The Air Force Starts Here

The Air Force Starts Here


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Red Flag-Nellis 22-3
July 26, 2024

B-roll of multiple F-15E Strike Eagles assigned to the 336th Fighter Squadron, Seymour Johnson Air Force Base, North Carolina, taxi on the runway during Red Flag-Nellis 22-3 at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, July 19, 2022. The Nevada Test and Training Ran

The Air Force Starts Here – Ep 67 – Ready Airman Training
October 25, 2023

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs team sits down to talk all things RAT with Col. Rick Kend, 375th Air Mobility Wing deputy commander at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, along with Lt. Col. Johnathan McGill, Mobility Ai

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 66 - Why I Stayed: One Airman's Air Force Story
May 22, 2023

Chief Master Sgt. Stefan Blazier, Air University command chief, sits down with Chief Master Sgt. Lee Hoover, 42nd Air Base Wing command chief, and discusses Hoover's decision to join the military, highlights and favorite assignments during his career, why

Tech Training Transformation podcast
April 02, 2023

Tech Training Transformation podcast with Dr. Major Jesse Johnson, Det. 23 commander and Tech. Sgt. Casey Michalski, Det. 23 curriculum engineer and C-130-J subject matter expert on the new re-engineered crew chief fundamentals course.

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 65 - LREC as an Enabler
March 02, 2023

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs teamspoke virtually with Mr. Harold Ward, director of the Air Force Culture andLanguage Center at Air University, discussing how language, regional expertise and culture education he

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 64 - Life as a Instructor Pilot
September 13, 2022

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs teamspoke virtually with Capt. Ashley Bird, 33rd Flying Training Squadronexecutive officer at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, about her journey tothe military through ROTC at Purdue

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 63 - Competition-focused ePME Changes
August 24, 2022

Airmen across the service can hear first-hand about upcoming changes toenlisted professional military education being made to develop thecombat-ready Airmen we need for todays strategic competition environment isthe focus of the latest episode of "The

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 62 - The Growth Mindset
July 20, 2022

Dan Hawkins from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs team talks with Dr. Lauren Scharff, U.S. Air Force Academy professor of behavioral science, and John Reifenberg, AETC force development policy specialist, about the science behind both

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 61 - myTraining
June 09, 2022

On this episode of the Air Force Starts Here podcast, Lt. Gaby Gosco from the Air Education and Training Command public affairs team sits down with Floyd McKinney and Demetrius Stewart from the HQ AETC Learning Services division to discuss myTraining. Th

The Air Force Starts Here - Ep 60 - The Arnold Group
January 18, 2022

On this episode of the Air Force Starts Here Podcast we discuss the Arnold Group, Air Education and Training Command's premier think tank, and their role of serving as the catalyst for innovation, pooling their wide experience to produce studies and answe