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12th Training Squadron 'Greenhorns' prepare for operational success
August 21, 2026 — Airmen from the 12th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph are tackling the U.S. Air Force’s new, more challenging fitness standards and meeting the updated testing requirements...

Pilot training innovation: First successful remote simulator training
February 1, 2024 — The first successful remote simulator instruction in Air Force pilot training connected 2nd Lt. Wesley Mills, a 47th Student Squadron student pilot at Laughlin Air Force Base with Robert Wayne, 12th Training Squadron simulator instructor, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Jan. 22, 2024. ...

AFROTC Detachment 015 hosts fly-in to historic Moton Field
October 5, 2022 — The Air Force ROTC Detachment 015 hosted a team of aviation professionals from the 12th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Sept. 24 to educate and inspire current and future Army, Navy, and Air Force ROTC cadets toward rated careers...

Electronic Flight Bag program continues its evolution at JBSA-Randolph
October 2, 2020 — The 12th Operations Group’s Electronic Flight Bag, or EFB, program, managed by the 12th Training Squadron EFB Office, supplements paper publications used by pilots with iPad touchscreen tablet computers...

12th TRS Airman delivers first public speech
June 24, 2020 — Master Sgt. Demetrius Owens, 12th Training Squadron superintendent, volunteered to guest speak at the Class of 2020 Military Service Academy Appointment and Military Enlistee graduation ceremony June 11, 2020 at Schertz Veterans Memorial Plaza...

Simulator instructors gain more teaching time after CPI event
April 3, 2020 — Countermeasures developed during an Air Force Continuous Process Improvement event last September at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph are allowing 12th Training Squadron civilian simulator instructors to devote more time to their teaching duties...

12th FTW NCO chosen as ‘Hidden Hero’
January 31, 2020 — Tech. Sgt. Derius Jackson, 12th Training Squadron flight chief, was recognized as the "Hidden Hero" for January by the Schertz, Cibolo, Selma, Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Committee Jan. 21 at the Schertz monthly Chamber luncheon...

Family keeps daydream going with virtual reality adventure at JBSA-Randolph
March 22, 2019 — A family whose journeys in their recreational vehicle to places as far-flung as Alaska to the north and New Zealand to the west are captured on their popular YouTube channel will soon show their 100,000-plus viewers how the 12th Flying Training Wing’s aircraft simulator innovations are transforming pilot training...

Casual lieutenant innovates, supports UPT next
May 25, 2018 — A second lieutenant on casual status at the 12th Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph will soon enter a new phase in his Air Force career when he joins other Airmen at Initial Flight Training...