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Mission Ready Airmen Case Studies: Data wins battles
January 16, 2024 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and mission readiness its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

Mission Ready Airmen Case Studies: Operation TIDAL WAVE
December 20, 2023 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and mission readiness its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

Mission Ready Airmen Case Studies: Crew 13 with the Doolittle Raid
December 8, 2023 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and mission readiness its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

Black and white photo of Doolittle Raiders

Mission Ready Airmen Case Studies: Two A-10 pilots, the tank destroyers
November 30, 2023 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and mission readiness its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

Picture of Capt. Eric "Fish" Salmonson and 1st Lt. John "Karl" Marks

Mission Ready Airmen Case Studies: Readiness to meet emergencies
November 20, 2023 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and mission readiness its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

Expansion for the Korean War placed great strains on the single point of entry for BMT, Lackland AFB. To cope with its population explosion of over 75,000 new trainees and instructors, tent cities emerged—a long Air Force tradition.

Aviation History: First Lt. Thomas Selfridge died during aerial mishap in Wright Military Flyer, but there's more to his legacy
November 8, 2023 — Air Education and Training Command is reviewing moments of aviation history to reflect the importance of Agile Combat Employment, in addition to the warrior mindset and multi-capability, its Airmen must sustain while preparing for the future fight... MORE

First Lt. Thomas Selfridge was recognized for his humanitarian work in the wake of the San Francisco earthquake of 1906. He was stationed at the Presidio of Monterrey, currently an Air Education and Training Command language training location. (Courtesy photo)

AFIMSC hosts final combat support training range evaluation
August 23, 2023 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center closed out its combat support training ranges proof of concept exercises by hosting six days of unit-led training and a senior leader visit at Fort Bliss, Texas, Aug. 13-18. ... MORE

The CSTR initiative expands multi-functional training opportunities for installation and mission support Airmen to practice for future adaptive operations and agile combat employment in contested environments and austere locations. The sites will be equipped with high-demand training assets often not available at a unit’s home station. (U.S. Air Force photo by Malcolm McClendon).

Cyberspace Citizen Airmen reinforce interoperability during Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD UNIFIED VISION
July 10, 2023 — Members of Air Force Reserve Command joined members of Air Combat Command, U.S. Army, the Royal Canadian Air Force, and the Royal Canadian Navy (RCN) for the multi-phase Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD UNIFIED VISION at Coldfoot, Alaska, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma and Comox, British Columbia, Canada from June 12-22, 2023. The exercise served as a vital platform for honing operational readiness to enhance Agile Combat Employment (ACE). In total, this exercise integrated 23 countries, over 220 joint partners and allies, and included members from all three AFRC NAFs and 13 units under the 960th Cyberspace Wing, AFRC's only cyberspace wing... MORE

U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Laramie Grisba, a radio frequency transmission systems specialist, 55th Combat Communications Squadron, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma attaches a high frequency radio communication device to a protective frame while getting communications set up in Coldfoot, Alaska as part of Exercise AGILE BLIZZARD-UNIFIED VISION Phase II on June 11, 2023. The equipment for the Alaska portion of the exercise was powered, almost exclusively, by electrical power derived from the convoy vehicles and batteries. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Dana Tourtellotte)

AETC Commander focuses on developing Airmen for high-end fight
September 22, 2022 — Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education Training Command, emphasized the importance of developing Airmen for the high-end fight during a panel discussion with Maj. Gen. Shawn Bratton, commander of Space Training and Readiness Command; and Maj. Gen. Case Cunningham, U.S. Air Force Warfare Center commander; at the Air Force Association’s Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 21, 2022... MORE

gen robinson holds microphone and speaks to crowd.

AETC commander discusses today’s training: Building agile, competent, credible Airmen
September 20, 2022 — Lt. Gen. Brian Robinson, commander of Air Education and Training Command, addressed the major command’s trajectory of training through 2023 in a virtual media press conference Sept. 12, 2022. Robinson oversees the Second Air Force, Nineteenth Air Force, Air University, Air Force Recruiting Service, 59th Medical Wing and 502nd Air Base Wing, organizations when combined are referred to as the “Big Six” at AETC. ... MORE