MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Air Force issued the following news: By Phil Berube, Air University Public Affairs The face of aviation is changing and it's beginning to look a lot like high school students. It's been five years since the first group of cadets buckled up in cockpits in pursuit of an Air Force-sponsored private pilot certificate through the Air Force Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps Flight Academy program. Since the summer of 2018, 1,089 AFJROTC cadets have p  more

MAXWELL AFB-GUNTER ANNEX, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: In mid-July 2023, the Services Management Division (GBQ) awarded a $630,000 contract to August Schell Enterprises, Inc. for Atlassian licenses and related plug-ins for the Business and Enterprise Systems Atlassian Toolset (BAT). The BAT, which serves over 6,100 licensed users, is still growing, prompting action to be taken before the user ceiling was reached. The awarded ren  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Reserve Command issued the following news: By Maj. John T. Stamm, 908th Airlift Wing 0600. Wake up; shower; eat breakfast; head to the office. This is the morning routine for Col. Michael D. Bennett, the 908th Airlift Wing's new deputy commander. At least, on this day it was. "I have three very different routines based on what I'm doing at the time," said Bennett, an airline pilot in his civilian career. "I have my military routine, my airl  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- Air University issued the following news: By Phil Berube, Air University Public Affairs The face of aviation is changing, and it's beginning to look a lot like high school students. It's been five years since the first group of cadets buckled up in cockpits in pursuit of an Air Force-sponsored private pilot certificate through the Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy program. Since the summer of 2018, 1,089 AFJROTC cadets have pursued their dream of becoming  more

MONTGOMERY, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama, Sandra J. Stewart, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today, United States Attorney Sandra J. Stewart announced the sentencing of 64-year-old Cheryl Lynn Pytleski, a resident of Chancellor, Alabama, to 12 months in prison for violating the civil rights of her neighbors. According to her plea agreement and other court records, on October 18, 2019, Pytleski hung racially offensive homemade doll  more

LACKLAND AFB, Texas, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland (16th Air Force) issued the following news: Approximately 20 U.S. Army Reserve Soldiers assigned to the 7350th Veterinary Detachment, Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, Texas, and the 7360th Veterinary Detachment, Montgomery, Alabama, performed an array of medical operations and procedures for local pets and ranch animals during Innovative Readiness Training-Operation Walking Shield 2023, Aug. 6-19, 2023.   more

MAXWELL AFB GUNTER-ANNEX, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center issued the following news: The Business and Enterprise Systems Product Innovation (BESPIN) team is excited to announce a new capability providing National Information Assurance Partnership (NIAP) evaluations for the Department of Defense (DoD) mobile applications leveraging BESPIN's cutting-edge software delivery toolchain. NIAP is a program within the National Security Agency that establishes securit  more

MAXWELL AFB, Alabama, Sept. 8 -- The U.S. Air Force Air Education and Training Command issued the following news: By Phil Berube, Air University Public Affairs The face of aviation is changing, and it's beginning to look a lot like high school students. It's been five years since the first group of cadets buckled up in cockpits in pursuit of an Air Force-sponsored private pilot certificate through the Air Force Junior ROTC Flight Academy program. Since the summer of 2018, 1,089 AFJROTC cadet  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement issued the following news release: The Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement has awarded Alabama more than $10 million in Abandoned Mine Land Economic Revitalization (AMLER) funding to address unfunded high priority abandoned mine land problems and spur economic growth in Alabama's coal communities. The AMLER Program, funding by Congress annually since fiscal year 20  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Coast Guard issued the following news: By Cmdr. William A. McKinstry, U.S. Coast Guard Eulace Peacock was born in Dothan, Alabama, on Aug. 27, 1914. As with many African Americans of that era, his family moved north to New Jersey when Peacock was a child in search of better employment opportunities and a better quality of life. In June of 1932, it was as a student athlete in Union, New Jersey, that Peacock began to show the athlet  more

RESTON, Virginia, Sept. 8 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of the Interior's U.S. Geological Survey issued the following news release: The USGS will invest more than $5 million supported by President Biden's Investing in America agenda to map both critical minerals and mineral resources important to hurricane resiliency in Alabama and Florida in partnership with the Geological Survey of Alabama and the Florida Geological Survey. In order to rebuild infrastructure after hurricane damage or to r  more