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The power of Total Force recruiting
January 13, 2021 — As Air Force Recruiting Service embarked on a Total Force Recruiting enterprise, a handful of Air Force Reserve Airmen began to matriculate at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph in early 2019, working side by side with their active duty counterparts... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Michael Lear, Air Force Recruiting Service Strategic Marketing Division superintendent, broke the Texas Deadlift state record previously set at 705 pounds by pulling 733 pounds in the 93kg weight class.

AFSOC's historic first Pilot Training Next team takes flight
January 12, 2021 — For the first time in Air Force Special Operations Command history, two new graduates from the Air Education and Training Command’s Pilot Training Next, or PTN, training served as aircraft commander and co-pilot on a mission sortie... MORE

‘My biggest dream’: LEAP prepares Airmen for dream jobs
January 11, 2021 — Hundreds of Airmen across Joint Base San Antonio are currently enrolled in the Language Enabled Airman Program... MORE

Air Force Capt. Daniel Bergstresser smiles for a picture during a walk through the Meiji Shrine park in Tokyo, Japan, 2018.

Reserve, active duty units brings damaged T-38 back into service
January 8, 2021 — On Dec. 28, 2018, a U.S. Air Force T-38A Talon assigned to Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, was involved in a landing mishap at nearby Newport News International Airport. Now, nearly early two years since the aircraft mishap, aircraft 63-8229 has been fully restored, passing its post-overhaul Functional Check Flight and returned to fully mission capable status Dec. 4, 2020... MORE

U. S. Air Force Lt. Col. Andrew Williams, 415th Flight Test Flight commander, inspects a T-38 before its test flight at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Dec. 1, 2020.

Registration open for virtual AETC Leadership Mentoring Symposium
January 6, 2021 — As part of service-wide focus on mentorship, Air Education and Training Command will virtually host a Leadership Mentoring Symposium Jan. 27-28, 2021. The two-day mentoring event is being hosted by the AETC Mentoring Council, which is comprised of Airmen from around the command, and will allow senior leaders to mentor to a virtual audience on specific topics... MORE

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Force Development Gateway and service catalog now accessible through the Air Force Portal
January 5, 2021 — Navigating the Force Development waters just became smoother with the recent launch of two new SharePoint Online sites aimed at keeping Airmen and Guardians informed... MORE

AETC Innovators invited to attend iSummit Jan. 21
January 5, 2021 — In an effort to fuel collaboration amongst Air Education and Training Command innovators, Headquarters AETC at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph is hosting its next virtual innovation summit Jan. 21, 2021... MORE

JBSA transitions to HPCON Charlie
December 31, 2020 — To better posture Joint Base San Antonio and help reduce community spread of COVID-19, JBSA increased the Health Protection Condition to CHARLIE, or HPCON C, effective Jan. 4... MORE

In response to the increased number of positive COVID-19 cases on local military installations and cases of community transmission in the local area, the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio commander increased the Health Protection Condition to Charlie, or HPCON C, effective Jan. 4, 2021.

Air Force Recruiting Service working on enhanced tools for job counseling
December 31, 2020 — The Air Force Work Interest Navigator, or AF-WIN, originally employed by the Air Force Personnel Center to counsel potential cross training Airmen was adapted by Air Force Recruiting Service in 2018. ... MORE

Force Development Summit focuses on developing Airmen in contested environment
December 30, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command officials virtually hosted Total Force Airmen from across the service Dec. 15-16 to discuss initiatives and collaboration for accelerating Force Development across the Air Force... MORE

Career assistance advisors look to continue momentum of officers’ course
December 30, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio career assistance advisors are looking ahead to the first quarter of the new year for the second session of a new professional development initiative for officers following a successful rollout last month... MORE

Reserve instructor pilot earns AETC safety award
December 26, 2020 — A Reserve instructor pilot from the 39th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph was selected as the Air Education and Training Command Aviation Safety Well Done Award winner for 2020... MORE

Space history ties to Randolph Air Force Base
December 23, 2020 — In episode 41 of "The Air Force Starts Here" podcast, it is a look back in history at the Air Force’s role in space here with AETC History and Museums Program Director Gary Boyd and AETC historian Rudy Purificato... MORE

San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday closures
December 22, 2020 — San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday closures... MORE

San Antonio Military Health System sets holiday hours.

Air Force recruiting innovates to save money, time
December 21, 2020 — During the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force recruiters have continuously found innovative ways to keep the flow of recruits ready for Basic Military Training, and one new alternative to recruit processing may prove to be a huge resource saving idea. ... MORE

Chief Master Sgt. David Poff, (left) 369th Recruiting Squadron superintendent, and Lt. Col. Charles Barton, 369th RCS commander, celebrate the swearing in of Daniel Kim and Tyler Yarrish into the Air Force Delayed Enlistment Program

Civilian talent acquisition essential to accelerate change for Air, Space Forces
December 15, 2020 — The Air Force chief of staff’s direction of "accelerate change or lose" and the accompanying action orders, outline why and how the service must rapidly change in order to remain the most dominant and respected Air Force in the world... MORE

The Department of the Air Force is seeing its highest retention levels in 20 years, second only to rates recorded shortly after 9/11 in 2002.

From dreams of being an astronaut to leading U.S. Space Force recruiting operations efforts
December 14, 2020 — As a young boy growing up in Upstate New York, Lt. Col. Michael Graff had dreams of becoming a NASA astronaut. Now he finds himself in a position to shoot for the stars by leading the recruiting operations efforts for the U.S. Space Force as part of Air Force Recruiting Service... MORE

Maj. Gen. Jeannie Leavitt, former Air Force Recruiting Service commander, swears Lt. Col. Michael Graff into the U.S. Space Force Oct. 8, 2020.

Ultra-low cost simulation program augments pilot training
December 9, 2020 — The Joint Immersive Training System — a simulation program that can be installed on ordinary computers and laptops — is currently being used to support pilot training... MORE

A woman in a military flight suit operates an aircraft simulator. A replica of the cockpit can be seen on the flight simulator monitor.

AETC to host second annual Force Development Summit Dec. 15-16
December 7, 2020 — As part of the effort to better develop the Airmen required to support the Air Force we need, Air Education and Training Command will hold the second annual Force Development Summit virtually Dec. 15-16, 2020... MORE

JBSA-Randolph dorm residents receive lesson in cooking, resilience
December 3, 2020 — Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph dormitory residents were treated to an in-person cooking lesson, which was also presented virtually, during a resiliency event Nov. 20. The event was meant to help keep morale high during the pandemic. ... MORE

Tonya Lee, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph violence prevention integrator, provides a cooking lesson at JBSA-Randolph, Texas, Nov. 20, 2020.