTC pilots attend female aviator conference

    Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy encourages youth to seek careers in aviation

    Aviators from all over the country traveled to sunny Long Beach, California, for the 30th annual Women in Aviation International Conference March 14 – 16. Ten of the female aviators attending were Air Force Junior ROTC cadets who recently earned their pilot wings.
  • An F-35A Lightning II pilot from the 388th Fighter Wing goes through pre-flight checks. Pilots and maintainers here recently completed the first F-35A rapid crew swap exercise, which cuts hours off the time between sorties. (U.S. Air Force file photo by R. Nial Bradshaw)

    F-35A crew swap provides flexibility for training

    Maintainers and pilots in the 388th Fighter Wing recently completed the first operational rapid crew swap exercise with the F-35A Lightning II.
  • A B-52 Stratofortress bomber departs Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, for a training mission, March 18, 2019.

    Bombers fly coordinated missions from Indo-Pacific, Europe

    B-52H Stratofortress bombers launched from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam and RAF Fairford, United Kingdom, March 18, to conduct simultaneous theater familiarization training in the Indo-Pacific and Europe.
  • Maj. Michael Overstreet, 49th Fighter Training Squadron assistant director of operations, and Maj. Andrea Matesick, 49th Fight Training Squadron weapons system officer, check over a T-38C Talon in preparation for a sortie March 7, 2019, on Columbus Air Force Base, Mississippi. Pilots dedicate a great deal of time and effort to ensure the aircraft is fully prepared for flight and soundly running. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Hannah Bean)

    IFF: Where fighter pilots begin their careers

    Before pilots step into fighter aircraft, they must go through Introduction to Fighter Fundamentals. IFF is an eight-week course designed to transform newly graduated pilots selected to fly fighters into fighter wingmen. The 49th Fighter Training Squadron teaches pilots the discipline, attitude and culture of what it takes to be at the peak of combat aviation.
  • ENJJPT Steering Committee #77 wraps up talks

    International environment, innovation to headline 21st-century pilot training

    The 77th meeting of the Euro-NATO Joint Jet Pilot Training Steering Committee, which is the governing body of the world’s only internationally manned and operated pilot training program, was held at Sheppard Air Force Base, March 11-15, to give representatives from partner nations an opportunity to discuss the physical and financial health of the 55-week long program. The committee also took a look at the course syllabus and any possible changes that need to be made, such as employing tools like virtual and mixed realities.
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