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JBSA-Lackland phone system migrating to Voice over Internet Protocol
April 7, 2022 — Phone users at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland will notice improvements in service and other useful features as the installation begins to transfer from an outdated analog system to a Voice over Internet Protocol system... MORE

JBSA-Lackland prepares for command cyber readiness inspection
February 22, 2022 — Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland will undergo a Command Cyber Readiness Inspection, or CCRI, as an inspection team from the Defense Information Systems Agency will conduct a thorough evaluation of all network systems from Feb. 28 to March 11... MORE

JBSA launches mandatory active threat virtual training
January 20, 2022 — Active threat training at Joint Base San Antonio has gone virtual, thanks to the efforts of several 502nd Air Base Wing organizations... MORE

Air Force first sergeant selected for Navy leadership course
February 17, 2021 — The U.S. Navy Senior Enlisted Academy has selected Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Hernandez, first sergeant with the 502nd Communications Squadron, to attend an 11-week program dedicated to developing adaptive, ethical leaders and preparing them for greater responsibilities... MORE

Air Force Master Sgt. Matthew Hernandez, first sergeant with the 502nd Communications Squadron

Virtual Tech Expo scheduled for Jan. 21
January 7, 2021 — The 502nd Communications Squadron and Army Network Enterprise Center host the Joint Base San Antonio Virtual Tech Expo starting at 9 a.m. Jan. 21... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio Virtual Tech Expo

JBSA-Lackland comm officer joins U.S. Space Force
December 14, 2020 — A member of the 502nd Communications Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland has been selected to transition to the newly established U.S. Space Force in early 2021... MORE

U.S. Air Force 2nd Lt. Patrick Reid, 502nd Communications Squadron officer in charge of the operations flight, poses for a photo Dec. 11, 2020, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Reid was selected to transfer to the newly established U.S. Space Force in early 2021.

Virtual visitor control center among eight finalists for AFIMSC’s inaugural ‘Innovation Rodeo’
February 26, 2019 — one in a series profiling our AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo finalists. For more on the finalists and rodeo results, visit https://www.afimsc.af.mil/Innovation/... MORE

One of the entries for this year's AFIMSC Innovation Rodeo.

502nd Communications Squadron keeps JBSA connected
January 10, 2019 — On any given day, a member of the 502nd Communications Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio can be found in the trenches supporting the workload of its more than 266 mission partners... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Jeremy Armstrong, 502d Communications Squadron Cyber Transport systems technician, wires a new telephone connection at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The 502d Communications Squadron handles approximately 42,000 tickets a year ranging from network concerns, phone problems and communications systems challenges.

JBSA-Lackland Airman helps AF soccer team reach gold
July 27, 2018 — Airman 1st Class Abdias Palacios, a 502nd Communications Squadron client systems technician at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, helped the Air Force soccer team score a 5-2 victory over the Navy in the 2018 Armed Forces Men’s Soccer Championship June 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ... MORE

502nd CS hosts tech expo
June 15, 2018 — The 502nd Communications Squadron hosted a technology expo at the Gateway Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 13. The expo featured more than 30 companies displaying different technology and has been at JBSA for the past 20 years. The companies shared new advances in technology with the more than 200 attendees that could partner well with JBSA mission capabilities... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio postal operations consolidate
November 30, 2017 — Effective Dec. 1, all Joint Base San Antonio postal operations became part of the 802nd Force Support Squadron. They had been a part of the 502nd Communications Squadron and will be realigned under the 802nd FSS... MORE

Lt. Col. Hart (left), commander, 802nd Force Support Squadron, and Lt. Col. Robert G. Giovannetti (right), 502nd Communications Squadron, pose outside the student mail center at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Nov. 27 after JBSA postal operations transferred to the direction of the 802d FSS. They had been a part of the 502nd Communications Squadron since 1993 and will be realigned under the 802nd FSS.