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149th Mission Support Group members provide fiscal education, support for mission, community, future
December 15, 2022 — Air National Guard contract specialists conducted government purchase card training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 8 to educate 149th Fighter Wing members on fiscal responsibility... MORE

149th Fighter Wing performs night operations until April 21
April 14, 2022 — The 149th Fighter Wing is performing night operations Monday through Thursday until April 21 with two take-off and land times, with the first go beginning at approximately 4 p.m. and the second go ending around 11:30 p.m... MORE

149th Fighter Wing maintenance airman, civilian pilot earns military wings
December 8, 2021 — An Airman assigned to the Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing received word recently that she had been accepted into the Army’s Aviation Rotary Wing program as a warrant officer, making her dream of flying military aircraft an actuality... MORE

149th Fighter Wing hosts Spouse Taxi program
September 28, 2021 — Spouses of 149th Fighter Wing members got the chance to taxi in an F-16 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 21... MORE

149th Fighter Wing welcomes new commander
May 18, 2021 — The 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, also known as the Alamo Wing, welcomed Col. Matthew C. Jensen as the newest “Gunfighter” during a change of command ceremony May 15. Jensen takes over for Col. Raul Rosario, who is retiring after 26 years of service... MORE

The 149th Fighter Wing hosted a change of command ceremony

149th Fighter Wing celebrates redesignation anniversary
October 16, 2020 — Twenty-five years ago Oct. 16 in Gunfighter history, the 149th Fighter Group was redesignated as the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Today, the 149th FW trains combat-ready F-16 pilots for worldwide operations... MORE

Twenty-five years ago Oct. 16 in Gunfighter history, the 149th Fighter Group was redesignated as the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Today, the 149th FW trains combat-ready F-16 pilots for worldwide operations.

Keeping 149th FW history alive – and clean
July 15, 2020 — Tech. Sgt. Guillermo De La Cruz, 149th Maintenance Squadron member, takes his job as the 149th Fighter Wing’s historical property custodian seriously... MORE

149th Fighter Wing assists with COVID-19 testing in Texas communities
April 30, 2020 — The Air National Guard members of the 149th Fighter Wing are actively assisting communities across Texas with COVID-19 screening, most recently in Dumas, Texas, April 23, and in Friona, Texas, April 24... MORE

149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard units participate in FSRT BETA test
January 8, 2020 — Air National Guard members from the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and the 159th Fighter Wing at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, participated in a beta assessment test for Fatality Search and Recovery Teams at the Round Rock Public Safety Training Center, Round Rock, Texas Dec. 3-8, 2019... MORE

Air National Guard members from the 149th and the 159th Fighter Wings participated in a beta assessment test for Fatality Search and Recovery Teams at the Round Rock Public Safety Training Center, Round Rock Texas from 3-8 December 2019.

149th Fighter Wing welcomes new vice commander
September 18, 2019 — Texas Military Department leaders announced their decision in late June of who would be the next vice commander of the 149th Fighter Wing, an Air National Guard F-16 unit known as the Lone Star Gunfighters. The selection board chose Col. Megan Erickson, commander of the 149th FW’s Mission Support Group. ... MORE

Col. Megan Erickson is the new vice commander of the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

149th Fighter Wing Gunfighters take part in Operation Coronet Bronco
May 15, 2019 — Members of the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland have been taking part in Operation Coronet Bronco at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho for several weeks... MORE

Capt. Kyle “Browser” Casci, a student pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, exits an F-16 Fighting Falcon during Coronet Bronco May 2 at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho. The annual training event deploys members of the Air National Guard’s 149th FW, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, to another environment in order to familiarize them with accomplishing mission objectives in an unfamiliar location.

149th Fighter WIng weapons loaders provide familiarization training to student pilots
February 21, 2019 — 149th Fighter Wing weapons loaders gave F-16 Fighting Falcon student pilots a hands-on experience of behind-the-scenes aircraft preparation with munitions at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 9... MORE

1st Lt. Wesley Kilmain ( left), an F-16 Fighting Falcon student pilot, drives a MJ-1 lift truck as Tech. Sgt. Brian Green, 149th Fighter Wing load standardization crewmember, observes weapons loading during training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 9.

Three ANG weather members win Air Force-level competition
February 1, 2019 — Three Air National Guard members take first place in the Thor’s Legion Forecast Challenge, an Air Force-level competition held virtually at bases across the country. ... MORE

(Left to right) Airman 1st Class Garrett Starr, Iowa Air National Guard’s 132nd Operations Group, Master Sgt. J. Garrett Palmer, Florida ANG’s 131st Training Flight, and Airman 1st Class Phillip Turney, Texas ANG’s 209th Weather Flight, pose for a picture after winning the Thor’s Legion Forecast Challenge, an Air Force level competition that tests the forecasting capabilities of Airmen across the weather community.

Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visits 149th Fighter Wing
January 31, 2019 — Participants of The Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visited the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 30. TAGLDP is intended to fill critical preparation gaps by introducing mid-level leaders to Texas Military Department specific strategic level concepts... MORE

Participants of The Adjutant General's Leader Development Program visited the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 30. TAGLDP is intended to fill critical preparation gaps by introducing mid-level leaders to Texas Military Department specific strategic level concepts.

Texas, Washington ANG members participate in international exercise
November 29, 2018 — Brazil kicked off its multinational air combat exercise CRUZEX VII Nov. 18 and invited participation from U.S. and six other partner nations. Guardsmen from the Texas and Washington Air National Guard joined the two-week long exercise and lent support by providing fighter and tanker aircraft as well as personnel from multiple Air Force job specialties... MORE

Col. Raul Rosario (center), commander of the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, participates in an international press panel which included representatives from seven other countries for CRUZEX2018 at Natal Air Force Base, Nov. 19. Approximately 100 international media representatives joined the press conference, hosted by the Brazilian Air Force, to learn about the goals and expectations of the air exercise. The 149th FW commander expressed his gratitude to the host country and for the opportunity to work together as equals to promote peace and safety.