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Make the right choices, Randolph Airmen urge students
October 5, 2010 — If experience is the best teacher, some 200 students from a San Antonio middle school learned invaluable lessons last week from a group of Randolph Airmen with personal stories to tell and messages to... MORE

Registration now open for 2011 AETC Symposium
September 30, 2010 — Registration is now open for the 2011 Air Education and Training Command Symposium, scheduled for Jan. 20-21 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio. The two-day symposium will... MORE

AirFest plans take shape
September 30, 2010 — With barely a month left until AirFest 2010, the air show planning committee has kicked into high gear finalizing an amazing lineup of events to wow those visiting Lackland Air Force Base for the... MORE

11/1/2008 - The Pearl Harbor reenactment of Tora! Tora! Tora! fills the sky with smoke behind the F-22 Raptor during AirFest 2008 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Fine tuning
September 30, 2010 — MORE

Raul Olivares, a special purpose heavy equipment mechanic with the 802nd Logistics Readiness Squadron, adjusts a leaf spring on a Tymco street sweeper. The 802nd LRS provides diverse logistics services to Lackland's five wings and associate units, including vehicle management, airfield cargo, personal property movement and deployment planning, operations and execution. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Officials stress conservation during Energy Awareness Month
September 30, 2010 — October is Energy Awareness Month. The Air Force theme for this year's energy awareness campaign is, "Powering America; We're On Target."According to Andy Hinojosa, base energy manager, Lackland is... MORE

National Night Out heightens crime awareness
September 30, 2010 — As part of a state-wide campaign, Lackland hopes to take a bite out of crime with its National Night Out block party Oct. 5, 7-9 p.m., at Lion Park.Organized by the 802nd Security Forces Squadron,... MORE

HAWC helps sidestep running injuries
September 30, 2010 — Aching quads, sore calves, tender feet - these are symptoms of a runner well into a racing season. Sharp pain, escalating discomfort, and inflammation, however, are telltale signs an injury is just... MORE

Happy Birthday Air Force!
September 28, 2010 — MORE

Members of the 502nd Air Base Wing dance the "Cupid Shuffle" during the 502nd ABW Air Force Birthday Ball Sept. 24 at the Gateway Club. The celebration included dancing, socializing, dinner and entertainment from the Air Force Band of the West. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

Sortie signals end of T-1A's CSO mission at Randolph
September 28, 2010 — The T-1A Jayhawk's combat systems officer training mission at Randolph is over, but the twin-engine jet trainer will play an even greater role at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., where the new... MORE

Program allows Randolph students to tap into leadership potential
September 28, 2010 — Twenty students from Randolph Elementary School last week discovered they have what it takes to be leaders.In the process they also laid the groundwork for making their school better.Participants in a... MORE

Non destructive investigation finds failures before they start
September 27, 2010 — It takes more than oil changes and fresh windshield wiper blades to keep Randolph's aircraft aloft. One needs to look closer, beneath the skin.The 12th Flying Training Wing's Maintenance Directorate... MORE

Randolph AFB, TX, 30 September 2010: The 12th Flying Training Wing maintenance directorate, nondestructive inspection shop, utilizes magnetic inspection to ensure that T-1 wheel tie bolts are free from cracks or scratches by magnetizing the object and running it under magnetic fluorescing dye before inspecting it under a black light, defects glow bright green under the light. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

Remembrance run honors POWs/MIAs
September 23, 2010 — In observation of National POW/MIA Recognition Day, Lackand once again acted on the day's theme by running 20,000 miles in 24 hours.From midnight Sept. 17 to midnight Sept. 18, servicemembers and... MORE

Former prisoner of war and retired Air Force Col. Joseph Milligan (left), 37th Training Wing commander Col. William H. Mott V (center) and 324th Training Squadron commander Lt. Col. George Irving begin the 24-hour run. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

New exhibit to open at SF museum
September 23, 2010 — An idea that began four years ago comes to fruition Sept. 28 at 10 a.m. when a ribbon cutting ceremony unveils a new exhibit at the USAF Security Forces Museum on Lackland."Into the 21st Century"... MORE

Milita Rios-Samaniego, Security Forces Museum director and curator, sets up the museum's newest exhibit, "Into the 21st Century," with the help of Airmen Dominiq Russell and Trevor Stinson, both from the 343rd Training Squadron, Sept. 13. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Political dos and don't during campaign season
September 23, 2010 — The 2010 elections are less than six weeks away and political races are heating up.While exercising a right to vote is the duty of all Americans, military and civilian federal employees should... MORE

Boxing room expands services
September 23, 2010 — The All-Air Force Boxing training room moved under the Chaparral Fitness Center roof last spring, and, beginning Thursday, participants will include Airmen seeking exercise of a more physical... MORE

Senior Airman Todd Tetreault hits a punching bag during the Boxing and Muay Thai class at the Chaparral boxing training room. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Center helps DOD build international bonds
September 23, 2010 — A graduation ceremony at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center is not what one would consider typical. As the students' names are read, they approach the stage wearing the uniforms of... MORE

Students assemble before a graduation ceremony at the Defense Language Institute English Language Center Sept. 16. The center trains up to 3,300 students a year from 116 different countries. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

MARE tests Lackland's response to chemical crisis
September 23, 2010 — MORE

Wilford Hall Medical Center emergency department personnel treat a simulated patient during a Major Accident Response Exercise at Lackland Air Force Base Sept. 22. The MARE tested base organizations' response when about 50 basic military trainees were exposed to an unidentified white powdery substance. (U.S. Air Force photo by Robbin Cresswell)

New school year brings more GAMER sessions to Randolph
September 21, 2010 — With the beginning of a new school year, Randolph will resume its participation in a program that provides positive role models for at-risk students and has been credited with improving graduation... MORE

Randolph's chilled-water system exemplifies base's commitment to energy conservation
September 21, 2010 — In proclaiming October as National Energy Awareness Month, Brig. Gen. Leonard Patrick, 502nd Air Base Wing commander, urges all Randolph team members, residents and tenants "to take steps to conserve... MORE

An era of straight razors and scissors comes to an end
September 20, 2010 — The days of the witty banter punctuated by television news and the whirr of hair clippers are in their autumn in the small, two-person barber shop in the Kendrick Club. Moses "Mo" Urquiza and Rudy... MORE