• IAAFA graduates its largest in-person class since COVID

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Class 2021-B – the largest in-person class to graduate from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy since COVID struck approximately 17 months ago – celebrated the cadre and student body’s accomplishments at the Gateway Club here Aug. 11. Making the ceremony

  • IAAFA team shines at professional development program

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The language skills of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy team were front and center during Programa Integral para Suboficiales de Alta Jerarquía, a professional development training engagement conducted with U.S. Army South and the Colombian Army June

  • International military students tour military working dog facilities

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – More than 50 international students recently took a break from their courses at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy for a field studies program that took them away their desks and into the facilities that house military working dogs.

  • IAAFA leads professional development seminar in Ecuador

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – For the first time in more than a decade, members of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy recently collaborated with Ecuadorian armed forces for a professional military exchange in Ecuador.

  • Mobile paint simulator helps expand training to partner nation students

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – With just a few clicks, a spray gun and virtual reality goggles, instructors at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy are using new software to teach proper painting techniques – in the classroom here and across partner nation countries – without wasting a

  • IAAFA graduates 59 students from U.S., international partners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas --Approximately 150 members of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy and distinguished guests gathered at a graduation for nearly 60 students from partner nations and the U.S. Air Force here April 15. Colombian Army Brig. Gen. Erik Rodriguez, U.S. Southern

  • IAAFA stands out in AETC awards, earns top accolades

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – The Enlisted Professional Military Education Center at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy has earned top honors at the Air Education and Training Command level for the second consecutive year.

  • Space Force captain makes history

    USSF Capt. Angelo Centeno, 2nd Space Warning Squadron weapons and tactics flight commander, stationed at Buckley AFB, was one of the first two USSF members to attend and graduate from the Inter-American Squadron Officer Course (ISOC) at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

  • IAAFA historian documents past, looks to future

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- The black and white photographs neatly arranged in a manila folder sit next to dozens of typewritten documents dating back to the 1950s. Some of the photos are visibly damaged and yellowed from time. They’re part of a collection of items that Mateo Gonzalez

  • AETC Security Forces leaders visit IAAFA

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Air Education and Training Command Security Forces officials met with leaders of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy here March 24, in an effort to learn more about the academy’s resources and help provide additional training opportunities for instructors.