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Texas First Lady meets with Key Spouse Program volunteers
February 24, 2018 — Volunteers from the Key Spouse Program, a program that assists Air Force families within the Joint Base San Antonio community, went to Austin, Texas this past January and met with Texas First Lady Cecilia Abbott as they highlighted the program’s success... MORE

Volunteers from the Key Spouse Program stand in front of the Governor's mansion in Austin, Texas after meeting with the First Lady of Texas Cecilia Abbott (pictured center) January 2018. The group informed Mrs. Abbott about the assistance volunteers provide for newly arrived Air Force families at Joint Base San Antonio.

Joint Service Achievement Medal awarded to Montagu-Hunter Challenge volunteer Airmen
July 21, 2017 — Four Airmen from the 70th Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Wing were recently awarded the Joint Service Achievement Medal for their volunteerism at the Defense Program Support Activity’s Montagu-Hunter Challenge May 19, 2017... MORE

U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons

AETC Spirit of Hope award winner driven by passion for volunteerism
March 24, 2017 — Staff Sgt. Jennifer Dowling, 802nd Force Support Squadron Airman Leadership School instructor is the 2017 Air Education and Training Command Spirit of Hope Award winner. The award, named after famed USO performer Bob Hope, honors Airmen who demonstrate a passion for volunteerism. ... MORE

An Airman models one of the first uniforms designated for women who joined the Air Force in 1948 during a living history fashion show Oct. 7, 2016, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Gateway Club. JBSA-Lackland hosted a reunion of the Women in the Air Force, a term for women who joined the Air Force between the years of 1949-1976. The WAF was founded in 1948 out of the Women’s Armed Service Integration Act, which enabled tens of thousands of female service members to find jobs in the Air Force. In 1976 women were accepted into the service on an equal basis with men.