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  • Senior Airman Brandon Taylor, 47th Civil Engineer Squadron firefighter, and Staff Sgt. Kevin Vaughn, 434th Flying Training Squadron aviation resource management NCO in charge, enjoy an evening of kayaking on Lake Amistad, near Del Rio, Texas. Alex Aguilar, 47th Flying Training Wing occupational safety specialist warns, for Laughlin’s boaters, that without a depth finder or knowledge of the area, damage could occur on the boats from either objects in the water sticking up or phantom islands that appear when the water is low. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin Valmoja)

    Southwinds Marina, wing safety share Lake Amistad safety tips

    For many stationed here at Laughlin, Lake Amistad is known as Del, Rio’s hidden gem, and is an easy choice for all sorts of outdoor activities like boating, kayaking and swimming. However, for as much fun and relaxation many of those activities can be, being safe and knowing the surroundings while on the lake will help ensure a day of relaxation doesn’t end prematurely, or with a visit to the clinic.
  • Col. Charlie Velino, 47th Flying Training Wing commander, speaks on what "We Are Laughlin" means, and why Airmen should take ownership of their Air Force. "It’s easy to gripe about the Air Force, gripe about Air Education and Training Command, and definitely to gripe about Laughlin," Velino said. "But when we own it, when we make it ours, one, it gets harder to gripe, and two, we want to make it better." (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Benjamin N. Valmoja)

    Commander's Corner: Together...We Are Laughlin

    Hopefully by now you’ve heard me say it. ”We are Laughlin!” Sure, every now and then I get the “Da---Da-Da---Da---Da-Da-Da” (think Farmers Insurance commercial), and I’m okay with that. But more often than that I get a more serious question, “What does it mean?” Or better yet, “So what?” Both are fair questions, and hopefully after hearing what “We are Laughlin” means to me, both will be answered.
  • Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-11 graduates after 52 weeks of training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 29, 2018. Laughlin is the home of the 47th Flying Training Wing, a pilot training base that produces more than 300 military aviators annually. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Daniel Hambor)

    SUPT Class 18-11 set to graduate

    All Laughlin members are invited to attend Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-11’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m. June 29 in Anderson Hall here.
  • Alvaro Constancio, 47th Maintenance Directorate T-6 Texan II maintainer, speaks about what it’s like being one of Laughlin’s maintainers, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 20, 2018. First coming to the team in 2001 as a product of the “Grow Your Own” program, Constancio has been working hard to keep Laughlin’s aircraft mission-ready and in the air. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Benjamin N. Valmoja)

    Airman’s Spotlight: Alvaro Constancio

    Walking into a maintenance hangar enjoys an atmosphere different than anywhere else at Laughlin, and it’s one that some XL members don’t get a chance to experience. It is an atmosphere that embodies “work hard, play hard,” in its own way. Climate control is substituted with the coming and going of the seasons, however fist-bumps and friendly banter are year-round. Alvaro Constancio, 47th Maintenance Directorate T-6 Texan II maintainer, has been a part of that environment since 2001, as a product of the “Grow Your Own” program, and said he’s happy to be there.
  • In this edition of the “commander’s corner,” Col. Thatcher Cardon, 47th Medical Group commander, describes how his experiences in military service and in the medical profession helped shape his definition of the term “happiness,” and how to attain or maintain a sense of such. “There are several elements to happiness but none more important, by far, than good relationships,” he said. “In my career as a doctor when people are stripped of all they have and are, on their death beds, it’s all about relationships.”

    Happiness is on purpose, not an accident

    There are several elements to happiness but none more important, by far, than good relationships. In my career as a doctor when people are stripped of all they have and are, on their death beds, it’s all about relationships
  • Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-10 graduates after 52 weeks of training at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, June 8, 2018. Laughlin is the home of the 47th Flying Training Wing, a pilot training base that produces more than 300 military aviators annually. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Marco A. Gomez)

    SUPT Class 18-10 set to graduate

    All Laughlin members are invited to attend Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-10’s graduation ceremony at 10 a.m., June 8 at Anderson Hall here. Lt. Col. Cory Christoffer, 47th Student Squadron commander, will be the guest speaker.
  • Col. Michelle Pryor, 47th Flying Training Wing vice commander, opens the entry door to the T-1 Jayhawk that bears her name at her fini-flight at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, May 31, 2018. Pryor retired with her husband, Lt. Col. David Pryor, 96th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, the next day on the same stage they both graduated specialized undergraduate pilot training on in class 99-05.

    Vice commander retires after 21-year career

    There’s more to what many of Laughlin’s Airmen saw on June 1, 2018, when the vice wing commander took center stage for her retirement ceremony.
  • Laughlin’s SUPT program is a 52-week training course, with more than 500 hours in academics and 60 hours in simulation, before partaking in 200 hours of flight in the T-6A Texan II and either the T-38C Talon II or the T-1A Jayhawk. The training provided by these instructors, like Atkins, forms the basic flight skills crucial to a student's flying career.

    Airman’s Spotlight: Capt. Nicholas Atkins

    In today’s highly technological era of airpower requiring adaptable, capable, and lethal airmen, meeting those demands can prove to be challenging.
  • A performer at Laughlin’s Open House and Air Show, “Fiesta of Flight,” gives a thumbs-up the crowd as he taxis down the runway May 12, 2018. The airshow was visited by flyovers, performers and static displays from numerous bases. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Marco A. Gomez)

    Laughlin hosts the ‘Fiesta of Flight’

    The normally quiet Texas skies were filled with the low rumbles and sub-sonic booms of aircraft across many generations providing a spectacle for more than 22,000 local community members flocking to Laughlin’s open gates for the first time in nearly a decade.
  • Master Sgt. Nicholas Jiles, 47th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment flight chief, is nearing his 20-year mark in the Air Force. With that time in the uniform, he has had a lot of time to reflect on what it means to be an Airman. Of the many different competencies of an airman, he stressed the most important aspects of an airman are the core values instilled at the beginning of their career. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Benjamin N. Valmoja)

    Airman Spotlight: Master Sgt. Nicholas Jiles

    Master Sgt. Nicholas Jiles, 47th Operations Support Squadron aircrew flight equipment flight chief, is nearing his 20-year mark in the Air Force. In that time, he has had a lot of time to reflect on what it means to be an Airman. A “Big-A Airman.”
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