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  • Preparing to SOAR: An Airman's calling

    To Fly, Fight and Win may be the Air Force’s mission, but when the Airmen completing that mission achieve their own goals, the force grows stronger. The USAF provides numerous programs for career and professional development, personal and family support opportunities to make Airmen better.One of

  • BASH: keeping our pilots safe one "boom" at a time

    The Bird/Wildlife Aircraft Strike Hazard (BASH) program at Laughlin works daily to keep wildlife off of the airfield. Its purpose is to prevent possible aircraft damage, accidents and wildlife casualties.“This airfield is arguably one of the busiest in the Air Force,” said Brandon Nooner, 47th

  • HPCON Update

    Laughlin Air Force Base has directed Health Protection Condition (HPCON) Bravo effective Feb. 16, 2022. The change is due to ongoing transmission rates of COVID-19.

  • Operation Cope Thaw: a pilot's chance to advance

    Airmen from Laughlin Air Force Base integrated with units from the 97th Air Mobility Wing, Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma, to begin a short-notice deployment exercise dubbed Operation Cope Thaw, which kicked off Feb. 2.

  • Guidance to the Skies, Laughlin ATC receives AETC award

     A key piece to airpower are the pilots trained here every day, however, without the Airmen on the ground, these pilots would never reach the sky -- this is where Laughlin Air Force Base’s Air Traffic Control tower steps into the picture.

  • Community Wins $2.3M Grant for Laughlin

    The state of Texas awarded nearly $2.3 million in grants to Laughlin Air Force Base Tuesday morning to help improve the base infrastructure.The grants will fund $864,874 for renovations to the wing’s Aerospace Physiology building and $1.4 million to upgrade the T-1A flight line building. Both

  • 47th Medical Group Booster Shots

    The 47th Medical Group has the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine available for all DOD beneficiaries ages five and older at Allergy and Immunization Clinic by appointment only.

  • Prescribed burn at Laughlin Jan. 15-17

    Laughlin Air Force Base will conduct a prescribed burn from Jan. 15-17 to reduce Laughlin's fuel loads, thereby lowering the risk of wildfires. Prescribe burns will also maintain, restore and improve Laughlin's unique ecosystems.Laughlin AFB has teamed up with the Bureau of Land Management wildland

  • Laughlin AFB allies training and working together

    Many United States pilots have walked the halls of Laughlin Air Force Base and undergone the trials and tribulations of undergraduate pilot training. The training is one of the most demanding of all the careers in any military. That is why many of our allied countries send their own here to learn