• Soldiers train at Air Advisor Academy

    Nearly 70 mobilized reserve Soldiers preparing for "advise and assist" missions in Afghanistan trained May 6-10, 2013, at the Air Force Air Advisor Academy.Trainer/mentors assigned to the 174th Infantry Brigade train deploying Airmen on Army Warrior Tasks routinely. The roles reversed thanks to a

  • International partnerships formed here

    In creating solid friendships with Central and South America, instructor Capt. William Toronto from The Air Force Judge Advocate General's School at Maxwell taught military officers of Colombia, Paraguay and Guatemala the rule of law at the Inter-American Air Force Academy at Lackland Air Force

  • Marines assist Air Advisors, evac wounded

    Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron 772 Marines provided support to the U.S. Air Force Air Advisor Academy's most recent Field Training Exercise (FTX) here March 29, 2013.The Marines flew a CH-53E Super Stallion to the range where the Academy students and instructors were waiting to evacuate a

  • Airmen get into Drill Down Spirit

    Airmen who gathered in the stands behind the Basic Military Training Reception Center set an enthusiastic tone before Saturday's quarterly drill down competition started.As drill team members from the three competing squadrons with the 37th Training Group and one from the 737th Training Group waited

  • IAAFA celebrates its 70th anniversary

    The Inter-American Air Forces Academy celebrated turning 70 with a special event attended by more than 350 people in the IAAFA Airfield Training Complex at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 15. Senior leaders, distinguished visitors and guests helped commemorate the anniversary with IAAFA staff,

  • Newly-minted Airman plans something remarkable: an Air Force career

    Women's History Month will be easily remembered for Airman Kaycee Franco, for it's the month that she began making her own personal piece of Air Force history: receiving the Air Force Airman's coin and becoming an Airman.Receiving the coin signifies completing basic training and that Franco was one

  • 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