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Hypobaric altitude chamber installed at 344th Training Squadron
August 29, 2020 — A hypobaric altitude chamber was relocated to the 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence hangar at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland from Tyndall Air Force Base, Florida, Aug. 25. The 344th TRS team worked closely with members of the 19th Air Force to make this repositioning possible and also received support for the 502nd Air Base Wing Civil Engineer... MORE

Members of the 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence and 19th Air Force team pose for a photo in front of a newly positioned hypobaric altitude chamber at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 25, 2020. The chamber was delivered from Tyndall Air Force Base and will support over 2,300 enlisted aircrew and several hundred permanent party officer and enlisted flyers from across the JBSA community.

344th TRS participates in resiliency chat with CMSAF Wright
May 19, 2020 — Master Sgt. Robyn Pryor from the 37th Training Wing spoke on "The New Normal", a podcast hosted by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright recently... MORE

Msgt Robyn Pryor (bottom center), a 37th Training Wing Airmen, speaks on "The New Normal", a podcast hosted by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright (top left).
Pryor, member of the 344th Training Squadron, discussed the creation of the community, C3 (Care, Commit, and Connect), a community geared towards connecting women with women.

Air Force graduates first all non-prior service basic flight engineer class
December 16, 2019 — The Air Force’s 344th Training Squadron Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence graduated the first basic flight engineer class Dec. 13 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, comprised completely of non-prior service students... MORE

Nine Airmen graduate from the Basic Flight Engineer Course at the 344th Training Squadron, Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence, as the first-ever class comprised completely of non-prior service students at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, 13 Dec. These new aviators will go on to man crew position on aircraft responsible for monitoring and controlling aircraft systems, computing aircraft performance, calculating weight and balance and cross checking pilot actions.

344th Training Squadron brings Virtual Hanger program to Little Rock Air Force Base
May 22, 2019 — Virtual reality is an emerging technology in today’s modern world. Its development has paved the way for numerous advancements in entertainment, health care, and even military training. The Career Enlisted Aviator Training Next flight at the 344th Training Squadron from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland is the team behind the Integrated Technology Platform, an initiative to train Airmen with virtual reality software... MORE

Master Sgt. Ryan Stark (left), 344th Training Squadron special programs manager from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, leads U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Krystopher Fletcher, 19th Maintenance Group aerospace propulsion instructor, through a virtual reality scenario of the inside of an aircraft May 2, 2019, at Little Rock Air Force Base, Arkansas. Stark and other 344th members TRS visited Little Rock Air Force Base to showcase Integrated Technology Platform, a campaign to use virtual reality to train students using software called Virtual Hangar.