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  • Adriana Marin, a training manager from El Salvador, receives instruction on the basic construction characteristics of an aircraft from Staff Sgt. Juan De La Rosa, an instructor at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy July 17. De La Rosa briefed IAAFA’s aircraft structural maintenance course to training managers from 16 partner Latin American countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

    IAAFA hosts training managers

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Tx -- Training managers from 16 Latin American countries attended the Inter-American Air Forces Academy Training Manager Conference July 16-17 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. IAAFA works to foster enduring inter-American engagement with Latin American countries through education and training.Military students

  • AF Military Training Instructors: a heritage of honor, professionalism, integrity

    Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Tx -- Military training instructors are the leading edge of our enlisted force. They work hard every day to transform young men and women into the warrior Airmen of character who we will proudly serve alongside and be counted on as our wingmen in the future.These military training instructors epitomize our core

  • Former MTI found guilty on 28 charges

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO -- LACKLAND, Texas (AFNS) -- A sentence was returned today in the general court-martial of Air Force Staff Sgt. Luis Walker. Walker, a former basic military training instructor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was convicted of 28 charges Friday after a week-long court-martial. The charges included rape, adultery,

  • Leadership committed to safe training environment

    7/6/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Parents of basic trainees want to know, future airmen want to know and Col. Eric Axelbank, commander of the 37th Training Wing wants them to know what measures are in place at Air Force Basic Military Training to ensure trainees have a safe and productive training environment."I am deeply
  • Airman Luke Bolen, who recovered from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, stands in front of the U.S. flag during the Air Force Basic Military Training graduation ceremony May 11 at the 321st Training Squadron. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

    Diagnosed with disorder ... Airman fights to stay

    7/3/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- It normally takes a trainee 8.5 weeks to complete Air Force Basic Military Training. For one recent graduate, it took overcoming Guillain-Barre Syndrome to become an Airman, graduating six months after his arrival at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.In his fourth week of basic training last

  • Becoming an MTI? There's an app for that

    7/2/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO--RANDOLPH (AFNS) -- There's a smart phone application for just about everything these days, including joining the ranks of the Air Force's military training instructor corps. The app, simply called "Air Force MTI," is free and available for Apple, Android and Blackberry devices."It takes a special person to be an
  • Gen. Edward Rice Jr., Commander, Air Education and Training Command, gives a press briefing on allegations of sexual misconduct involving basic military training instructors at Lackland Air Force Base in the Pentagon on June 28, 2012. An investigation since June 2011 into the allegations is still ongoing. (U.S. Air Force photo/Scott M. Ash)

    AETC commander addresses recruits' allegations of sexual misconduct

    6/29/2012 - WASHINGTON (AFNS) -- The commander of the Air Force's Air Education and Training Command spoke to members of the media here June 28 about the on-going investigation into allegations of sexual misconduct by military training instructors (MTIs) at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas."In the fall of 2011 we discovered, to our great

  • Air Advisor Academy stands up at JB MDL

    6/15/2012 - JOINT BASE MCGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST, N.J. -- The U.S. Air Force Air Advisor Academy officially stood up during an activation ceremony 10 a.m. Tuesday here.Special Order G-12-13 directed the USAF Air Advisor Academy activation May 1 in order to produce trained, educated and qualified Airmen to help build global air, space and cyber
  • Lt. Col. Tim Thurston, 322nd Training Squadron commander, attempts to pin Staff Sgt. Mark Velasquez, a security forces technical training instructor with the 343rd TRS, during a grappling drill June 12 at the Warhawk Fitness Center. Soldiers from Army III Corps, Fort Hood, Texas, were here last week to teach the Modern Army Combatives Program course to instructors from Air Force Basic Military Training and the security forces technical training school. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

    AF instructors learn modern Army combatives skills

    6/22/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- After spending five days in a joint combatives "train the trainer" course, Air Force participants gained a valuable benefit in becoming certified to teach both Modern Army Combatives and Basic Air Force Combatives."Confidence," said Lt. Col. Tim Thurston, 322nd Training Squadron commander, a
  • Master Sgt. Alucia Davis, superintendent of military training at the 37th Training Support Squadron, is the Air Force’s outstanding military training leader of the year for 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

    AF selects MTL of the year: Superintendent credits family support

    6/14/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The superintendent of military training, 37th Training Support Squadron, was recently selected as the 2011 Military Training Leader of the Year.Master Sgt. Alucia Davis received the award for her service as an MTL with the 37th TRSS Airman Transition Assistance Flight in 2011.A native of
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