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  • Training that matters

    Training. From the first day of arriving at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, to the time Airmen separate from the Air Force, they train. Airmen enhance their skills from life saving techniques to ensuring aircraft are able to carry out global operation contingencies. One piece of training valuable to

  • Top US, ROK Soldiers in Korea fly with Kunsan Airmen

    The commander of United States Forces Korea experienced firsthand the Wolf Pack's mission here April 10. Accompanied by his counterpart, Republic of Korea Army Gen. Lee, Sung Chool, Combined Forces Command deputy commander, Army Gen. Walter Sharp visited the base to get an up-close look at what the

  • SERE instructors ensure water survival skills

     A sudden jump into the ocean after an airplane malfunction could leave a person confused and helpless, but the chances of survival can greatly increase if that person has attended water survival training at Survival Evasion Resistance Escape School at McChord AFB, Wash. or Pensacola Naval Air

  • Be physically fit, not physically fat

    We've all seen it - Airmen squeezed into blues, rolling over shorts, or popping out of airman battle uniforms. Very likely, you've even seen it in the mirror at some point, because according to the Air Force Audit Agency's December 2008 audit report, 60 percent of active-duty Airmen were overweight

  • Emergency teams respond to fire

    Emergency Responders here were dispatched to a fire at a residence in base housing April 6. Staff Sgt. Cody Belt, 354th Security Forces Squadron, Delta Flight sergeant, was the first responder on scene. "There was smoke coming out of an upstairs window and a woman was screaming that her daughter was

  • Lieutenant spikes competition in v-ball tourney

    She looked across the battlefield and spotted six members of the enemy. In her mind she knew they were preparing to attack, but she was also prepared to return fire at a moment's notice. Second Lt. Lindsay Bengard, 18th Contracting Squadron contract administrator, recently returned from winning a

  • F-22 exchange pilot helps strengthen U.S., Australian ties

    A Royal Australian Air Force pilot assigned to the 90th Expeditionary Fighter Squadron has had the opportunity to fly the U.S. Air Force's premier fighter, the F-22 Raptor, as part of a foreign pilot exchange program. Squadron Leader Matthew Harper is an F-22 instructor pilot and the 90th EFS