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559th Host Bring Your Kids to Work Day
August 17, 2017 — Airmen with the 559th Flying Training Squadron welcomed younger family members to Hangar 64 on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph for Bring Your Child to Work Day August. 11... MORE

Airmen with the 559th Flying Training Squadron welcomed younger family members to Hangar 64 on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph for Bring Your Child to Work Day August. 11.

Top graduating Air Force pilot is another enlisted first
August 7, 2017 — A staff sergeant is the top graduate in his Air Force undergraduate remotely piloted aircraft training class. It’s a major feat considering that historically the Air Force has depended almost exclusively on commissioned officers to pilot its aircraft... MORE

Master Sgt. Christopher, Master Sgt. Raymond, Tech Sgt. Courtney, and Staff Sgt. Matthew pose for a group photo after graduation from Remotely Piloted Aircraft Training at Joint Base San Antonio - Randolph.

Pilot for a Day fills birthday wish
June 29, 2017 — Angel Vasquez woke up June 29 on his 17th birthday not expecting the surprise of being recognized as an honorary pilot at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

Angel Vasquez is the June 29, 2017 12th Flying Training Wing pilot for a day at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. The Pilot for a Day program participants battle a variety of illnesses and diseases, to include terminal illnesses. For many children with severe, but not terminal illnesses, the program is a significant milestone in their recovery. (U.S. Air Force photo by Sean Worrel)

Senior NATO Airman visits Air Force school at Navy base
June 28, 2017 — The head of the United Kingdom’s armed forces and a frontrunner for the biggest job in NATO visited the U.S. Air Force’s 479th Flying Training Group at Naval Air Station Pensacola June 22-23.Air Chief... MORE

Air Chief Marshal Stuart Peach, Chief of the Defence Staff of the United Kingdom presents the Air Education Training Command Commander’s Trophy for Combat Systems Officer Class 17-11 to 2nd Lt. Logan Pietrzak during the graduation ceremony held inside the Naval Aviation Museum, Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida., June 23, 2017.

39th FTS Cobras fill the sky at JBSA-Randolph
May 8, 2017 — Reservists from the 39th Flying Training Squadron executed a training and readiness exercise called Cobras in the Clouds May 4 at JBSA-Randolph, Texas. The exercise gave 39th FTS members a chance to... MORE

Lt. Col. Kyle Goldstein, 39th Flying Training Squadron commander, prepares to take off in a T-38 C Talon May 4, 2017, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas during the Cobras in the Clouds exercise. The exercise gave 39th FTS members a chance to practice their war-time mission of taking control of the training mission of the 12th Operations Group. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Stormy Archer)

Throwback paint scheme proves heritage is big in the 435th
January 19, 2017 — The 435th Fighter Training Squadron and the 12th Maintenance Group have blended a throwback paint scheme with a 40th anniversary reunion to celebrate a vital Air Force mission.When the 435th was... MORE

Rudy Olivarez, a Corrosion Control Specialist in the 12th Maintenance Group, applies paint to the landing gear of a T-38C Talon at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, Jan. 13, 2017. Members of the corrosion control shop are changing the plane’s color scheme from two-tone gray to heritage blue, a scheme that was used by the 435th Fighter Training Squadron 40 years ago, ahead of a reunion of pilots that trained for fighter fundamentals after Jan. 1, 1977. (U.S. Air Force photo/Randy Martin)