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Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence wins AFA award
January 22, 2021 — The Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence, 344th Training Squadron, has been named the recipient of the 2021 Air Force Association Aerospace Award in the David C. Schilling category at the Air Education and Training Command level... MORE

The conversion of a static VC-135E aircraft into an active training device is one of the achievements the Career Enlisted Aviator Center of Excellence has been recognized for as the recipient of the 2021 Air Force Association Aerospace Award in the David C. Schilling category at the Air Education and Training Command level.

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.

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.