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AF safety experts look to increase successful job performance with new training mindset
December 1, 2020 — A group of Occupational Safety career specialists recently met at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph to participate in an Occupational Competency Model Study focused on combining task-based knowledge and skills with other behaviors and soft skills such as teamwork, critical thinking, self-control, resiliency, leadership and stress management intended to create behavior-based outcomes. ... MORE

ACC officially declares Full Operating Capability for Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber)
July 20, 2020 — Gen. Mike Holmes, Air Combat Command commander, and Lt. Gen. Timothy D. Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) commander declared Full Operating Capability for Sixteenth Air Force during a virtual ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 14... MORE

Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber) Shields

836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron Airman turns hobby into life-saving enterprise
May 7, 2020 — As the COVID-19 pandemic caused personal protective equipment shortages across the healthcare industry, Staff Sgt. Austin Cooperrider, from the 836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, did what seems like a simple thing … he pressed “PRINT.”... MORE

As the COVID-19 pandemic caused personal protective equipment shortages across the healthcare industry, Staff Sgt. Austin Cooperrider, from the 836th Cyberspace Operations Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, did what seems like a simple thing … he pressed “PRINT.”

Telework. How hard can it be?
April 2, 2020 — When I Imagined myself teleworking from home as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was sitting in my cozy home-office, sipping my morning tea, more productive than ever because telework means without the normal daily office interruptions. Easy. I’ll take it!... MORE

55th Wing brings the Rivet Joint to San Antonio
March 23, 2020 — Members of the Air Force’s 55th Wing, out of Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, stopped by JBSA-Lackland Feb. 21 to demonstrate the unique capabilities of the RC-135, known as Rivet Joint... MORE

Air Force Information Warfare’s new warfighting unit activates
March 23, 2020 — The 616th Operations Center was activated at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland during a ceremony March 16... MORE

Beale ISR mission migrates to 16th Air Force
November 13, 2019 — The 9th Reconnaissance Wing used to fall under with the 25th Air Force underneath Air Combat Command. This activation has turned the 16th Air Force at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland into a force of the future, combining the 25th Air Force’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance focus with the 24th Air Force’s cyber focus... MORE

A U-2 Dragon Lady pilot poses for a portrait inside a pressure suit at Beale Air Force Base, California, October 31, 2019. Pilots who are flying into the rim of the atmosphere require a specialized and cuA U-2 Dragon Lady pilot poses for a portrait inside a pressure suit at Beale Air Force Base, California, October 31, 2019. Pilots who are flying into the rim of the atmosphere require a specialized and custom suit to their measurements keeping them at a normal altitude while going to extreme elevations.stom suit to their measurements keeping them at a normal altitude while going to extreme elevations.

Weather wing realigns under 16th Air Force
November 5, 2019 — The 557th Weather Wing at Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, has been reassigned to the Sixteenth Air Force (Air Forces Cyber), headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Lt. Gen Timothy Haugh, Sixteenth Air Force commander, speaks during the 557th Weather Wing’s Sixteenth Air Force reassignment ceremony at the wing’s headquarters building, Offutt Air Force Base, Nebraska, Oct. 29, 2019. Sixteenth Air Force is headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland and is the Air Force’s first information warfare NAF.