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Air Force secretary: This is about lethality and mission effectiveness
February 26, 2018
Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson speaks about innovation during the Air Force Association Air Warfare Symposium, Orlando, Fla., Feb. 22, 2018.

Naval Oceanographic Office Inspires Next Generation to Pursue STEM Careers at Navy Week San Antonio
February 26, 2018
Civilian personnel assigned to the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, or NMOC, headquartered at the John C. Stennis Space Center in Mississippi speak with students of Sam Houston High School during Navy Week San Antonio, Feb. 19-25. The NMOC provides environmental information to help naval and joint forces operate more safely and effectively, and make better decisions faster than the adversary. Every year, America's Navy comes home to approximately 15 cities across the country to show Americans why having a strong Navy is critical to the American way of life.

Motorcycle safety: stay aware, stay alive when you ride
February 26, 2018
Staying aware of the changing road conditions and showing the discipline to adjust to them is fundamental to safe riding.

Texas First Lady meets with Key Spouse Program volunteers
February 24, 2018
Volunteers from the Key Spouse Program stand in front of the Governor's mansion in Austin, Texas after meeting with the First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott (pictured center) January 2018.  The group informed Mrs. Abbott about the assistance volunteers provide for newly arrived Air Force families at Joint Base San Antonio.

Air Force Aid Society raises Falcon Loan’s maximum limit to $1,000
February 23, 2018
The Air Force Aid Society has increased the maximum amount of a zero-interest loan that has provided numerous Airmen with emergency assistance.

Point of Care Testing manager at 59th MDW celebrates 40 years of civil service
February 23, 2018
Leah Hawes began her career as a civil service employee in the late 1970's. She is now the Point of Care Testing manager for the 59th Medical Wing at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Former slave, two-time Olympian becomes an Airman
February 23, 2018
Airman 1st Class Guor Maker

JBSA-Fort Sam Houston contracting office focuses on customer communication, service
February 22, 2018
(From left) Tracy Williams, K.A. Boles, Samuel Colton and Regina Espinosa discuss transferring contracts to another office during a meeting Jan. 31 at the Mission and Installation Contracting Command-Fort Sam Houston contracting office at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston. Williams is a contract specialist with the MICC-Fort Sam Houston Reserve Support Division, and Boles is system administrator at MICC-Fort Sam Houston. Colton and Espinosa are contracting officers also with the division.

T-X to replace T-38 at pilot training bases; JBSA-Randolph listed as preferred location
February 22, 2018
The Air Force announced Feb. 21, 2018, that the Advanced Pilot Trainer (T-X) will replace T-38C Talon aircraft at existing undergraduate pilot training bases, with Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, named as the preferred location for the first T-X aircraft scheduled to arrive in 2022.

JBSA locations offer WIC nutrition program
February 22, 2018
The primary mission of the Texas WIC Program is to give the most vulnerable children the best possible start by providing optimal nutrition during the critical stages of fetal and early childhood development.

Brazilian Air Force instructors receive high honors in the U.S.
February 22, 2018
Courtesy Photo

Army South hosts Soldiers from El Salvador
February 21, 2018
Soldiers from the Salvadoran Army participate in a break out session with representatives from U.S. Army South during day two of staff talks steering committee meetings Feb. 14.

12 FTW aircrews testing tablet computers for use throughout AETC
February 21, 2018
Aircrews throughout Air Education and Training Command will soon be benefiting from a test program spearheaded by Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s 12th Operations Group that will improve information management in the cockpit.

Go further with food: fueling for performance
February 21, 2018
The two most important components of pre-workout foods are carbohydrates and fluid. Consume 15-30 grams of carbohydrates with a cup of fluid one hour before exercise.

Retired AETC pilot chosen for San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame
February 21, 2018
Retired Lt. Col. James “Robbie” Robinson Jr., poses next to his F-4 Phantom in this undated courtesy photo. Robinson will be inducted into the San Antonio Aviation and Aerospace Hall of Fame at the awards dinner, March 22.

Navy Updates Selective Reenlistment Bonus Plan
February 20, 2018
Navy Updates Selective Reenlistment Bonus Plan

Courts-martial, crime, punishment at Joint Base San Antonio
February 20, 2018
Crime and punishment at Joint Base San Antonio.

Foulois, Fort Sam Houston at the front lines developing aerial photography, reconnaissance
February 20, 2018
Photographer James Hare (left) sits aboard the new 1910 Wright “B” aircraft purchased by R.F. Collier, owner of Collier’s magazine, who lent the U.S. Army the airplane in March 1911 after the original 1909  Wright Flyer, Signal Corps No. 1 was retired. The Collier plane, together with a Wright factory pilot, Phillip Parmalee (right), arrived in San Antonio in February 1911, and Lt. Benjamin Foulois began to learn to fly the newer type aircraft. During the next several weeks, these two men demonstrated the advantages to be derived from using the airplane for photographic reconnaissance as well as courier duties between military units.

Basura Bash draws hundreds of volunteers to clean out Salado Creek
February 17, 2018
Seaman Ryan Shorter, who is training to become a medical corpsman at the Medical Education and Training Campus at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston, reaches for a piece of trash along Salado Creek during the annual Basura Bash Feb. 17.

Center for Security Forces selects 2017 Sailor of the Year
February 16, 2018
Job well done!