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560th FTS, 39th FTS bring Pilot for a Day experience to Christus Children’s Hospital
September 25, 2024 — The Pilot for a Day program is usually a community outreach initiative conducted by various military bases across the U.S. that offers children with serious illnesses a day of excitement and distraction from their medical challenges by giving them an opportunity to tour military facilities, interact with service members, and engage in activities that simulate the experience of being a pilot. The 560th Flying Training Squadron has been hosting children and their families for the Pilot for a Day program at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, since 1994. ... MORE

560th FTS, 39th FTS and 12th OG visit Christus Children’s Hospital of San Antonio

12th Operations Group welcomes new commander
August 20, 2024 — In a change of command ceremony held at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Col. John P. Anderson officially took command of the 12th Operations Group from Col. James J. Muniz... MORE

340th Flying Training Group welcomes new commander
July 26, 2024 — Col. Anthony Straw assumed command of the 340th Flying Training Group during a ceremony held at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, on July 26, 2024. The ceremony was officiated by 22nd Air Force Commander Maj. Gen. Melissa Coburn... MORE

Three Air Force Reserve instructor pilots surpass 3,000 flight hour milestone
March 1, 2024 — Reaching an aviation milestone usually doesn't come easy for one pilot during their career, let alone three pilots around the same time. At Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, three Air Force Reserve instructor pilots assigned to the 39th Flying Training Squadron did just that by each exceeding 3,000 flight hours in the T-38C Talon... MORE

Three AF Reserve instructor pilots surpass 3,000 flight hour milestone

First 479th Flying Training Group First Assignment Instructor Pilot helps spearhead Undergraduate Pilot Training
June 26, 2023 — The 479th Flying Training Group at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, recently welcomed 1st Lt. Hannah Michitsch, the group’s first-ever First Assignment Instructor Pilot, on April 19... MORE

1st Lt. Hannah Michitsch is pictured with a T-6 Texan II at Naval Air Station Pensacola

Fiesta leadership visits 12th Flying Training Wing
January 21, 2022 — Fiesta San Antonio leadership visited the 12th Flying Training Wing Jan. 18-19 and got to see what it takes to be an Air Force pilot... MORE

479th Flying Training Group receives COVID-19 vaccine
January 26, 2021 — The 479th Flying Training Group, the Air Force’s only Undergraduate Combat Systems Officer Training pipeline, notched a significant milestone in their battle with the COVID-19 pandemic Jan. 22 at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida. The 479th Flying Training Group comes under the 12th Flying Training Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

RPA Training Next transforming pipeline to competency-based construct
June 4, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command is integrating modern technology and innovative strategies in an effort to transform how remotely piloted aircraft pilots and sensor operators are developed through the RPA Training Next initiative... MORE

two Airmen sit in front of multiple monitors in dark room

12th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron keeps Texans flying
May 4, 2020 — Aircraft maintainers from the 12th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron service a T-6 Texan aircraft from the 559th Flying Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph April 7... MORE

Larry Padilla, 12th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, inspects the oil level reading of a T-6 Texan aircraft with Greg Garcia, 12th AMXS, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph April 7.

Initial virtual ceremonies provide templates for 12th Flying Training Wing
May 1, 2020 — As social distancing and shelter-in-place efforts intensified in April as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, two 12th Flying Training Wing units kept in step with public health directives by conducting the wing’s first virtual ceremonies... MORE

As social distancing and shelter-in-place efforts intensified in April as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, two 12th Flying Training Wing units kept in step with public health directives by conducting the wing’s first virtual ceremonies.

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... MORE

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. Jackson has volunteered his time with the Habitat for Humanity and the San Antonio Food Bank helping provide more than 2,000 meals for children in the community. In addition to his volunteering Jackson also served as the president of the Randolph 5/6 organization.

12th Flying Training Wing historian recognized by AETC
June 17, 2019 — The preservation of Air Force history is an important task which allows Airmen to look back in time and remember important milestones and events that were important to the identity of a unit. For the last 13 years, Lane Bourgeois, 12th Flying Training Wing historian at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, has ensured the 12th's history lives on forever... MORE

Lane Bourgeois, 12th Flying Wing historian, sifts through a pile of historical documents in his office at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph June 12, Texas. Bourgeois was honored with the 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award from Air Education and Training Command June 12. Lane received Air Education and Training Command's 2019 Wing Excellence in History Programs award for his critical thinking presentations and being the first wing to produce a historical study in the new format.

560th FTS showcases enduring bond with Air Force POWs from Vietnam War
April 1, 2019 — The commander of Air Force Personnel Center last week praised the Air Force aircrew members who returned home from North Vietnamese prisoner-of-war camps nearly 50 years ago for holding “strong to American principles and values in the face of the harshest possible conditions.”... MORE

Military and community members gather at the Freedom Flyer Reunion wreath laying ceremony March 29, 2019 to honor prisoners of war and those missing in action, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The event honors all prisoners of war and missing in action service members from the Vietnam War.

Instrument Landing System ensures safe arrival in any weather
January 10, 2019 — In times of inclement weather in San Antonio, pilots from the 12th Flying Training Wing find themselves in similar predicaments. Thick clouds and heavy precipitation can render pilots virtually blind, creating an extremely stressful situation especially as they approach to land at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

A T-38C Talon lands at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Oct. 2, 2017. The 12th Flying Training Wing employs the T-38C to teach pilot instructor training students, test pilots, and introduction to fighter fundamentals students.

12th FTW continues heritage of aviation innovation
September 5, 2018 — Innovators from the 12th Flying Training Wing showcased the latest adaptations in pilot training for veteran aviators at the Parr Club at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph Aug. 27... MORE

Capt. Jay Moore, a 560th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, helps demonstrate a virtual reality simulator Aug. 27, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.

Mission Motherhood: 'Service Before Self' rings especially true
May 11, 2018 — Since the United States Air Force was established in 1947, the core value of "Service Before Self" has always been a key for Airmen in making mission capabilities a success. For moms however, that core value not only includes the needs of their military, but also their families. ... MORE

Andrew U.S. Air Force Major Lindsay Andrew, 12th Training Squadron director of student affairs, poses with her family. Lindsay is the mother of twins and has been serving in the air Force for 14 years. (courtesy photo)

12th Flying Training Wing wins Innovation Award
April 23, 2018 — Across all of Air Education and Training Command, units have strived to make bounds in the U.S. Air Force's culture of innovation. As an incentive to inspire improvement within the command, AETC developed a Continuum of Learning Challenge. ... MORE

Aircrews throughout Air Education and Training Command will soon be benefiting from a test program spearheaded by Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s 12th Operations Group that will improve information management in the cockpit.

Pilot-physician makes history by earning RPA wings
May 11, 2017 — A pilot-physician made history here May 5, becoming the first Air Force unmanned aircraft pilot-physician with his graduation from the 558th Flying Training Squadron’s undergraduate remotely-piloted... MORE

U.S. Air Force Maj. Joe, after graduation from the 558th Flying Training Squadron's Undergraduate Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training Course May 5, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Maj. Joe is the first-ever Pilot-Physician to qualify as an RPA pilot. (U.S. Air Force Photo by Melissa Peterson)

Reorganization yields AETC’s first civil service maintenance group
February 17, 2017 — JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas - The first civil service aircraft maintenance organization in AETC to become a group is the 12th Maintenance Group. An activation ceremony was held inside... MORE

Civilian employees with the newly activated 12th maintenance Group activate the group's three squadrons during a ceremony Feb. 10 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. The group is the first civil service maintenance directorate in Air Education and Training Command to reorganize as a group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Randy Martin)

JBSA attends Earth Day Texas 2016
April 29, 2016 — Representatives from Joint Base San Antonio joined environmentalorganizations, academic institutions and businesses on the list of exhibitors atEarth Day Texas 2016 in Dallas April 22-24. Earth Day... MORE

From left: Amber Lamm, JBSA community planner, Bryan Hummel, JBSA pollution prevention manager and aquifer recharge specialist, Lt. Col. Emil Bliss, 12th Flying Training Wing Community Initiatives director, Meg Reyes, director of JBSA installation encroachment and compatible development, and Monte Cox, a contracted community planning liaison. The group presented as one of the exhibitors at Earth Day Texas, an annual event supporting environmental conservation and education in Texas.