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  • Canadian becomes first international student at First Sergeant Academy

    When Warrant Officer Jay McLaren of the Canadian Forces graduates from the Air Force First Sergeant Academy today, he will become the first member from his country's military to complete the program and the first international student to attend the course. Warrant Officer McLaren, a surveillance

  • Widow receives husband's Distinguished Flying Cross for WWII

    On behalf of her husband, Mrs. William Norred received the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor from Lt. Gen. Allen Peck, Air University commander, before a group of family members, friends and well wishers April 13.The ceremony took place at the Butler County Commission in Greenville, Ala., and

  • Gates seeks to shift thinking on budget, war

    Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates today made his second stop this week at a service war college, spelling out his thinking behind shifting $13 billion in warfighter programs away from traditional supplemental funding and into his base fiscal 2010 budget proposal. This is the first time Gates has

  • Wargame students plan for 'World on the Brink'

    Using the theme, "World on the Brink," students from five military Senior Level Colleges unite at Maxwell Air Force Base to train the way they fight. The 26th annual Joint Land, Aerospace and Sea Simulation, or JLASS, wargame kicks off today at the Lemay Center's Air Force Doctrine Development and

  • BOV returns to Air University

    The Air University Board of Visitors is meeting for the first time this year at Maxwell, and there are some new faces among the group. The board meets several times each year at Maxwell, the Air Force Institute of Technology at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and other locations as needed and

  • FSS leadership courses to merge at Maxwell

    The commander of Air University announced consolidation of the Civil Engineering and Services School at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and the Air Force Human Resource Management School at Maxwell into the Force Support Professional Development School, March 17. Lt. Gen. Allen Peck said

  • 908th’s NDI lab best in Air Force

    It wasn't a case of worst to first but the 908th Maintenance Squadron's nondestructive inspection laboratory's recent recognition as 2009 USAF NDI Lab of the Year represents a considerable climb says the supervisor who secured the lab's ascent to the top with a "steal." Nondestructive inspection, or

  • 42nd MDG shatters AFAF donation goal

    The way the 42nd Medical Group sees it, if you're going to raise a lot of money for the Air Force Assistance Fund during tight economic times you may as well have lots of fun doing it. According to Lt. Col. Andrew Meadows, commander of the 42nd Aeromedical Dental Squadron, the most effective way to

  • Leader Magazine transitions from print to online

    In keeping with the evolving mediums for information dissemination, the Leader Magazine has now become the Leader Magazine Online. The new Web site features Air Force Reserve Officers' Training Corps, Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps cadets and Officer Training School candidates at

  • Sexual Assault Awareness Month kicks off with campaign, Web site

    As part of a nationwide observance this month to raise awareness about one of the country's most under-reported crimes, Defense Department officials launched a new Web site and campaign April 3 that give military members fresh initiatives and new teaching methods to prevent sexual assault, the