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  • CMSgt Gaitan speaks to international students.

    Partner nation students attend basic military training graduation

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – More than 100 international military students from partner nations across the Western Hemisphere gathered at the Pfingston Reception Center Oct. 7 to watch nearly 700 trainees become Airmen and Guardians.

  • IAAFA participates in AFA Air, Space and Cyber Conference

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A team of instructors and leaders from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy joined hundreds of Airmen and Guardians at the 2021 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 20-22.
  • Tour of IAAFA hangar

    Egyptian Armed Forces make historic visit to IAAFA

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – A new partnership between the Texas National Guard and the Egyptian Armed Forces led to a historic visit at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy here Sept. 27, when an Egyptian delegation visited the academy.
  • Jamaican service member on shore with survival equipment and ships in background.

    IAAFA sends mobile training team to Jamaica

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas – Twelve years since their last engagement in Jamaica, the Inter-American Air Forces Academy returned to the country June 14-25 to instruct its Defence Force during Mobile Training Team 21-15.
  • SELIS attendees gather at a table.

    Impact of SELIS far-reaching, strategic

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-LACKLAND, Texas -- After nearly three years in the planning and several delays due to COVID, the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit finally became reality Aug. 9-13. The event, co-hosted by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, brought together approximately 120 top enlisted leaders from the U.S. and 44 partner nations.
  • Group is briefed on VC-135E.

    International enlisted leaders focus on ‘Building an Airman’

    SAN ANTONIO – A sea of multi-colored military uniforms and the sounds of several languages were the backdrop for the Senior Enlisted Leader International Summit, held here Aug. 9-13. SELIS, co-hosted by Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, brought together approximately 120 top enlisted leaders from the U.S. and 44 partner nations.
  • CMSAF Bass stands at podium.

    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 even more memorable was the guest speaker, Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force JoAnne S. Bass.
  • Air Force technical sergeant translates at a survival briefing.

    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 14-25.
  • Airmen help student put on arm sleeve for an MWD demonstration.

    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.
  • Students build bridge on table.

    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.
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