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  • Laughlin’s commissary is essential to the mission

    Not many customers interact with their store cashier and think their job is as crucial as a paramedic’s, firefighter’s or police officer’s.As it turns out, they are. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Department of Defense announced on March 25 that all Defense Commissary Agency operations,

  • Laughlin declares state of emergency, initiates HPCON Charlie

    As the situation regarding COVID-19 evolves and the possibility for exposure to the virus heightens, Laughlin leadership declares a Public Health Emergency in conjunction with a Health Protection Condition to Charlie, today, March 25. 

  • 86th FTS changes command

    On Feb. 25, 2020, Lt. Col. Justin Wetterhall took command of the 86th Flying Training Squadron, or the Lobos, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.

  • STEM zone’ coming to Fiesta of Flight

    While attending the 2020 Fiesta of Flight Air and Space expo at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, airshow-goers are scheduled to also have the opportunity to stop by the science, technology, engineering and mathematics displays on the flightline.

  • PAVE rolls out on Laughlin

    Starting this month, the 47th Flying Training Wing will begin a new initiative designed to improve morale and reduce the stigma of help-seeking behaviors.The “Professionalism, Airpower, Vitality and Excellence” campaign, or PAVE, reimagines the less popular mandatory seminars used today with tools

  • Laughlin maintainer recalls airshow memories

    It’s almost airshow time again, and while it may be a first for some, it will bring back memories of past airshows for others.Steve Hogan, 47th Maintenance Directorate T-1A Jayhawk phase supervisor, looks forward to March 14, 2020, the day of Laughlin’s first airshow of the decade.

  • 47th Medical Group participates in Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin

    A team of experts sent by the U.S. Air Force Medical Readiness Agency host the first-ever Ready Eagle exercise at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Jan. 13-17, 2020. “This exercise is intended to help Airmen of every rank by introducing standardized readiness tools for continued self-guided training

  • Laughlin’s power lines going underground

    Over the last several months, many of Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas’ power lines have been moving underground.The project, tied to a new utility privatization contract, aims to modernize failing power grids at many Department of Defense installations. These UP contracts were setup with the intent

  • SUPT classes 20-06, 20-07 set to graduate

    All Laughlin members are invited to attend Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 20-06 and 20-07’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m., Jan. 24, 2020, in Anderson Hall, here.