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59th Dental Training Squadron hosts prosthodontics update course
October 24, 2018 — The 59th Dental Training Squadron prosthodontics flight hosted approximately 20 dental specialists, including five visiting dental specialists for the U.S. Air Force’s Prosthodontics update course Oct. 16... MORE

A dental specialist smooths a dental mold during the surgical portion of the prosthodontics update course at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The seven-day curriculum provides advanced hands-on and didactic training for dental specialists.

346th Test Squadron moves to new home
October 17, 2018 — The 346th Test Squadron conducted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 15. The ceremony was hosted to welcome the Unified Capabilities Assessment Program team to its new home. The team provides Department of Defense Information Network, or DODIN, Approved Products List, or APL, testing of communications equipment before the equipment can be connected to the DODIN. UCAP is the only Air Force lab that provides DODIN APL testing and results are accepted Department of Defense-wide... MORE

Col. Melissa Cunningham, 67th Cyberspace Wing commander, addresses attendees during a ribbon cutting ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 15. The ceremony was hosted to welcome the 346th Test Squadron, Unified Capabilities Assessment Program team to its new home. The UCAP team provides Department of Defense Information Network Approved Products List testing of communications equipment before the equipment can be connected to the DODIN. UCAP is the only Air Force lab that provides DODIN APL testing and results are accepted DOD-wide.

‘Bricks in the Loop’ provides cyber Airmen an innovative, low-cost training option
October 17, 2018 — As the cyber realm evolves, effects from cyberattacks are moving from the digital world to the physical one... MORE

The “Bricks in the Loop” cyber-physical training platform at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, helps 90th Cyberspace Operations Squadron members ready the Air Force’s Cyber Protection Teams. The CPTs defend priority Department of Defense networks and systems against malicious cyber-physical acts.

Flu shots available at WHASC, BAMC
October 15, 2018 — Flu shots available at WHASC, BAMC... MORE

Hearing Center of Excellence looking for NOISE study volunteers
October 11, 2018 — The 59th Medical Wing, in partnership with the Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence, is conducting a Noise Outcomes in Service members study at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Dr. Rozela Melgoza, Department of Defense Hearing Center of Excellence research audiologist at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, completes a study participant's puretone air conduction thresholds to evaluate the entire auditory pathway. Puretone audiometry is one of several tests completed during the 59th Medical Wing’s, in partnership with the HCE, Noise Outcomes in Service members Epidemiology study to help researchers examine and better understand how the long-term progression of hearing impairment and tinnitus among active duty service members is related to military and post-military exposures.

Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center Urgent Care levels up; ER re-opens
October 2, 2018 — The 59th Medical Wing’s Urgent Care Clinic transitioned to a Family Emergency Center Oct. 1 at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The FEC will provide 24-hour emergency care to all TRICARE beneficiaries in the San Antonio area who would have been previously transferred to local facilities... MORE

59th Medical Wing personnel cut the ribbon to officially transition the Urgent Care Clinic to a Family Emergency Center at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 1. The FEC will provide 24-hour emergency care to all Tricare beneficiaries in the San Antonio area who would have been previously transferred to local facilities.

59th Medical Wing Airman performs Heimlich; saves life
September 27, 2018 — Recently, a quick-thinking Airman saved a person’s life at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Surgical Center at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Master Sgt. Andre C. Denson, medical equipment management section chief, at Wilford Hall Ambulatory Medical Center on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, recently saved a life when he performed the Heimlich maneuver on a patron who was choking in the WHASC’s food court area.

Battlefield Airmen now developed using tech advantages
September 27, 2018 — The Battlefield Airmen Training Group, with squadrons located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, continues pushing boundaries; training innovative, scholarly, tactical athletes for U.S. Special Operations Forces. ... MORE

Reserve Citizen Airmen save life in-flight
September 24, 2018 — An Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation crew from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron with the 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was flying to support patient transport missions out of Andrews Air Force Base, Maryland, when they came together to save the life of a man suspected of having a heart attack Sept. 19... MORE

An Air Force Reserve aeromedical evacuation crew from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron with the 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, gathers at the airport after saving a life on a commercial flight.

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.

JBSA-Lackland Airman helps AF soccer team reach gold
July 27, 2018 — Airman 1st Class Abdias Palacios, a 502nd Communications Squadron client systems technician at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, helped the Air Force soccer team score a 5-2 victory over the Navy in the 2018 Armed Forces Men’s Soccer Championship June 11 at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. ... MORE

Texas, Nebraska ANG participate in international exercise
July 25, 2018 — Airmen from the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Texas, as well as from units from Houston and Nebraska deployed with fighter and tanker aircraft and various other support equipment to participate in the bi-national air exercise Sky Avenger, held June 18 through 28. ... MORE

Maj. Thomas Werner, an instructor pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, 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.

AFCYBER vice commander receives star during ceremony
July 25, 2018 — Col. Michelle Hayworth, Air Forces Cyber vice commander, was promoted to brigadier general during her promotion ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 16. In June, Hayworth re-joined Air Forces Cyber from Air Force Space Command. She previously served in AFCYBER, most recently as the 688th Cyberspace Wing commander... MORE

Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, Air Forces Cyber commander, administers the Oath of Office to Brig. Gen. Michelle Hayworth, AFCYBER vice commander, during her promotion ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July, 16. In June, Hayworth re-joined AFCYBER from Air Force Space Command. She previously served in AFCYBER, most recently as the 688th Cyberspace Wing Commander.

59th Medical Wing deployment training reinforces critical skills
July 24, 2018 — On the grounds of the Air Force’s largest medical mobility mission at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the 59th Medical Wing amplifies critical readiness and combat skills to enhance joint service integration downrange... MORE

An Airman from the 59th Medical Wing performs sentry duty during a combat simulation as part of the Ability to Survive and Operate course Oct. 10, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The ATSO course takes Airmen from the 59th Medical Wing out of their traditional patient centric clinics and places them into a realistic combat settings and scenarios they may encounter in the real world.

24th Air Force joins Air Combat Command, welcomes new commander
July 18, 2018 — Twenty Fourth Air Force was reassigned to a new major command and welcomed a new commander during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 17. During the ceremony, 24th Air Force moved from Air Force Space Command to Air Combat Command. Gens. Jay Raymond, AFSPC commander, and Mike Holmes, ACC commander, presided over the ceremony. ... MORE

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, presents the 24th Air Force guidon to Maj. Gen. Robert Skinner, who assumed command of the 24th Air Force during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 17. Twenty Fourth Air Force was reassigned to a new major command and welcomed Skinner during the ceremony.

Cyber Protection Team Conference links cyber pros, best practices
July 3, 2018 — Total Force and joint cyber professionals discuss cyber protection team best practices during Cyber Protection Team Conference 18-1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 27. The three-day 567th Cyberspace Operations Group-hosted conference gathered cyber professionals to collaborate on operational CPT improvements. U.S. Cyber Command CPTs defend national and Department of Defense networks and systems against threats, as part of the combatant command’s Cyber Mission Force... MORE

Col. Brian Denman, 567th Cyberspace Operations Group commander, briefs Cyber Protection Team Conference 18-1 attendees at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, June 26, 2018. The three day, 567th COG-hosted conference gathered Total Force and joint cyber professionals to share best practices to improve operational CPT effectiveness. U.S. Cyber Command CPTs defend national and DOD networks and systems against threats, as part of the combatant command’s Cyber Mission Force.

Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape training starts at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland
June 28, 2018 — Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, famously known as “The Gateway to the Air Force,” is also the gateway to the SERE career field through the SERE Specialist Training Orientation Course, a 15-day course held on JBSA-Lackland’s Medina Training Annex... MORE

U.S. Air Force Airman Basic Cole Kramn, a Survival, Evasion, Resistance and Escape Specialist Training Orientation Course candidate, conducts a pull-up during a mock physical fitness assessment at the SERE specialist schoolhouse at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 22. Kramn, a Spokane, Washington, native, is one of about 400 candidates to come through the orientation course annually.

59th Medical Wing reopens Satellite Pharmacy at JBSA-Lackland
June 18, 2018 — The 59th Medical Wing reopened the doors to the satellite pharmacy located on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 11... MORE

Senior Airman Deja Collins, 59th Medical Training Squadron pharmacy technician, prepares medication for distribution at the satellite pharmacy, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland June 11. The staff processes 378,000 prescriptions annually.

AFIMSC summit delivers mission support solutions
May 21, 2018 — The Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center delivered solutions to challenges base-level leaders face at a forum May 14-16 in San Antonio... MORE

Col. Seth Frank talks with Air Force mission support group commanders and superintendents about protection services during the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center Mission Support Leadership Summit May 14 in San Antonio. The summit provided a platform for support group commanders and senior enlisted superintendents to better understand the programs AFIMSC conducts to enable their missions

Research network works to combat number one disability claim among veterans
May 8, 2018 — The Collaborative Auditory & Vestibular Research Network, or CAVRN, was formed to bring together researchers with an auditory research focus to discuss current research efforts across the Department of Defense and Veterans Affairs enterprises, providing unique opportunities for collaboration... MORE

Senior Airman Michelle Reidel, an Air Transportation specialist assigned to the 30th Aerial Port Squadron, Air Reserve Station, Niagara Falls, N.Y., wears her hearing and eye protection on the flight line before an aircraft unloading during Exercise Global Medic, Fort McCoy, Wis., July 20, 2013.