History came down

Formerly the home to the 323rd Training Squadron, Building 6275 stood for decades and served as the first Air Force home to Basic Trainees. The 323rd was the first squadron to move into the new Airman Training Complex and building 6275 was scheduled for demolition. The first walls came down in early May of 2013. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan Boedeker)

Council on Recruit and Basic Training Conference included time with trainees

Earlier this month, sixteen Army, Navy, Air Force and Department of Defense officials met at Joint Base San Antonio- Lackland for the Council on Recruit and Basic Training Conference to discuss training and basic entry-level recruit operations across the services. The meeting was the first of its kind and aims to help all services share best practices. Officials were able to gain input from Air Force basic trainees during a meal. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Alan W. Boedeker)

International Students learn from U.S. History

Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, the 502nd Air Base Wing commander took time to talk with Defense Language Institute students at the 2013 African American Heritage Luncheon at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, Feb. 13, 2013. Thai Army Second Lt. Chotrawee Marungruang is in the basic instructor course. She said she appreciated the opportunity to talk with the base commander and obtain knowledge to take home and discuss as she teaches English to military members in Thailand. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Spencer Berry)

Congressman Joaquín Castro visits Air Force Basic Military Training.

In his first visit to Air Force Basic Military training, Congressman Joaquin Castro and Col. Mark Camerer, 37th Training Wing Commander, stopped at the CQ, or Charge of Quarters, station where more that 60 security cameras are monitored 24-hours a day. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Congressman Joaquín Castro visits Air Force Basic Military Training.

During his first visit to Air Force Basic Military Training, Congressman Castro saw the inside of the first new Dining and Classroom Facility. On the ground floor is the dining area and on two floors above are 12 college-style lecture halls equiped with 120 closed curcuit computer terminals in each room. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Search and Rescue Planning Course Graduation

On Friday February 15, 2013, ten students graduated from the "Search and Rescue Planning" course at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA) in San Antonio, Texas. The training concepts taught in this course focus on planning for a search and rescue mission, and include how to hone a distress signal, how to coordinate search and rescue efforts with other agencies, the mathematical calculations on how wind, sea currents, or debris drift affect a lost vessel or airplane, and how to manage a search and rescue command post. The newly-graduated students come from the Mexican Navy, Mexican Federal Police, Panamanian Public Forces, Colombian Air Force - and for the first time in IAAFA's 69-year history - a student from the Royal Moroccan Air Force. This course emulates the Maritime Search and Rescue Planning Course taught at the U.S. Coast Guard's Maritime Search and Rescue School. The only significant difference is that this course is taught in Spanish, as IAAFA's 33 other courses. These graduates now join an elite club of more than 44,000 alumni of the academy. (U.S. Air Force courtesy photo)