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149th Security Forces Squadron ‘Gunfighters’ conduct weapons training
August 14, 2020
Staff Sgt. Christina Richards, 149th Security Forces Squadron, Air National Guard, shoots her weapon from the prone position at a firing range at Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Annex Aug. 12.

Keeping 149th FW history alive – and clean
July 15, 2020
People washing jet

149th SFS Gunfighters conduct weapons qualifications
May 29, 2020
Staff Sgt. Natalie Avey, 149th Security Forces Squadron member, Air National Guard, waits for instruction during weapons qualification training at a firing range at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Chapman Training Annex May 27. Members from the 149th SFS received pistol, shotgun and grenade training during the all-day event.

149th Fighter Wing performs flyovers May 11 in show of support of COVID-19 frontline workers
May 11, 2020
The Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing will fly over hospitals and medical support facilities in parts of Corpus Christi, Laredo and Lubbock May 11 as a way to honor the selfless sacrifice of all the health care workers, first responders, military and other personnel at the forefront of this crisis.

149th Fighter Wing assists with COVID-19 testing in Texas communities
April 30, 2020
administering tests

149th Medical Group assists with COVID-19 testing in Fredericksburg
April 22, 2020
National Guard medic

149th Fighter Wing maintenance team makes face masks for Guard members
April 16, 2020
Staff Sgt. Paul Renker, 149th Maintenance Squadron hydraulics technician, wears a mask he made on his personal 3D printer for people in his unit who might need one after initial guidance came out about use and wear for Air Force personnel.

Simulator instructors gain more teaching time after CPI event
April 3, 2020
First Lt. Austin Hornsby,435th Flying Training Squadron student pilot trains on a simulator, while Jose Colon, instructor looks on, at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Oct. 20, 2016. 	The simulator accomplishes less complex missions, such as instrument and emergency procedures training, due to the limited visual representation compared with the simulators known as the operational flight trainer and the weapon systems trainer.

149th Fighter Wing remains postured and ready
March 26, 2020
Checking F-16

149th Fighter Wing Gunfighters compete in TMD’s Best Warrior Competition
March 11, 2020
Staff Sgt. Juan Garcia, a member of the 203rd Ground Combat Training Squadron, participates in the new Army Combat Fitness Test during the Texas Military Department’s 2020 Best Warrior Competition March 4, 2020, at Camp Swift, Texas.

149th's newest class of F-16 pilots take on Coronet Cactus
March 8, 2020
pilot checking aircraft

149th Fighter Wing takes part in Coronet Cactus
February 27, 2020
Pilots talking

149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard units participate in FSRT BETA test
January 8, 2020
Air National Guard members from the 149th and the 159th Fighter Wings participated in a beta assessment test for Fatality Search and Recovery Teams at the Round Rock Public Safety Training Center, Round Rock Texas from 3-8 December 2019.

Alamo Wing takes part in Texas National Guard response evaluation exercise
December 11, 2019
The Texas National Guard's 6th CERFP Task Force, which includes the 149th Medical Det-1 and Fatality Search and Recovery Team, participated in a response evaluation exercise Dec. 7, 2019, in Round Rock, Texas. The 6th CERFP is made up of Texas Air and Army National Guard members who may be called upon to assist first responders within FEMA region 6. These regions include Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and New Mexico.

Vietnam POW recounts experiences to 149th Fighter Wing members
October 25, 2019
Members of the 149th Fighter Wing listen to retired Lt. Col. Barry Bridger speak about surviving six years as a prisoner of war during Vietnam. Bridger was shot down by a surface-to-air missile over a North Vietnamese city in January of 1967.

149th FW Air Guardsman, single mother talks resilience
October 2, 2019
Staff Sgt. Gaona, a Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force Ground Reconnaissance Detachment operator and a medic with the 149th Medical Group, 6th Chemical Biological Radiological Nuclear and Explosives Enhanced Response Force Package, 149th Airlift Wing, Texas Air National Guard at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, smiles next to her daughter, Kiyana. Gaona used her life experiences and military training to remain resilient during her daughter's fight against cancer. Texas National Guard Joint Counterdrug Task Force members came together to gift Kiyana with a prayer blanket made by a local church group, the Piece Makers.

149th Fighter Wing hosts SA meteorologist on Air Force anniversary
September 18, 2019
Master Sgt. David Romero, a crew chief assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, talks to San Antonio weather reporter Jeannette Calle at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept 18. Local weather reporters conducted a live weather broadcast at JBSA-Lackland in honor of the Air Forces’ 72nd birthday.

149th Fighter Wing welcomes new vice commander
September 18, 2019
Col. Megan Erickson is the new vice commander of the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

149th Medical Group Gunfighters 'All In' for Nevada exercise
August 2, 2019
Staff Sgt. Alisha Ayon (left) and SSgt. Jennifer Hughes (right) carry Sgt. Kimberly Gaona to a medical evacuation area during Tactical Combat Casualty Care training at Coast Guard Station Lake Tahoe, Nevada June 16. all are members of the 149th Medical Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

149th Fighter Wings hosts F-16 Senior Officer Course for AFNORTH commander
July 17, 2019
Lt. Gen. Marc Sasseville, Continental U.S. NORAD Region-1st Air Force (Air Forces Northern) Commander,inspects an AIM-9X Sidewinder missile on an F-16 Fighting Falcon prior to a flight for the F-16 Senior Officer Course, hosted by the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The four-week course, designed to requalify experienced F-16 fighter pilots, focused on advanced handling characteristics, tactical formation and instrument-flying procedures. He also regained his air-air refueling currency during the course along with flying basic fighter maneuvers. He was required to requalify in the fighter jet based on his roles and responsibilities as the CONR-1 AF (AFNORTH) commander.