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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

Instructor combat systems officer serves openly with pride
June 21, 2021 — Maj. Kiersten “Clicks” Thompson is an instructor combat systems officer at the 479th Flying Training Group at Naval Air Station- Pensacola, Florida. Thompson is an advocate for the Air Force’s diversity and inclusion and female fitment initiatives... 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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