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  • Conditioned for courage: Airmen train to jump into battlefield assignments

    Jumping from an aircraft can be risky and what a jumper doesn't know can cause death or serious injury and scrub the mission. "The capability of the operator determines whether you're a quick reaction force verses becoming a victim," explained Tech. Sgt. Marc Esposito, 342nd Training Squadron

  • History office photo project hits milestone

    An online project created by the 37th Training Wing Office of History and Research at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland reached a milestone Jan. 28.The 10,000th Air Force Basic Military Training flight photo was posted to http://www.bmtflightphotos.af.mil, a project started with only 60 flight

  • IAAFA hosts first female Dominican Republic combat pilot

    Taking a break from catching drug dealers, Capt. Maria Tejada-Quintana came to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland to attend the Inter-American Squadron Officer School at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, graduating Dec. 12 with 278 fellow IAAFA students.Tejada-Quintana, a petite brunette, claims

  • New surcharge on Visa purchases

    As of January 27, merchants in the United States and U.S. Territories are permitted to impose a surcharge on any credit card transaction that uses a MasterCard or Visa branded card, which includes the Government Travel Charge Card, both Individually Billed Accounts (IBAs) and Centrally Billed

  • More than a decade of service, military dog retires

    For a few weeks in January, Mountain Home Air Force Base held the distinction of having the longest-serving military working dog in the Department of Defense.Base leadership, fellow defenders and other members of the Gunfighter family came out to say farewell to Tanja as she left the 366th Security

  • JBSA Mobile App goes live

    The need to communicate with 80,000 employees at three geographically separated locations in San Antonio is a challenge, and the launching of the Joint Base San Antonio mobile app will provide basic information about the primary locations at the users' fingertips.The mobile app, called "JBSA," is

  • Air Advisory Academy honors Yokota with first PACOM course

    The Air Force Air Advisor Academy instructed cultural preparation and engagement to a team of professional airlifters at Yokota Air Base, Japan, Jan. 14 - 18, making it the first time the academy has sent a mobility training team to train in the Pacific Command since the school began in May

  • FSS basketball team goes back to basics

    The 802nd Force Support Squadron intramural basketball team is ready to put the past behind them and focus on the future.After being ousted in the first round as a No. 1 seed in the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland intramural playoffs last season, it is back to basics for the FSS.With a mix of new

  • SERVICE with an altitude

    When America's top government officials and uniformed leaders travel by military air, in-flight support comes from graduates of the Basic Flight Attendant Course, 344th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The class trains Air Force members as flight attendants to deliver prepared,