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Career assistance advisors focused on JBSA members’ professional future
March 5, 2019 — Career assistance advisors facilitate professional developments through a number of avenues such as career counseling, professional development courses and transition assistance... MORE

In this 2016 photo, Senior Master Sgt. Jose Diaz, the 59th Medical Wing career assistance advisor, briefs Airman 1st Class Felipe Morais, a 59th MDW personnel specialist, on retraining opportunities Sept. 22, 2016 at the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Diaz advises Airmen on a wide array of subjects such as military benefits and entitlements, retraining, special duty assignments and professional development.

Air Force merging intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance staffs with cyber operations staffs to forge more nimble, effective team
March 4, 2019 — The Air Force is merging its headquarters staffs to integrate intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance with cyber effects operations efforts to enable coordinated Title 10 and Title 50 actions across the range of military operations, while elevating chief information officer roles and responsibilities... MORE

The current National Defense Strategy is driving the requirements and priorities. Combining the functions of cyber effects operations, warfighter communications and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance will break down barriers and enable greater coordination across the range of military operations.

Air Force formalizes policy on retention of non-deployable Airmen
February 20, 2019 — In accordance with Department of Defense policy on military retention of non-deployable service members, the Air Force implemented its guidance in a memo signed Feb. 19. Airmen who have been non-deployable for more than 12 consecutive months will be notified by their chain of command and evaluated for retention either through referral to the Disability Evaluation System or consideration for administrative separation... MORE

In accordance with Department of Defense policy on military retention of non-deployable service members, the Air Force implemented its guidance in a memo signed Feb. 19.

Army aligning modernization programs with other services
February 12, 2019 — The Army collaborates now more than ever with the Air Force and Navy, and development of a hypersonic weapon is a good example, senior leaders said... MORE

Secretary of the Army Mark T. Esper says the service must modernize or "risk losing the first fight of the next war." He spoke on a panel with his counterparts from the Navy and Air Force at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington, D.C., Feb. 8.

Troops to Teachers program helps veterans become educators
February 6, 2019 — If you’ve ever considered becoming a teacher after your military career, then the Airman and Family Readiness Center has a program they can get you connected with... MORE

National Museum of the U.S. Air Force announces 36th Annual Student Aviation Art Competition
February 4, 2019 — The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s 36th Annual Student Aviation Art Competition will be open on March 1 to students from around the country. The theme for this year’s competition focuses on the fact that July 2019 marks 50 years since humans first walked upon any surface other than planet Earth. On July 20, 1969, as part of the Apollo 11 mission, Neil Armstrong took that “giant leap” onto the surface of the moon. ... MORE

The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force’s 36th Annual Student Aviation Art Competition will be open on March 1 to students from around the country.

433rd AW migrating to new AF Connect app
February 4, 2019 — The 433rd Airlift Wing app is migrating to the new AF Connect app... MORE

Screenshot of AF Connect app, 433rd Airlift Wing page.

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.

Like daughter, like mother: recruiter helps family join U.S. Air Force
January 16, 2019 — When senior year of college became expensive and it was tough to keep up, a mother asked her daughter to consider joining the military as her father and others in his family had done. However, no one expected mother to sign up for service while gathering information for her daughter at the Air Force recruiting office in her Rhode Island hometown... MORE

Recruiting: the first face of the Air Force
January 8, 2019 — As the first face of the Air Force, it’s important that recruiters embody the pride, professionalism and enthusiasm it takes to be an Airman... MORE

A class graduates from the 344th Training Squadron Air Force recruiting school Dec. 6, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas. The Air Force Recruiting Service mission is to inspire, engage and recruit future Airmen to deliver airpower for America. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)

Inter-American Air Force Academy accepts first U.S. student
December 13, 2018 — The Inter-American Air Force Academy has fostered positive international relationships with Latin American countries for quite some time, but their latest alliance is making history right in front of them at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Airman 1st Class Cassandra Aguero, a member of the 802nd Security Forces Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, became the first student from the United States to enroll in the Ground Defense Leadership course at the Inter-American Air Force Academy.

Centering program brings moms, moms-to-be together
November 15, 2018 — Parents expecting a new child, even experienced parents with more than one child already at home, can feel overwhelmed at times... MORE

A group of moms discuss issues about their pregnancies during the Nov. 8 Centering for Pregnancy session at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The Centering program provides moms with information and resources designed to help them throughout every stage of their pregnancy.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

94-year-old veteran continues to serve at 59th Medical Wing
November 14, 2018 — Helen Wells, a 94-year-old volunteer librarian assistant at the 59th Medical Wing, recently celebrated 53 years of service... MORE

Helen Wells, a 94-year-old assistant library volunteer for the 59th Medical Wing, poses for a photo in the Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center medical library. Wells has dedicated more than 50 years of service to the United States Air Force. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Kevin Iinuma)

Volunteers drive exemplary patient care at 59th Medical Wing
November 13, 2018 — Every day, more than 170 volunteers serve in a variety of positions throughout the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Darlene Neubert, Step Saver carts driver of Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, prepares to go out to WHASC’s parking areas to pick up patients. Volunteers like Neubert, work in clinics and facilities throughout 59th MDW and give more than $1 million in free labor annually.
(U.S. Air Force photo by Daniel J. Calderón)

Lone Star Gunfighters train future warfighters
November 7, 2018 — The 149th Fighter Wing, known as the Lone Star Gunfighters, is an F-16 training unit that is a part of the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas Military Department. Based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the cornerstone of the 149th's flying mission is the 182nd Fighter Squadron, whose role is to take pilots, either experienced aircrew or recent graduates from U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training, or UPT, and qualify them to fly the F-16... MORE

Maj. Thomas Werner, an instructor pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, performs air-to-air drills in an F-16 Fighting Falcon June 25 near Čáslav Air Base in the Czech Republic during Sky Avenger 2018.

Secretary of the Air Force provides Air Force update
September 18, 2018 — Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson presented an update of the state of the Air Force Sept. 17, during the 2018 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland. Wilson discussed restoring force readiness, space operations and the future of the Air Force during her presentation... MORE

Secretary of the Air Force Heather Wilson delivers her "The Air Force We Need" address during the 2018 Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 17. During her remarks, Wilson stressed the Air Force will need more active, Guard and Reserve Airmen to fully enable the service's operational squadrons.

Revitalizing squadrons, Air Force outlines progress
August 10, 2018 — Since Chief of Staff of the Air Force Gen. David L. Goldfein announced his initiative to revitalize squadrons, the assigned task force produced many visible changes and is moving forward with additional changes in an implementation plan... MORE

Verifiable mission success means aligning a clearly stated mission purpose from the command-level down to each task an Airman performs. Highly successful squadrons clearly define, understand, and communicate their purpose, asking every member of the squadron, “why?” until the purpose behind every task is aligned to mission success.

AFIMSC leads culture change in world of budget execution
August 2, 2018 — The Air Force exceeded 83 percent budget execution by July 31 this year in the installation and mission support portfolio, the achievement wasn’t about reaching some arbitrary milestone. Instead, it displayed a change in culture. ... MORE

The Air Force exceeded 83 percent budget execution by July 31 this year in the installation and mission support portfolio, the achievement wasn’t about reaching some arbitrary milestone. Instead, it displayed a change in culture.

EOD fitness assessment under revision
June 12, 2018 — The Air Force Exercise Science Unit located at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph is currently studying the Explosive Ordnance Disposal and Air Liaison Officer Tactical Air Control Party career field’s... MORE

An Explosive Ordnance Disposal member takes part in a fitness study June 5, 2018, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

New Air Force spouses prepare for military life
April 19, 2018 — Once Airmen graduate from Air Force basic training, they enter a new chapter of life by starting technical training. Not only is it an important milestone for them, it’s a whole new lane for their partners. The Spouse Orientation seminar offered each week at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland plays a major role in making that road a lot less bumpy... MORE