• JBSA officials select annual award winners for 2011

    3/1/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Joint Base San Antonio senior officials announced Feb. 24 the selection of its annual award winners for 2011.The 13 service members and government civilian employees were selected among finalists from all three JBSA military installations -- JBSA

  • Ready, set … JBSA-Lackland prepares for CI

    3/1/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- After months of workplace preparation and exercises, the men and women of the 502nd Air Base Wing, 802nd Mission Support Group, 37th Training Wing and 59th Medical Wing are ready to face the week-long combined Compliance Inspection.A biennial

  • DLIELC Festival Showcases International Flair, Goodwill

    Showcasing cultural displays from 23 countries, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center (DLIELC) held its first International Fest Feb. 1 at the Gateway Club. Students attending DLIELC's Advanced English Studies here created the displays, each showcasing their cultural customs and

  • New IAAFA airfield facility consolidates aviation training

    2/17/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- Senior Air Force and Inter-American Air Forces Academy leaders, along with representatives from six Latin America partner nations, opened the new IAAFA Airfield Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland in a ribbon-cutting ceremony Feb.

  • Basic training campus nears completion

    2/17/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The first Air Force Basic Military Training new housing campus projects are scheduled to be completed this summer, according to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the project administrator.Daniel Olivas, the corps' resident engineer, said Airman

  • AF units show inter-command cooperation during BPC mission

    2/6/2012 - TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS -- Two Airmen from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, 318th Training Squadron, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, joined forces with Airmen from the 571st Mobility Support Advisory Squadron, 615th Contingency Response Wing, Travis AFB, Calif., in support of a

  • Vietnam traveling memorial on display at JBSA-Lackland

    2/3/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The Wall That Heals, a traveling exhibit featuring a half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., arrived here Tuesday.On display adjacent to the U.S. Air Force Security Forces Museum, the Vietnam Traveling Memorial

  • Tet Offensive's 44th Anniversary: New exhibit honors Security Police heroics

    1/27/2012 - JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas -- The 37th Training Wing will honor Vietnam War Security Forces veterans Tuesday by commemorating the Tet Offensive's 44th anniversary.The commemoration ceremony, followed by an unveiling of a new Southeast Asia exhibit at the U.S. Air Force Security Forces