• State Rep. Joaquin Castro visits new facility, trainees

    During his first visit to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas State Rep. Joaquín Castro got a close-up look at Air Force basic military training recently.After lunch with the 502nd Air Base Wing Commander Brig. Gen. Theresa Carter, and other military officials, Castro

  • Leadership from the field: Security Forces trains hard to fight harder

    An expert speaker on leadership and leadership training once defined a leader as someone who knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. That is exactly what the Combat Leadership Course, Level II, Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis did for 42 Security Forces Airmen in 26 days.Staff Sgt. Luke

  • Shadowing basic training: An experience from the instructor's perspective

    After Tech. Sgt. Joshua Sharp spent three days shadowing a military training instructor in the 322nd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, it solidified his decision to become an Air Force MTI."I already had a pretty good idea I wanted to do this, but the shadowing really hammered it

  • Foundation, Air Force sign MOU for new museum

    The Lackland Gateway Heritage Foundation took a major step toward its goal of building a new USAF Airman Heritage Museum at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland by signing a Memorandum of Understanding with the Air Force Feb. 11 at the 502nd Air Base Wing headquarters on JBSA-Fort Sam Houston.The MOU

  • U.S. Representative Joaquin Castro Visits Basic Training

    In his first visit to the 37th Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Congressman Joaquín Castro (D, TX) was given a close-up look at Air Force Basic Military Training.After lunch with the 502nd Air Base Wing Commander, Brig. Gen/ Theresa Carter, Congressman Castro visited the 323rd

  • 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