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Birdwatchers flock to Laughlin

Participants of the Birding the Border tour use binoculars to search for birds across a pond at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 5, 2024. During the tour, participants recorded a total of 105 different bird species heard or seen throughout the day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman)

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Birdwatchers flock to Laughlin

U.S. Department of Agriculture, Brandon Nooner, 47th Flying Training Wing safety office wildlife biologist, uses binoculars to search for birds across a pond at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 5, 2024. The Birding the Border festival takes place each spring in Val Verde and Kinney counties in Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman)

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Birdwatchers flock to Laughlin

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Blast from the Past - 1960’s instructor pilot returns, donates historical artifacts

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas - Former Instructor Pilot Earnest A. Boehler, Jr., presents a historical momento to 47th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander Dan Laro Clark Aug. 10. The former aviation cadet, tanker pilot and Laughlin instructor returned to the base to donate historical material, which ranged from class books to patches. The materials provide a visual, and sometime humorous, account of how things have changed and remained the same over the years since he was here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mr. Kent Cummins)

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Blast from the Past - 1960’s instructor pilot returns, donates historical artifacts

Former Instructor Pilot Earnest A. Boehler, Jr., presents a historical memento to 47th Flying Training Wing Vice Commander Dan Laro Clark Aug. 10. The former aviation cadet, tanker pilot and Laughlin instructor returned to the base to donate historical material, which ranged from class books to patches. The materials provide a visual, and sometime humorous, account of how things have changed and remained the same over the years since he was here. (U.S. Air Force photo/Mr. Kent Cummins)

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Blessed

Chap. (Maj.) Richard Beyea, 47th Flying Training Wing chaplain, blesses aviation wings at the Laughlin Chapel on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 21, 2016. Starting with SUPT class 16-04, the base chapel staff will begin blessing the pilot training graduates’ first pair of wings. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Ariel D. Partlow)

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Bob Bishop Retires

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Bob Bishop, Engine Regional Repair Center program manager, packs some personal belongings upon retiring Jan. 15. Bishop served his country in both a military and civil service capacity for more than 44 years. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt Charlie Miller)

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Body building

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Capt. Jessica Olson, 86th Flying Training Squadron, poses during a body building competition recently. (Contributed photo)

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Bone marrow donor registration drive

Ms. Dorothy Thomas, 47th Force Support Squadron chief of unit training, swabs her cheeks as part of Laughlin’s first ever “Salute to Bone Marrow Donor Registration Fair” at Laughlin Air Force Base, Tx., July 17, 2017. The event is a recruitment drive designed to help boost the national registry numbers and to potentially match a donor with a patient. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Benjamin N. Valmoja)

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Bone marrow registration drive

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – Second Lt. Kyle Sellner, a Laughlin Air Force Base student pilot, self administers a DNA swab for voluntary registration into the National Marrow Donor Program. The NMDP was established in 1986 as a means to match unrelated donors to patients in need of a blood stem cell transplant, but lack any family members with the suitable tissue match. Registration is taking place at Anderson Hall and Losano Fitness Center until 5 p.m. and at the Base Exchange until 4 p.m. (U.S. Air Force photo by 2nd Lt. Kenneth Gilbert)

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Book Reading and Crafts

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE -- Children from base color thier Easter crafts after story time at the base library Friday.

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Book Reading and Crafts

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE -- Lili Bragg, daughter of Larissa and 2nd Lt. Joel Bragg, 85th Flying Training Squadron, reads an Easter book after story time at the base librayr Friday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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Book Reading and Crafts

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE -- Gabe Ludwig, 3 son of Jennifer and 2nd Lt. Steve Ludwig, 86th Flying Training Squadron, recieves help with his Easter crafts after story time at the base library Friday. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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Book Reading and Crafts

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE -- Senior Airman Olufemi Owolabi reads the story of the Easter Bunny to the Base Children, during story time at the base library Friday. During story time the children also listened to an African Folktale "Why The Sun and The Moon Lived In The Sky", also read by Airman Owolabi in his native African attire. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Sara Csurilla)

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Book Sale

LAUGHLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Texas – There are thousands of books and other merchandise available at drastically discounted prices at Laughlin’s Base Exchange. The sale is offering books, Egyptian cotton sheets and more at 30 to 80 percent of their original prices. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Blake Mize)

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Boosting readiness: AETC’s plan to train 1,500 pilots annually

A T-6A Texan II taxis down the flight line during Surge Week at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Sept. 29, 2023. The T-6 is a training aircraft utilized by U.S. Air Force pilots. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Keira Rossman)

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Boots and Ballots outreach tour hits Laughlin

Texas Secretary of State John Steen along with Col. Brian Hastings, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks with Janie Gracia-Ramon, Val Verde County county clerk and Sylvia Salazar, Val Verde County elections deputy clerk, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 12, 2013. Steen visited Laughlin on his ‘Boots and Ballots’ military voter resources and readiness outreach tour, which is designed to aid military voters by providing additional resources to help them register to vote and participate in local, state and federal elections. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Nathan Maysonet)

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Boots Back Home

Members of the 47th Security Forces Squadron form up to be welcomed home at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 28, 2015. The members returned from a deployment, and their return marks the first time in at least 5 years that the 47th SFS has had every defender home. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Jimmie D. Pike)(Released)

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boots, rucksack and a wingman

Competitors in the 2015 Wingman Challenge, conduct the buddy carry challenge on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2015. This year’s challenge consisted of a 5k run and a 10K run/ruck with transition challenges, including buddy carries, push-ups, sit-ups, and planks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel D. Partlow)(Released)

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boots, rucksack and a wingman

Competitors in the 2015 Wingman Challenge, conduct the buddy carry challenge on Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 17, 2015. This year’s challenge consisted of a 5k run and a 10K run/ruck with transition challenges, including buddy carries, push-ups, sit-ups, and planks. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Ariel D. Partlow)(Released)

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