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  • Wing leadership immersion with 47th MDG Airmen

    Chief Master Sgt. Brian Lewis, 47th Operations Group superintendent, studies an x-ray display screen at the x-ray laboratory on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 8, 2021. Col. Craig Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Lewis, visited the 47th Medical Group and spent

  • Laughlin Heritage Corner: January

    A new year has begun, and everyone across the world is hoping it will be a better year than the last one. This is often the sentiment with a new year, of course; but it is perhaps a sentiment more strongly felt this year, in particular, as we transition away from 2020.

  • XL Is: A Great Place to Learn

    Part two of the "XL Is" video series. On this episode, we introduce newcomers to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas to schooling options for dependents in the local San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated School District.

  • XLer of the week: Senior Airman Sanghoon Woo

    Senior Airman Sanghoon Woo, 47th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron bioenvironmental engineer, was chosen by wing leadership to be the “XLer of the Week”, the week of Dec. 09, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas. The “XLer” award, presented by Col. Craig Prather, 47th Flying Training Wing

  • Laughlin Air Force Base moves to HPCON Charlie

    Due to an increase of confirmed COVID-19 cases within the local area, the 47th Flying Training wing commander, Col. Craig Prather, has directed Health Protection Condition Charlie (HPCON C) on Dec. 4, 2020.

  • Experiencing the chamber: first steps before take off

    Walking into the main lobby of the aerospace physiology building and seeing the chamber for the first time, I didn't know what to expect. But thinking this is the first place future pilots come to start their training, I was excited to get a chance to experience a taste of their world.

  • Air Force Special Warfare Airmen, the Secret Ingredient

    Whether you realize it or not, Air Force Recruiting Service is the first step for most in the Air Force. That step starts with meeting a recruiter across the various landscapes in America. Recruiters are entrusted with providing the best and brightest men and women who are capable of executing the

  • 89th Airlift Wing visits Laughlin Air Force Base

    A C-40B from the 89th Airlift Wing at Joint Base Andrews, Md., lands at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, on Nov. 18, 2020. Officer and enlisted Airmen from the 89th AW traveled here to recruit personnel for positions at their wing including pilots, navigators, flight engineers, flight attendants,

  • A new way of fueling begins at Laughlin

    Laughlin’s own Petroleum, Oil and Lubricants (fuels) maintenance teams volunteered to conduct a 90-day beta test from October 2020 to January 2021 to evaluate new fueling capabilities to help the Air Force improve its fueling processes.In the test, they use smaller, more compact commercial refuelers

  • SUPT class 21-02 set to graduate

    Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training class 21-02 graduated after 52 weeks of training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Nov. 13, 2020. Laughlin is home of the 47th Flying Training Wing, whose mission is to build combat-ready Airmen, leaders and pilots. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman