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Special Warfare Training Wing unveils Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center
April 8, 2024 — The Special Warfare Training Wing hosted the grand opening of the Maltz Special Warfare Aquatic Training Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex, on April 2, 2024... MORE

Instructors and trainees prepare to enter the water as bystanders watch.

Guardians go where none have gone before
April 8, 2024 — Tech Sgt. David Gudgeon and Sgt. Yuji R. Moore became the first graduates from the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy from the sister services... MORE

U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Sytoi K. Warren, senior drill sergeant leader, adjusts the drill sergeant hat of Sgt. Yugi R. Moore, during a graduation ceremony at the U.S. Army Drill Sergeant Academy in Fort Jackson, S.C., April 3, 2024. Moore was one of first Guardians to graduate from the academy. (U.S. Army photo by Robert Timmons)

Army vehicles go Airborne as C-5 shows off airlift muscle before airshow
April 8, 2024 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing had a unique opportunity to support the Great Texas Airshow from April 6-7 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, all while getting some critical training to improve the unit’s readiness. ... MORE

Reserve Citizen Airmen and Soldiers work together to unload a M1A2 Abrams Main Battle Tank from a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas on April 4th, 2024.

Mission Monday: Functional Area Management
April 8, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Master Sgt. Roger Rhodes, Air Force Ground Transportation Functional Area Manager with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center in San Antonio... MORE

photo of Rhodes with AFIMSC shield to left

Transforming Training: The modernization of the 346th Training Squadron SCALE-UP Classroom
April 4, 2024 — Nestled in the heart of Naval Base Ventura County is the newly activated 346th Training Squadron where a new initiative, the SCALE-UP classroom was recently unveiled. The reimagined and transformed space is one of several modernization efforts within the 37th Training Wing where training is now competency-based and student-centered... MORE

Vehicle Maintenance students assigned to the 346th Training Squadron experience the SCALE-UP classroom on Feb. 14, at Port Hueneme, Calif. The student-Centered Activity Learning Environment-Upside Down Pedagogy or SCALE-UP's primary objective is to spearhead the development of a front-line training program for 2T3 Vehicle Management specialties. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Jonathan Cotto)

DAF set to launch full youth summer camp schedule
April 4, 2024 — Department of the Air Force Child and Youth Programs is set to launch myriad 2024 summer youth camps on April 8 for kids across the enterprise to boost morale, skills, teamwork and resiliency. ... MORE

AFIMSC Mission Monday: MAJCOM contracting support
April 1, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Paul Lewis, senior contract specialist with the Air Force Installation Contracting Center’s 338th Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. ... MORE

JBSA graduates first cohort of Saudi electronic warfare officers
March 28, 2024 — In a milestone for military partnership between the United States and Saudi Arabia, the first class of Royal Saudi Air Force officers completed an intensive electronic warfare training course March 5, 2024, in San Antonio, Texas... MORE

Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center uses data to improve, streamline on-base mail systems
March 27, 2024 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center is harnessing the power of data to improve Department of the Air Force installation mail services... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman 1st Class Michael Jones, 100th Force Support Squadron military postal clerk, scans incoming packages as they come off a secure truck, ensuring they are registered on the U.S. Postal Service tracking system before being made ready for customers at Royal Air Force Mildenhall, England, Feb. 2, 2024. The 100th Air Refueling Wing command team visited the post office for an immersion to see for themselves the process which allows Team Mildenhall customers to receive and send mail. (U.S. Air Force photo by Karen Abeyasekere)

Settlement of Estate
March 27, 2024 — The Commander regrets to announce the death of Airman Raylina Fontes, assigned to the 59th Dental Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, who passed away March 25, 2024... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force Airmen, global partners enhance information warfare effects during Exercise Austere Challenge
March 26, 2024 — Sixteenth Air Force Airmen strengthened information warfare operation capabilities alongside U.S. European Command, NATO, component staff and combatant commanders during Exercise Austere Challenge March 4-14... MORE

Airman types on a computer during the exercise

Inside look: Team Kirtland Goes to Basic Military Training
March 26, 2024 — The 377th Air Base Wing command team was invited to attend a Basic Military Training graduation as the reviewing officials at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, from March 13-14, 2024... MORE

Col Power and Chief Cooper are seen saluting

59th Medical Wing collaborates with Mayo Clinic to develop a temporary vascular shunt for vascular injury and disease
March 26, 2024 — The 59th Medical Wing, the U.S. Air Force’s largest medical wing and functional medical command for Joint Base San Antonio, announced it has entered into a patent license agreement with Mayo Clinic to develop an advanced temporary vascular shunt for the operative management of vascular injury and vascular disease... MORE

"Calm Under Pressure": JBSA-Lackland Pharmacy teams operate through nationwide cyberattack
March 25, 2024 — Last month, a reported cyberattack on the nation’s largest commercial prescription processor impacted military clinics and hospitals worldwide, as well as some retail pharmacies. In response, the 59th Medical Wing's Pharmacy team at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland implemented emergency plans to continue serving patients and provide medical support to the United States Air Force's basic training mission... MORE

Military Pharmacy technician smiles at patient

EFMP members learn, grow at equestrian experience
March 22, 2024 — Exceptional family members at Joint Base San Antonio had the opportunity over spring break to learn and practice horsemanship skills with the help of a generous grant from a community partner... MORE

Innovative technical training helps prepare civil engineering Airmen for the future fight
March 20, 2024 — The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is partnering with the 368th Training Squadron’s civil engineering schoolhouses at Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri, to enhance training by implementing innovative technology and equipment that integrates real-world scenarios to their curriculum and saves manpower... MORE

Masters Leadership Program of Greater San Antonio visits 433rd Airlift Wing
March 20, 2024 — Retired Air Force Maj. Gens. Rick Martin and Al Flowers, along with about 45 members of the Masters Leadership Program of Greater San Antonio, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing to see inside a C-5M Super Galaxy as part of their tour of Joint Base San Antonio, Mar. 14. ... MORE

Masters Leadership Program of Greater San Antonio members pose for a group photo on the flight line on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Mar. 14, 2024.

2024 DAF Art Contest opens for 2D, 3D artists
March 19, 2024 — Calling all artisans … the 2024 Department of the Air Force Art Contest opened March 1 and runs through April 30. Any authorized patrons of DAF morale, welfare and recreation programs and facilities – beginning at age six – can participate in the contest... MORE

Contest poster featuring details of the contest.

Mission Monday: Services Acquisition Systems
March 18, 2024 — It’s Mission Monday. Meet Christian Degro Rosado, Air Force Services Center Acquisition Systems Branch chief... MORE

Air Force launches new virtual leadership book club
March 13, 2024 — The Department of the Air Force launched a new virtual Leadership Book Club last month to help build current and future leaders while growing connectedness between Airmen and Guardians. ... MORE