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  • AETC Announces Changes to Developmental Special Duty Assignments

    AETC announces changes to developmental special duty assignments

    Air Force officials are making three substantial changes to the developmental special duty, or DSD, process that will significantly improve the Air Force’s ability to fill these important positions by adding more flexibility to the process and increasing opportunities for NCOs.
  • The hardest lesson I learned came from the man who wore the boots. Take every opportunity you get to spend with the people you love. When it comes to time, there is never enough time with the people you love.

    Commentary: I Joined for the Boots

    The hardest lesson I learned came from the man who wore the boots. Take every opportunity you get to spend with the people you love. When it comes to time, there is never enough time with the people you love.
  • Senior Airman Paul Cauge, a 274th Air Support Operations Squadron joint terminal attack controller, uses a laser rangefinder designator for a close air support training mission July 29, 2015, at Grayling Air Gunnery Range in Grayling, Mich., during Northern Strike 2015. The annual exercise involved hundreds of military personnel from 20 states, as well as Canada, Latvia, Poland and Australia. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Master Sgt. Scott Thompson)

    Battlefield Airmen incentive pay to be based on skill versus duty

    Based on new authority from the Defense Department, the Air Force announced its intent to begin a pilot program providing battlefield Airmen skill incentive pay based on qualified skills versus performed duties.
  • President Ronald Reagan arrived at then-Kelly Air Force Base, San Antonio,Texas Nov. 14, 1981 seeking a short reprieve from the strains of Washington, D.C.

    Kelly Field was once the 'front steps' for many distinguished visitors

    (Editor's Note: This article is the fourth installment in a monthly series celebrating Kelly Field's centennial. Check back next month for more stories from Kelly Field's history, as well as information about the upcoming JBSA Air Show and Open House this November, which is expected to draw more than 350,000 visitors.)
  • Fireworks are used to commemorate the Fourth of July. However, they are not safe in the hands of consumers. Fireworks initiate thousands of burns and eye injuries each year.

    Fireworks safety: don’t get burned on the Fourth of July

    The use of fireworks is not allowed on Joint Base San Antonio, or JBSA, in accordance with AFMAN 91-201, dated March 21. It states: “Active duty Air Force personnel (on- or off-duty) and on-duty Air Force civilian personnel will not take part in the transportation, storage, set up or functioning of commercial fireworks for on-base fireworks displays.” There are many controlled firework events throughout San Antonio.

  • Chief of Staff of the Air Force Visits Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland

    On June 15 and 16, 2017 Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein and Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright paid a visit to Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland, and toured the facilities for the Battlefield Airman Training Group. The general also served as the reviewing official for Basic Military Training graduation.
  • Staff Sgt. August O’Niell, an Air Force pararescueman, briefs members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center about how he sustained significant warzone injury, which led to the amputation of his leg, and how he overcame adversity during AFTAC’s Combat Airman Fitness Day May 22, 2017. O’Niell is the first Air Force pararescue amputee on active duty today. (U.S. Air Force photo by Susan A. Romano)

    Through tragedy, loss and amputation, Airman learns ‘new norm’

    “My leg looked like a boomerang.”Those were the words of Staff Sgt. August O’Niell, an Air Force pararescueman, to members of the Air Force Technical Applications Center when the combat warrior visited the base to discuss resiliency during the center’s Combat Airman Fitness Day.AFTAC commander Col. Steven M. Gorski invited the Purple Heart
  • Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David Goldfein addresses Airmen during a basic military training graduation June 16, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Goldfein toured various JBSA-Lackland facilities and met many 37th Training Wing Airmen during his two-day visit. Every enlisted Airmen begins their Air Force career at basic military training. JBSA-Lackland is often referred to as the "Gateway to the Air Force," graduating about 39,000 Airmen annually. BMT is one of the missions of the 37th Training Wing, the largest training wing in the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Johnny Saldivar)

    CSAF visits Battlefield Airmen, presides over BMT graduation

    Air Force Chief of Staff David L. Goldfein; his spouse, Dawn Goldfein; and Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, June 15-17. As part of that visit, Goldfein toured the Battlefield Airmen Training Group and was the reviewing official for the Air Force Basic Military Training graduation.
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    Updated AtHoc alert system delivers urgent news directly to subscribers’ fingertips

    Air Education and Training Command Airmen and their families have always been able to get information on the latest happenings at their location on their work computer, but now members and their families can receive immediate notifications through an improved AtHoc alert system and the new AtHoc mobile app available in the Apple App and Google Play
  • Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright delivers a speech to Airmen from the 326th Training Squadron May 3, 2017, inside the Pfingston Reception Center auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The CMSAF visited JBSA-Lackland on his initial immersion tour of Air Force Basic Military Training and Airmen’s Week, a week-long discussion-based course designed to help new Airmen internalize the Air Force core values while developing professionalism, resiliency and an Airmen’s corps inspired by heritage and motivated to deliver Air Power for America.

    CMSAF visits BMT, Airmen’s Week

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on his initial tour of Air Force Basic Military Training and Airmen’s Week May 3.
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