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  • SECAF talks Air Force innovation across JBSA, Austin

    Secretary of the Air Force talks innovation across JBSA, Austin

    Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson visited AFWERX-Austin, Pilot Training Next and Joint Base San Antonio June 27-29 to see firsthand the focus Airmen in the area are placing on improving readiness, cost-effective modernization and developing exceptional leaders.
  • An Explosive Ordnance Disposal member takes part in a fitness study June 5, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

    EOD fitness assessment under revision

    The Air Force Exercise Science Unit located at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph is currently studying the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Air Liaison Officer Tactical Air Control Party career field’s Physical Fitness Assessment for possible changes. The exercise science unit’s primary mission is to study Tier 2 PFA career fields and determine if
  • Despite the wet weather, Col. Thomas K. Smith, Jr., 433rd Airlift Wing commander, administers the Oath of Enlistment to 48 future 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen Feb. 10, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The future Airmen, members of the Delayed enlistment Training Flight, were supported by Chief Master Sgt. Brian Pinsky, 433rd AW command chief, 10 recruiters, load masters and a flight engineer. (U.S. air Force photo/Tech. Sgt. Carlos J. Trevino)

    Welcome to the Air Force Reserve

    Despite the wet weather, Col. Thomas K. Smith, Jr., 433rd Airlift Wing commander, administers the oath of enlistment to 48 future 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen Feb. 10, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
  • Military Working Dog SStash stands for the first time on his new outfitted leg brace at LTC Daniel E. Holland Memorial Military Working Dog Hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 2, 2015. Previously, SStash has been unable to put weight on his injured leg, so the leg brace will help speed his recovery.

    MWD hospital keeps canine warriors fit for duty

    The Lt. Col. Daniel E. Holland Memorial Military Working Dog Hospital at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland provides specialty care for animals from more than 200 places around the world where military working dogs serve, while also supporting the Air Force’s 341st Training Squadron.
  • Volunteers unload Christmas trees at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland donated by the Christmas SPIRIT Foundation, FedEx and 18 tree farmers as part of the Trees for Troops program Dec. 7, 2017.

    Trees to Troops delivers Christmas trees

    Many members of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland community braved the rain and the cold element, waiting outside JBSA-Lackland Outdoor Recreation Dec. 7, to receive a free tree from trees to Troops.
  • Students from the Inter-American Air Force Academy’s 837th Training Squadron and 343rd TRS attend a pre-mission briefing at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis as part of their final training exercise Nov. 8, 2017. The students practiced reconnaissance, ambush, searching, and patrolling tactics. This was the first time the 837th TRS and 343rd TRS partnered for joint training.

    IAAFA teams up for first ever joint training exercise

    Students from both the Inter-American Air Force Academy’s 837th Training Squadron and the 37th Training Group's 343rd TRS partnered in the first of many joint military training exercises.
  • U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Malcolm B. Frost, commander of the U.S. Army Center for Initial Military Training, speaks during the Council on Recruit Basic Training Nov. 8, 2017 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The purpose of CORBT is to address common issues across the joint services in recruit basic military training and technical training with the goal of sharing ideas, lessons learned and procedures to improve entry-level enlisted training programs.

    CORBT summit provides joint services insights on recruit basic training

    Representatives from all five branches of the U. S. armed forces, members from British Armed Forces and Australian Defence Force, held a Council on Recruit Basic Training summit Nov. 8-10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
  • Maj. Maria Tejada-Quintana, a guest instructor at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, is the only female flight guest instructor teaching international students from partner nations in the Western Hemisphere.

    IAAFA’s first female flight instructor continues to make history

    She may only weigh about a 100 pounds, but her expertise in flying a 2-ton fighter plane and years of extensive work in aviation helped Maj. Maria Tejada-Quintana land a historic guest instructor position at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
  • U.S. Air Force Lt. Gen. Daryl Roberson has spent the last two and a half years as commander of Air Education and Training Command at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas.

    Behind the stars: An interview with the AETC commander

    Members of Air Education and Training Command are prepared to bid farewell to Lt. Gen. Darryl Roberson, who for the last two and a half years, has served as their commander.
  • Positivity in leadership is contagious. You know what's more contagious then positivity? Negativity. Changing a few words can flip around a thought.

    Commentary: You Ask Why? I Say Why Not?

    In my Air Force career one thing that constantly surprises me is when the response I get from Airmen is, “Why should I care?” My response is always, “Why not?”
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