May 30
Lt. Gen. Clark Quinn, COMAETC, flew with the 435th FTS in a @usairforce T-38 Talon—staying connected to the mission, training environment and #Airmen preparing for the operational force. #TheFirstCommand @12thftw @jbsa_official
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May 28
From first takeoff to silver wings. ✈️
Class 26-11 has graduated Undergraduate Pilot Training at @LaughlinAFB, joining the next generation of @usairforce aviators ready for the operational force. #TheFirstCommand
Check out this good looking group here:🔗 ow.ly/2Vs550Z588v
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May 28
Partnerships accelerate readiness.
Through collaboration with @DIU_x , #TheFirstCommand is modernizing pilot training with immersive virtual environments that help prepare #Airmen for the speed, complexity and demands of future air combat.
May 28
Air Education and Training Command (@AETCommand) in partnership with DIU, has fielded more than 200 virtual training devices for pilots.
More recently, AETC's Det 24 partnered with DIU under the Virtual Training For Air Dominance (VTRAD) project to field the next evolution of this technology, with upgrades like fully integrated and realistic cockpit controls, high-fidelity commercial simulation environments, and enhanced visualization systems.
Read more in Air & Space Forces Magazine (@ASForcesMag):
airandspaceforces.com/enhanc…
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May 21
Born at @JBSA_official-Lackland while her father served there as a Colombian Air Force instructor. @usaf_iaafa
Nearly 19 years later, #Airman Bryanna Garcia returned to the same parade field to graduate from @basicUSAF as aN Airman. 🇺🇸 #TheFirstCommand
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May 21
The platform’s advanced systems will equip student pilots with the skills necessary to transition to 4th, 5th, and 6th generation fighters and bombers. #T7ARedHawk #TheFirstCommand
May 21
T-7A Red Hawk production is a GO.
We're moving forward with our next-generation advanced trainer, preparing pilots for the demands of modern air combat & future fighter platforms.
Get the full brief here: dvidshub.net/r/1v48gn
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May 20
The @usairforce aligns enlisted aviator training under the 12th Flying Training Wing and 19th Air Force—strengthening how we develop mission-ready enlisted aircrew for the operational force. #TheFirstCommand
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May 14
🇺🇸🤝🇬🇧✈️
Lt. Gen. Clark Quinn, COMAETC, joined @12thftw in welcoming Air Vice Marshal Ian Sharrocks of the UK Royal Air Force to @jbsa_official to strengthen training partnerships and showcase the future of @usairforce pilot training with the T-7A Red Hawk. #TheFirstCommand
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@GoodfellowAFB17 doesn’t just teach it, they live it. AETC #TheFirstCommand fire protection training builds #Airmen ready to fight and win against any flame, anywhere.
Things can get a little hot here at Goodfellow! 🤠
We train the generation of fire protection warriors to ‘handle the heat’ 🔥in any emergency. Our graduates go on to serve across the globe 🌎 - from ships at sea 🚢to bases at home and abroad. 🚒
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✅Cleared hot for production!!!
Reaching Milestone C signals progress toward equipping the next generation of @usairforce pilots with cutting-edge training capabilities. #T7ARedHawk #TheFirstCommand
May 4
The T-7A Red Hawk has officially been cleared for production.
Explore how this milestone brings the #USAirForce one step closer to putting an essential capability into the hands of instructor pilots and students: dvidshub.net/r/1v48gn
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Apr 24
👏👏👏 More than 50 #AFIT graduate students were recognized for research and academic excellence supporting real-world defense challenges. @maxwellafb
At #TheFirstCommand, education builds the advantage the operational force depends on.
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Apr 23
Helping the @usairforce design faster. Field smarter. #TheFirstCommand
Digital transformation is accelerating across the Air Force.
@AFIT recently hosted a Digital Materiel Management Symposium, bringing together AFMC leaders to advance data-driven acquisition, reduce timelines, and deliver warfighting capability faster.
🔗 airuniversity.af.edu/News/Di…
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Apr 22
Proud to have @OfficialCSAF at Vance AFB. ✈️
#Airmen here are flying, fixing and innovating every day—building the future of pilot training and delivering readiness for the force.
#TheFirstCommand
Awesome trip to Vance Air Force Base to discuss the future of pilot training, innovations in the curriculum and how they fly & fix every day. These Airmen are the next generation and our future is bright! vance.af.mil/News/Article-Di…
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Apr 21
Airpower investment starts with training the force.
#TheFirstCommand
Apr 21
Department of the Air Force budget request directs record $338.8 billion to Air Force and @USSpaceForce to meet “challenges of today and tomorrow.”
More: dvidshub.net/r/gwr2rx
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Apr 20
#BRRRRT isn’t retiring just yet. 🐗
Extending the A-10 to 2030 preserves proven combat power while the defense industrial base scales aircraft production. Training the Airmen who will employ it starts in #TheFirstCommand. ✈️
In consultation with @SecWar, we will EXTEND the A-10 “Warthog” platform to 2030. This preserves combat power as the Defense Industrial Base works to increase combat aircraft production.
Thank you to @POTUS for your unwavering support of our warfighters and quick, decisive leadership as we equip our force. More to come.
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#BREAKING
@USAFRecruiting builds the pipeline.
Training builds the force.
With FY26 recruiting goals met early, #TheFirstCommand is focused on preparing the next generation of #Airmen and #Guardians for the operational mission. @usairforce
Apr 14
HISTORIC RECRUITING NUMBERS CONTINUE…
Just learned the @usairforce & @USSpaceForce met their FY26 recruiting goals 5 months early. Ahead of last year’s record pace.
Both @USArmy & @USMC soon to follow.
Young Americans surging to President Trump’s @DeptofWar.
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#BREAKING Train them. Retain them. ✈️🫡
The FY26 #AviationBonus helps keep experienced aviators in the fight—many of whom help develop the next generation of #pilots trained, here, in #TheFirstCommand.
🔗 ow.ly/JUz550YGsIA
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Which job in the @usairforce is the coolest?
🔹Drill Instructor
🔹Pilot
🔹Tech school instructor
We might be biased at #TheFirstCommand… but the answer is all of them.
Because behind every #Airman is someone who trained them.
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Aircraft retire. Legacy remains.
The T-1A Jayhawk era with the 48th FTS “Alley Cats” comes to a close at @columbusafb.
At #TheFirstCommand, we continue modernizing pilot training for the operational force.✈️🥇
🔗 ow.ly/6Joq50YCic9
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Mar 27
In conflict, advantage often belongs to the force that decides faster. 🧠✈️
Through SAASS at @HQAirUniversity, #AETC develops #Airmen who connect strategy to operations and help the Joint Force act with clarity in complex environments.
🔗 ow.ly/56hh50Yyl5K
#TheFirstCommand
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Mar 18
This is where leaders are forged. 💪
#Airmen at @HQAirUniversity's Squadron Officer School took on Project X, building trust, communication and decision making in dynamic environments.
It starts in #TheFirstCommand.
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