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  • LeMay Center hosts first cyberspace ops executive course

    In the last six months, the DoD spent more than $100 million on manpower, time, contractors, technology and procedures reacting to cyber-security problems. To better understand the cyberspace domain and how to fly, fight and win in it, the Air Force chief of staff approved the Cyberspace Operations

  • Son visits site of British World War II pilot training

    Maxwell's International Officer's School hosted Michael Thorpe and his wife Carole of Royston, England, as they toured the base April 23 in honor of Mr. Thorpe's late father, Henry W. "Harry" Thorpe, who was one of over 4,000 British pilots that qualified for combat duty in the Royal Air Force

  • Dominican Republic medical exercise cut short by protests

    A Medical Readiness Training Exercise here was called off today after completing eight of the scheduled 10 treatment days due to quality-of-life protests, unrelated to the MEDRETE, in towns along the travel route to the final clinic site in Arenoso. Mission personnel were airlifted from the city of

  • Squadron Officer College opens new training facility

    Squadron Officer College's Air and Space Basic Course will begin teaching combat skills here, to more than 3,600 new officers annually. The school is scheduled to open a new training facility on base May 1 at 9 a.m. with a combative skills demonstration to follow.Media interested in covering the

  • Basic health education key in Dominican Republic

    The tropical environment here is great for tourists but brings a number of health issues to the local population that foreigners may take for granted or be entirely oblivious of. A high prevalence of issues caused by sunlight, insects and the high sugar content of foods combined with a general lack

  • Military officials monitor swine flu

    Defense Department officials are monitoring the swine flu situation closely, with their primary focus on protecting the military population, a senior Pentagon official said April 27. As officials with the Department of Health and Human Services lead the U.S. effort, the military is posturing itself

  • Eaker College dedicates Kaysing Auditorium to former commandant

    More than 30 family members, friends and faculty gathered April 17 at the Ira C. Eaker College for Professional Development's, Defense Financial Management and Comptroller School to dedicate the DFM & CS auditorium to former commandant, retired Col. Charles "Chuck" Kaysing. Colonel Kaysing, a St.

  • Former NSF attendees meet at Eglin

    In an effort to help former National Security Forum attendees stay informed about National Security and what the Air Force is doing, the Air War College sponsored a meeting of 42 NSF alumni at Eglin Air Force Base, Fla. AWC is part of the Spaatz Center for Officer Education which will celebrate its

  • Maxwell medics plan joint exercise in Dominican Republic

    Medics treated 760 patients at a primary school here today on the inaugural day of the largest Maxwell Air Force Base-planned U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Exercise to date. A group of 45 medics, translators, security and support personnel derived from the U.S. Air Force, Army and Marines

  • JLASS 2009 trains students in strategic thinking

    As students from Air War College, the Army, Navy and Marine Corps War Colleges and the Industrial College of the Armed Forces became immersed in the 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, game, members of the Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard gave of their time by