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  • Laughlin’s grow your own program: helping shape the future of Team XL

    As many people may remember, in high school, students take core classes and some electives they found interesting. These interests introduce students to new passions and career fields in life. Del Rio High School is expanding on that concept. Joe Frank Ramirez, a former Air Force maintenance worker

  • Laughlin welcomes Alex Wagner

    On Jan. 27, Laughlin Air Force Base welcomed Alex Wagner to tour the base. Laughlin AFB has approximately 2,780 members, working together to graduate over 300 pilots a year.The base leaders showcased the wing’s mission, addressed manning, and discussed food-related initiatives to help improve the

  • Stripes to Wings: Enlisted members become officers and pilots

    Many Airmen enlist in the Air Force with the dream of traveling, doing a unique job, and looking for a bigger purpose. Some join with the dream to fly, and others develop it while they are in. With over 266,000 enlisted members, it only makes sense that some outstanding Airmen will answer the call

  • Del Rio High School Military Appreciation Night

    Members from Laughlin Air force Base attend military appreciation night for the homecoming game at Del Rio high school, on Sept. 9, 2022. For Military appreciation night, members from the base led the team out to start the night before Del Rio played their game. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior

  • Laughlin fabrication flight gets new water jet cutting machine

    Sounds of whirring and cutting are commonplace in the fabrication shop at Laughlin Air Force Base. Creating precise plane parts is a large and gradual job that the shop undertakes, which has typically been completed with cutting machines or a propane torch. The fabrication team recently acquired a

  • 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

  • Laughlin T-38C Talon mishap second release Nov. 19

    LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – One pilot was killed and two pilots injured during a mishap involving two T-38C Talon trainer aircraft here at approximately 10:00 a.m. Nov. 19. One of the injured pilots was transported to Val Verde Regional Medical Center in Del Rio, Texas, where they were treated

  • News release Nov. 19

    LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- At approximately 10:00 a.m., an aircraft accident involving two T-38 aircraft took place on the runway. We will release more information as it becomes available. Please follow our social media for updates as we receive them. Additional questions should be directed