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Air Force to launch official website redesign, temporarily pause new content for updates
October 1, 2021 — To enable required updates, Air Force officials said the service will not release new content on AF.mil Oct. 1-6, while the Air Force migrates to a redesigned, mobile-ready website... MORE

Newly redesign www.af.mil promotional graphic.

502nd ABW Commander signs Fire Prevention Week proclamation
October 1, 2021 — U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller, 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base-San Antonio commander, signed the Fire Prevention Week Proclamation at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Oct. 1, 2021... MORE

Fire Prevention Week Proclamation signing

Space Force, Air Force Total Force recruiting makes goal for Fiscal 2021
October 1, 2021 — For the first time in five years, each of the Total Force recruiting partners have reached or exceeded their recruiting goal and each has achieved its end strength for Fiscal 2021... MORE

Air Force Recruiters express enthusiasm during their Senior Leader Summit in August.

Getting to know the new AFIMSC command chief
October 1, 2021 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center welcomes Chief Master Sgt. Hope L. Skibitsky as the new AFIMSC command chief on Oct. 4... MORE

Following report, DOD to redouble suicide prevention efforts
October 1, 2021 — Due to the "troubling" findings from the Defense Department Annual Suicide Report, the DOD will redouble its efforts to provide care and resources for all who need it and will work to reduce stigmas and barriers to care, the secretary of defense said... MORE

Feedback Fridays
October 1, 2021 — If you have a question or concern, please send an email to jbsapublicaffairs@gmail.com using the subject line “Feedback Fridays.” Questions will be further researched and published as information becomes available. ... MORE

Feedback Fridays is a weekly forum that aims to connect the 502d Air Base Wing with members of the Joint Base San Antonio community.

Exceptional Family Member Program hosts Halloween Howl Down Oct. 22
September 30, 2021 — The Halloween Howl Down will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. in the parking lot across from the JBSA-Fort Sam Houston Military & Family Readiness Center, located at 3060 Stanley Road, building 2797. The free event is open to all JBSA members and their families... MORE

TRICARE pharmacy copayments to increase in 2022
September 30, 2021 — Do you get your prescription drugs through TRICARE Pharmacy Home Delivery or at a TRICARE retail network pharmacy? If so, you’ll pay anywhere from $1 to $8 more in copayments starting Jan. 1... MORE

Pharmacy technician fills a prescription bottle

Army South G2 personnel conduct intelligence working group with Salvadoran military instructors
September 30, 2021 — U.S. Army South G2 personnel conducted a working group with El Salvadoran intelligence instructors Sept. 21-25 to enhance the readiness of El Salvadoran intelligence professionals, increase interoperability between the U.S. and Salvadoran armies and strengthen national partnerships... MORE

Stephen Cartwright, U.S. Army South Information Security (INFOSEC) manager, answers questions from El Salvadoran intelligence professionals regarding INFOSEC, at the Escuela Nacional de Inteligencia Militar in San Salvador, El Salvador, Sep. 21, 2021.

DOD leaders address Bagram departure, noncombatant evacuation operation timing
September 30, 2021 — Following the U.S. departure from Afghanistan, some questioned the handover of Bagram Air Base. Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III said maintaining a presence there would not have helped the U.S. mission during the waning days of the 20-year war. ... MORE

Three men sit behind a long table. The wall behind them is covered by paintings and seals.

Space Force selects more than 900 personnel to transfer FY22
September 30, 2021 — The Space Force, working with the Army, Navy and Marine Corps, has selected 670 active-duty service members and 259 civilians to transfer into the Space Force during fiscal year 2022. These volunteers come from the pool of candidates who applied in March 2021 and members who are currently assigned to Army and Navy units slated to transfer into the new service... MORE

New AETC Deputy Commander passionate about empowering Airmen
September 30, 2021 — Members of the First Command welcomed Maj. Gen. Andrea Tullos as their new deputy commander as of Aug. 27, 2021... MORE

Alamo Wing flight surgeon receives prestigious fellowship
September 30, 2021 — A 433rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight surgeon at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland recently received the prestigious honor of qualifying for a Royal Society of Arts fellowship in August. Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, who is also a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician, and a first-generation Uganda-born American citizen, was anonymously nominated to apply to the RSA. ... MORE

Lt. Col. Ivan Edwards, 433rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron flight surgeon, stands for a photograph at the 433rd Medical Group building on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 21, 2021. Edwards emigrated from Uganda to the United States and became a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Wich)

Talents on display during 37th TRW drill down competition
September 30, 2021 — Airmen from the 343rd and 344th Training Squadrons and the 59th Training Group performed practiced march routines during the 37th Training Wing Drill Down Competition Sept. 18... MORE

Service members need to review Survivor Benefit Plan before retirement
September 30, 2021 — The Survivor Benefit Plan, or SBP, is a voluntary program that provides the survivors of participating retirees a monthly income that starts when the member dies and retired pay stops... MORE

ARNORTH concludes military wildland fire ground response operation in California
September 30, 2021 — At the request of the National Interagency Fire Center, and in support of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service, U.S. Army North, U.S. Northern Command’s Joint Force Land Component Command, concluded its wildland fire ground response operation in California... MORE

Accession pipeline entities meet on ‘Bridging the Gap’
September 29, 2021 — Nearly 100 attendees from across the accession pipeline gathered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 14-16 to give members of the training community an opportunity to cross-talk... MORE

149th Fighter Wing hosts Egyptian Air Force
September 28, 2021 — Members of the Egyptian Air Force made a trip to the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 26 as part of the state partnership program that has been newly established between the 149th FW and Egypt... MORE

Brig. Gen. Matthew Barker (right), Chief of Staff, Headquarters Texas Air National Guard, hosted the Egyptian delegation as they toured the 149th FW facilities.

149th Fighter Wing hosts Spouse Taxi program
September 28, 2021 — Spouses of 149th Fighter Wing members got the chance to taxi in an F-16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 21... MORE

Army South bids farewell to partner nation liaison officer
September 28, 2021 — Maj. Gen. William L. Thigpen, U.S. Army South commanding general, recognized Colombian Army Col. Raul Medina Valenzuela, the Colombian liaison officer to U.S. Army South, at the U.S. Army South headquarters Sept. 24... MORE