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Golfing for the future
January 24, 2007
Chaplain (Capt.) Leif Espeland drives for "Team God" in an African-American Heritage Committee golf tournament Jan. 12 that was a "huge success" and raised approximately $1,900 for scholarships, said Shirley Jones, AAHC coordinator at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Chaplain Espeland, shown on No. 1 tee at Gateway Valley Golf Course, was one of 120 people who played for 30 teams in the tournament. Among the participants was San Antonio City Councilman Art Hall, who said he loves to golf and was happy the AAHC invited him. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Cutting income taxes
January 23, 2007
Brig. Gen. Darrell Jones uses a giant pair of scissors to cut a ribbon to dedicate the new Lackland Air Force Base Tax Center in the Carswell Administration Building, Bldg. 9050, Suite 3700. Standing beside General Jones, then the 37th Training Wing commander, is 1st Lt. Eric Adams, officer in charge of the center. The center will open Feb. 5, 2007. The building, at 1700 Carswell Ave., is near clothing sales on Hughes Avenue at Kirtland Street. Hours of operation will be 8-11 a.m. and 1-3 p.m. Monday through Thursday. Appointments are required for all but basic military trainees and technical school students by calling 671-7983 starting Monday. Also, each unit has at least one tax advisor ready to assist with federal income tax returns.

Be part of history: Name Randolph's new air park
January 19, 2007

Like Dr. King, AF serves greater good
January 19, 2007
Guest speaker and Lackland Air Force Base choir director, Bradley Scott, Ph.D., senior education associate for the Intercultural Development Research Association, recites the famous  "I have a dream" speech during the Jan. 11 Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. commemorative service at Freedom Chapel. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Gridlocks Plus
January 19, 2007

Fuel pumps restart after upgrades at one station, other stations await turn
January 19, 2007
Patrons who fuel their vehicles at the Army and Air Force Exchange Service troop store on the training side of Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, will have to change their fueling destination when the pumps undergo upgrades beginning Feb. 5. The upgrades are expected to take 10 days or less. (USAF photo by Armando Flores)

Icy weather workers
January 19, 2007
Guadalupe Montana, a 37th Civil Engineer Squadron exterior foreman, stretches from a lift bucket to cut an ice-laden tree limb responsible for a two-hour power outage starting around 10 a.m. Jan. 17 on the southern training side of Lackland Air Force Base,Texas. Mr. Montana said the limb, near Bldg. 5570 on Selfridge Avenue between Hughes and Walker Avenues, pushed a primary power line into another line, causing a "big ball of fire" before the short tripped a circuit breaker. The winter storm resulted in the base being closed for Jan. 16 and 17. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Arctic weather comes to Randolph, Team Randolph urged to know recall procedures, reporting information
January 18, 2007
Cactus near the flightline at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas are crystallized with ice. The San Antonio area experienced a winter storm here Jan. 16, 17. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Elizabeth DelVecchio)

Inclement weather moving into the San Antonio area
January 15, 2007

Teamwork
January 12, 2007
Rodrick Greene from the 37th Communcation Squadron passes to teammate Christopher Hines during a Division I intramural game against the Air Information Operations Center Jan. 11 at the Chaparral Fitness Center on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. AFIOC won 47-27. (Photo by Army Spc. Tim Luukkonen)

New year, new traffic laws on base
January 12, 2007

New ambassadors named for 2007
January 11, 2007
The 2007 Lackland Air Force Base Ambassadors: Capt. C. Brent Dishman, 37th Training Wing Judge Advocate General Office, and Tech. Sgt. Magdalena Cortez, 737th Training Group

Fashion transcends time at show on base
January 11, 2007
Darius Kersh wows the crowd with his ensemble during the opening scene, "A Look
Back in Time," at the 2007 fashion show, "History of Fashion ... A Night to Remember." Proceeds raised from the fashion show go to the African-American Heritage scholarship fund. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Lackland CGOC gears up for 2007
January 11, 2007

Wilford Hall medics depart for scheduled deployment to Iraq
January 11, 2007

37th TRW stands up own medical group
January 11, 2007
Brig. Gen. Darrell Jones, then the 37th Training Wing commander, and Col. Tim Halligan, then the commander of the newly reactivated 37th Medical Group, unveil the group's abbreviation on its headquarters building across Biggs Avenue from the Warhawk Fitness Center. General Jones led the Dec. 22, 2006, ceremony to reactivate the group, the first medical assets under direct control of the 37th TRW since Wilford Hall Medical Center was completed in 1957. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

12th Services Division to compete for coveted award
January 9, 2007

Randolph Tax Center offers alternative to high fees
January 8, 2007
SSgt Shantay Aldrich, Tax Center Volunteer, assists 2Lt Christopher Coleman with his tax return.


New facilities enhance quality of life on base
January 4, 2007
Silverware glisten in their trays on opening day of the new dining facility on the Lackland Training Annex at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. The dining facility mainly serves technical students and instructors from the 342nd, 343rd and 344th Training Squadrons, and members of the 90th Intelligence Squadron. The facility can hold up to 1,500 diners, has four serving lines and three dining areas, and has modern lighting and wooden floors. Construction of the dining facility, which replaced the 35-year-old Medina Inn, is among $60.3 million in major building projects scheduled for opening early this year.