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  • Mentoring the next generation of Airmen

    Team XL spent the past 31 days recognizing National Mentoring Month through deliberate development and focusing on how mentoring can help maximize personal and team performance.

  • The dedication of Defenders, K-9 partners

    It was a transformative moment in military history when the Army initiated training for its pioneering War Dog Program, commonly referred to as the "K-9 Corps." This groundbreaking development, according to American Humane Society, marked the inaugural inclusion of Military Working Dogs (MWD) within

  • Laughlin maximizes T-6 operations during surge week

    The 434th and 85th Flying Training Squadrons conducted a T-6 Texan II “Surge Week” Sept. 25-29. Surge week consisted of a large increase in flights that tested new operational concepts while also increasing synchronization with maintenance, all to maximize T-6 training flights.

  • XL Is: A Great Place to Learn

    Part two of the "XL Is" video series. On this episode, we introduce newcomers to Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas to schooling options for dependents in the local San Felipe Del Rio Consolidated School District.

  • F-35A demo team, A-10 demo team brief capabilities to Laughlin students

    The roar of the F-35A Lightning II shook the entire flightline and everyone watching, as it soared not too far above, on Oct. 13, 2020, at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas.Small groups of student and instructor pilots speckled far beneath, as an A-10 Thunderbolt II swooped in from the opposite

  • Laughlin Heritage Corner: July

    Happy birthday, Laughlin!This month we celebrate our 78th year as a base: The installation that would become Laughlin AFB was officially established as an Army Air Forces Advanced Flying School under the Army Air Corps, Central Flying Training Command, on 2 July 1942.

  • Medics Sharpen Skill with Readiness Training

    Staff Sgt. Matthew Watson, a 47th Operational Medical Readiness Squadron medical technician, guards a unit giving medical care during a readiness exercise at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 25, 2019. One aspect the team trained on was setting up 360 degree perimeter security to protect anyone

  • Defenders take on allied nation's test

    Master Sgt. Christopher Long, 47th Security Forces Squadron logistics and resources superintendent, holds a German Armed Forces Badge for Military Proficiency at Laughlin Air Force Base, Texas, Oct. 10, 2019. “This was a great opportunity for our defenders to broaden their horizon and participate in