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Air Force plans demos, performances for Air Force Day at the Alamo April 2
March 22, 2022 — Air Education and Training Command officials will hold the annual Air Force Day at the Alamo from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 4, 2022, at the Alamo Plaza in downtown San Antonio. The event is free and open to the public... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Drum and Bugle Corps, comprised of JBSA-Lackland basic military trainees perform at the San Antonio Fiesta 2017 April 24 during Air Force Day at the Alamo

U.S. Special Operations Command Korea Command Senior Enlisted Leader visits Special Warfare Training Wing
March 21, 2022 — U.S. Army Command Sgt. Major JoAnn Naumann, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Special Operations Command Korea, visited the Special Warfare Training Wing March 16 to mentor NCOs and observe the SWTW Assessment and Selection process... MORE

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. JoAnn Naumann, command senior enlisted leader, U.S. Special Operations Command, Korea (right) speaks with U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Michael Perolio, Special Warfare Training Flight Superintendent, (left) about the Assessment and Selection process for Air Force Special Warefare candidates at Joint Base San Anotnio, TX, Mar. 16, 2022. Naumann visited the area to mentor the NCOs and observe the SWTW Assessment and Selection process. (U.S. Air Force photo by Brian Boisvert)

AETC’s senior enlisted leader, Air Force enlisted development chief to host Reddit ‘AMA’ Feb. 22 at 2 p.m. EST
February 15, 2022 — Chief Master Sgts. Erik Thompson and Stefan Blazier will host a ‘Ask Me Anything’ event to answer questions from Airmen about the recently released Enlisted Force Development Action Plan live on Reddit beginning at 2 p.m. eastern time Feb. 22. Thompson is Air Education and Training Command’s senior enlisted leader, while Blazier is the chief of enlisted force development at Headquarters Air Force A1D. They will take questions for one hour. ... MORE

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AETC publishes first competency-based civilian Learning Professionals career series education and training plan
February 15, 2022 — This effort leads the way for the Department of Air Force to establish the foundation for integrating competencies into an education and training plans in the future... MORE

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First Step, First Flight, First Command: AETC officials unveil 2022 Air Force Fiesta medal
February 7, 2022 — Air Education and Training Command officials recently unveiled the 2022 Air Force Fiesta medal that will be distributed during Fiesta events from March 31-April 10, 2022. This year’s design is credited to Air Force Recruiting Service’s Mike Carabajal, a San Antonio native. ... MORE

37th TRW recognized with Verne Orr Award for AETC
February 3, 2022 — The 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been named as Air Education and Training Command’s 2022 recipient of the Verne Orr Award. The award, established by the Air Force Association in honor of former Secretary of the Air Force Verne Orr, recognizes an Air Force unit that makes the most effective use of its human resources... MORE

Basic Military Trainees march to their graduation ceremony.

AETC virtually hosts 7th Innovation Summit Feb. 16
February 2, 2022 — The 7th Innovation Summit will be hosted virtually by Air Education and Training Command officials from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. Feb. 16... MORE

AETC iSummit graphic. Success with innovation complexities.

AETC continues to develop Airmen, celebrates 80th anniversary
January 24, 2022 — Members of Air Education and Training Command celebrated the command’s 80th anniversary recently, honoring the Air Force’s oldest major command and all of the students and trainees who have been recruited, trained and educated at First Command... MORE

Register now for 2022 Learning Professionals' Consortium
January 6, 2022 — Registration is open for the 2022 Learning Professionals' Consortium, or LPC-22, presented by the Air Force Learning Professionals Program. This virtual event, presented on Zoomgov.com, comes with an update in format for 2022... MORE

2022 Learning Professionals Consortium (LPC-22) 16 Feb Registration Now Open

San Antonio native named MTI of the Year
January 6, 2022 — Joining the Air Force in 2007 was an easy decision for Master Sgt. Michael A. Galindo, who grew up in San Antonio, also known as Military City USA... MORE

MTI of the year stands in front of 324th TRS shield.

AETC is making AF Spark Tank heat … again!
December 28, 2021 — Fifteen semi-finalists for the 2022 Spark Tank campaign were announced Nov. 24, including two submissions that will represent Air Education and Training Command as Air Force Spark Tank semi-finalists... MORE

A panel of nearly 30 subject matter experts from across the Department of the Air Force met Nov. 16, 2021 at the Basic Research Innovation and Collaboration Center (BRICC) in Arlington, Virginia and via a virtual teleconferencing platform to conduct the Spark Tank 2022 (ST22) Quarter Finals. (Graphic courtesy of AFWERX)

Identical twins share similar journey to become Airmen
December 15, 2021 — Of the more than 26,600 regular Air Force enlistments in fiscal 2021, statistically speaking, two were extraordinary. Identical twin brothers were recruited by their brother and they attended Basic Military Training together at the same time, in the same unit with both excelling as individuals while on their journey to become Airmen... MORE

Then Staff Sgt. Zachary Smith (center), an enlisted accessions recruiter with the 313th Recruiting Squadron in New Hartford, New York, poses for a photograph with his identical twin brothers (Cameron and Calvin) and their parents, Dan Smith (left) and Andrea Pelascini, in Airman’s Arena at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Nov. 24, 2021.

AETC announces Spark Tank Challenge winners
December 1, 2021 — Three total force Airmen were selected to represent Air Education and Training Command for advancing to the quarterfinals for the 2022 AFWERX Spark Tank Challenge... MORE

AETC’s Detachment 62 leading Agility Prime’s training effort
November 30, 2021 — In collaboration with the AFWERX Agility Prime program, Air Education and Training Command recently stood up Detachment 62 to establish Agility Prime training and certification standards for emerging electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft, or eVTOL, vehicles... MORE

37th TRG Airmen awarded Master MTL designation
November 17, 2021 — The Master Military Training Leader Competition recognized two superior 37th Training Group MTLs in October... MORE

myLearning transitions to final phase; enhancing user experience and accessibility
November 4, 2021 — myLearning, the Department of the Air Force’s learning system, is entering the final phase of its rollout and aiming to be fully operational by the end of the year... MORE

AF Learning Professionals Communities of Practice on 'The Air Force Starts Here' podcast
November 2, 2021 — A look at the Air Force Learning Professionals “Communities of Practice” is the focus of the latest episode of "The Air Force Starts Here," released Nov. 2... MORE

"The Air Force Starts Here" is Air Education and Training Command's professional development podcast. The professional development podcasts are designed to help communicate and inform Total Force Airmen across the globe on relevant, timely topics related to the recruiting, training, education and development fields and can be listened to on the government network on the AETC website, or via mobile application as well as on Apple Podcasts (iTunes). For Android or Google mobile users, the podcast can be found on their favorite third-party podcast phone application. (U.S. Air Force graphic / 1st Lt. Robert Guest)

AETC Innovation Summit set virtually for Nov. 10
October 26, 2021 — The 6th Innovation Summit, or iSummit, will be hosted virtually by Air Education and Training Command officials Nov. 10 from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. The theme for the event is, “Innovation Accelerators You Need to Know.” The iSummit is designed to advance collaboration by providing AETC Airmen at all levels... MORE

USecAF gets firsthand look at AETC’s values-based approach to foundational readiness
October 6, 2021 — Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones visited Joint Base San Antonio Oct. 1-4, seeing firsthand how Air Education and Training Command ingrains dignity and respect throughout the force, and how the command implements a values-based approach to training and readiness. ... MORE

Undersecretary of the Air Force talking to Airmen.

New AETC Deputy Commander passionate about empowering Airmen
September 30, 2021 — Members of the First Command welcomed Maj. Gen. Andrea Tullos as their new deputy commander as of Aug. 27, 2021... MORE