Joint Base San Antonio > News

JBSA News

Category: JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston, JBSA-Randolph, Environmental, Sports, 12th FTW, Stories with Photos, Safety, Sequestration and Furlough, Energy Awareness, Cost Conscious Culture, Joint Base San Antonio, 37th Training Wing, JBSA Makes Cent$, Energy Awareness, Ask Away JBSA

End of an era: 94th FTS phases out TG-10 gliders
July 27, 2012 — The TG-10C gliders that have been the Academy's sailplane of choice for basic and aerobatic training for the last decade ascended for its final flight here Monday. The TG-10 trainer, which has been... MORE

The U.S. Air Force Academy’s first TG-16A glider arrived at the Academy July 8.
The new fleet of training and aerobatic gliders is valued at $4.8 million and includes five new aerobatic gliders and 14 basic trainers. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Raymond McCoy)

Wallyball : Twist to old game makes for interesting play
July 26, 2012 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Gillum Fitness Center is sporting a new game that can be characterized as "organized chaos" - wallyball.Around since 1979, the unorthodox sport is similar to its... MORE

Ruben Martinez and Lance Willoughby, Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Agency, leap to strike the ball over the net during the inaugural wallyball tournament at the Gillum Fitness Center July 20. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Warhawks look to win military's Defender Cup soccer tourney
July 26, 2012 — Playing soccer most of his life in Juarez, Mexico, David Ramos had to adjust to playing on sludgy soil.Sometimes a soccer ball wasn't available so Ramos and his friends had to play with whatever... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Warhawks midfielder Britton Seprish, 66th Training Squadron, warms up before tryouts July 12 at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center soccer field. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

Local Air Force JROTC drill team wins nationals
July 26, 2012 — Countless hours of practice paid off for the John Jay High School Silver Eagles Armed Drill Team by winning the U.S. Nationals High School Armed Drill Team competition recently in Daytona Beach, Fla... MORE

Marcus Zapata, commander of the John Jay High School Silver Eagles Armed Drill Team, gives a command during the U.S. Nationals High School Armed Drill Team competition. The Silver Eagles competed against more than 20 Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps drill teams from all service branches in one of the nation’s largest collections of drill and ceremony talent, taking home the title of national champions. (Courtesy photo)

IAAFA hosts training managers
July 26, 2012 — Training managers from 16 Latin American countries attended the Inter-American Air Forces Academy Training Manager Conference July 16-17 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. IAAFA works to foster... MORE

Adriana Marin, a training manager from El Salvador, receives instruction on the basic construction characteristics of an aircraft from Staff Sgt. Juan De La Rosa, an instructor at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy July 17. De La Rosa briefed IAAFA’s aircraft structural maintenance course to training managers from 16 partner Latin American countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

CHLORINE SPILL AT JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH
July 24, 2012 — A 40-pound chlorine spill occurred at the Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph water plant at about 8:30 a.m. today. JBSA-Randolph Fire Department personnel immediately responded, initiating a 300-foot... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Fire Department personnel immediately responded to a 40-pound chlorine spill that occurred at the water plant near the JBSA-Randolph west gate Tuesday. First Responders initiated a 300-foot cordon that extended across FM 78, closing it temporarily.

802nd FSS aims for base, JBSA intramural softball titles
July 23, 2012 — The 802nd Force Support Squadron coach Art Treviño's mindset has not changed since day one.At 11-2, he still believes the reigning Joint Base San Antonio softball champions are the team to beat in the... MORE

802nd Force Support Squadron shortstop Brett Cannon said the team needs to have more good games than bad to repeat as Joint Base San Antonio softball champions. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

A blessing in disguise, mistake turns into 668th ALIS fortune
July 23, 2012 — Who figured miscommunication would turn out to be a blessing in disguise for the 688th Alteration and Installation Squadron intramural softball team?Miscommunication between the 688th ALIS coach and... MORE

Texas Heat ... Make it Personal! Learn to recognize symptoms, prevent heat-related mishaps
July 23, 2012 — I'm sure you, too, have recognized the onset of summer here in Texas. Whether you call this home or are simply passing through, you must respect the risk that comes with the Texas heat, heat stress or... MORE

A barbecue recipe for summer safety: Fire officials recommend tips for minimizing grill fires
July 23, 2012 — Summer's here and Joint Base San Antonio residents are already firing up the grill to cook up burgers, brats or fajitas.According to the National Fire Prevention Association, July is the peak month... MORE

JBSA-Randolph satellite pharmacy implements changes in refill process, enhances product line
July 23, 2012 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Exchange Satellite Pharmacy has instituted changes to better serve military beneficiaries in the area.The satellite pharmacy has adopted a new refill process that... MORE

Health and Wellness Center promotes healthy fitness and nutrition habits
July 23, 2012 — If the U.S. Air Force is expected to be committed to flying, fighting and winning in land, space and cyberspace, then it is also up to America's Airmen to strive to live a healthy lifestyle both on... MORE

Customer service drives communication upgrades at Inns of Lackland
July 23, 2012 — Customers are taking advantage of new communication amenities at The Inns of Lackland lodging facilities with recent upgrades to telephone and cable services, and enhanced wireless Internet in every... MORE

'Base Support Done Right': Houghton reflects on time as MSG commander
July 23, 2012 — The 802nd Mission Support Group commander uses a series of numbers - "five, six, seven, eight." It's not a cadence he recites. It's an explanation of what the 802nd MSG does at JBSA-Lackland every... MORE

802nd Mission Support Group Commander Col. Richard Houghton and Chief Master James Glover, former 802nd MSG superintendent, visit a re-equipped base education center classroom as Russ Gregg, chief of education and training, 802nd Force Support Squadron, and Betsy Hamilton, off-site coordinator for St. Philip’s College at JBSA-Lackland, look on Jan. 13, 2011, during a tour of the facility. Upgrades to the base education center infrastructure took place during Houghton’s tenure as 802nd MSG commander. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Robin Cresswell)

19th Air Force inactivates, commander retires
July 20, 2012 — Nineteenth Air Force stood down in an inactivation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 12 after more than 19 years of managing flying training for all of Air Education and... MORE

Maj. Gen. Mark Solo, 19th Air Force commander, speaks at his retirement ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, July 13. Solo's retirement came the day after the inactivation of the 19th AF. (U.S. Air Force photo by Don Lindsey)

METC deputy commandant takes command of Navy Medicine Education and Training Command
July 19, 2012 — Navy Capt. Gail L. Hathaway, the deputy commandant of the Medical Education and Training Campus, based at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, assumed command of the newly reorganized Navy... MORE

Navy Capt. Gail Hathaway salutes during colors at the Navy Medicine Education and Training Command change of command ceremony at the Naval Air Station Jacksonville., Fla., ceremonial hangar July 11. Hathaway, reporting from her previous assignment as the Medical Education and Training Campus deputy commandant at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, assumed command during the hour-long ceremony. (U.S. Navy photo by Larry Coffey)

MICC members earn contracting awards
July 19, 2012 — Five members of the Mission and Installation Contracting Command were among those recognized at the U.S. Army Contracting Command's annual contracting awards ceremony May 16 at Huntsville, Ala."It's... MORE

Maj. Christopher Center is awarded the Army Commendation Medal from Dr. Carol Lowman during an awards ceremony May 16 at Redstone Arsenal, Ala., after being named the Army Contracting Command's Outstanding Contingency Contracting Officer for 2011. Lowman is the deputy to the commanding general at ACC. Also pictured are Brig. Gen. Kirk Vollmecke, the Mission and Installation Contracting Command commanding general, and ACC Command Sgt. Maj. John Murray. (Photo by Larry McCaskill)

Program improves contract administration
July 19, 2012 — Officials from the Mission and Installation Contracting Command here continue to implement phases of its Quality Assurance Program aimed at improving contract administration and oversight to help... MORE

Christopher Rinard teaches a module of an Mission and Installation Contracting Command Enhanced Contracting Officer Representative Class as part of his training to become an instructor. Rinard, who is a MICC quality assurance specialist at Fort Drum, N.Y., received his certification as an enhanced contracting officer representative trainer. (Photo by Laramie Johnston)

Airmen awarded Silver Stars at special ceremony
July 19, 2012 — Two 19th Air Force combat search and rescue pilots received the Silver Star medal at the 19th Air Force's inactivation ceremony July 12 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.Gen. Edward A. Rice Jr., Air... MORE

Maj. Philip Bryant, combat search and rescue pilot, was presented the
Silver Star medal at the 19th Air Force's inactivation ceremony Thursday at
Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Gen. Edward A. Rice, Jr., Air Education
Training Command commander, presented the third highest military decoration
to Bryant for his participation in a recovery mission of two U.S. Army
pilots who were downed in the Allasay Valley, an enemy controlled area east
of Bagram Airfield, Afghanistan on April 23, 2011. (U.S. Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

AF Academy senior embraces C3, earns Green Belt certification
July 19, 2012 — An Air Force Academy cadet spent five weeks, as part of a summer program, with Air Education and Training Command's Chief Learning Office where he earned his Green Belt certification.A Green Belt is... MORE