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149th Fighter Wing takes part in Operation Northern Cactus
August 26, 2024 — Northern Cactus is a joint training exercise that takes members of the 149th Fighter Wing, headquartered at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, to an austere environment to participate in a simulated deployment exercise... MORE

149th Fighter Wing holds graduation ceremony for F-16 pilots
October 28, 2022 — The 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland held an F-16 fighter pilot graduation ceremony Oct. 21... MORE

PHOTOS: 149th Fighter Wing maintainers perform F-16 landing gear operations check
September 8, 2022 — Crew chiefs from the 149th Maintenance Group performed a landing gear swings operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 19, 2022... MORE

Crew chiefs from the 149th Maintenance Group perform a landing gear swings operations check on an F-16 Fighting Falcon

149th Maintenance Squadron members perform F-16 phase inspections
January 12, 2022 — To keep the 149th Fighter Wing's F-16s airworthy, 149th Maintenance Squadron phase inspection team members perform detailed inspections from nose to tail of the aircraft... MORE

149th MXS members perform phase inspection

149th Fighter Wing F-16 paint scheme commemorates anniversary
October 1, 2021 — The 149th Fighter Wing commemorated its 25th wing anniversary by painting an F-16 in a Vietnam-inspired paint scheme at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 26, 2021... MORE

149th FW keeps Fighting Falcons clean and mean
August 14, 2020 — An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing, receives a jet wash at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 24... MORE

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing, receives a jet wash at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 24.

AETC partners with multiple MAJCOMs to create virtual aircraft maintenance hangars
February 26, 2020 — Air Education and Training Command is working to build a faster and smarter Air Force in partnership with multiple major commands to develop a competency-based virtual and augmented-reality training capability for the aircraft maintenance and career enlisted aviator communities... MORE

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149th Fighter Wing hosts SA meteorologist on Air Force anniversary
September 18, 2019 — The 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland marked the 72nd anniversary of the U.S. Air Force with a visit from News 4 meteorologist Jeannette Calle Sept. 18... MORE

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 weapons loaders provide familiarization training to student pilots
February 21, 2019 — 149th Fighter Wing weapons loaders gave F-16 Fighting Falcon student pilots a hands-on experience of behind-the-scenes aircraft preparation with munitions at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 9... MORE

1st Lt. Wesley Kilmain ( left), an F-16 Fighting Falcon student pilot, drives a MJ-1 lift truck as Tech. Sgt. Brian Green, 149th Fighter Wing load standardization crewmember, observes weapons loading during training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 9.

Lone Star Gunfighters train future warfighters
November 7, 2018 — The 149th Fighter Wing, known as the Lone Star Gunfighters, is an F-16 training unit that is a part of the Texas Air National Guard and the Texas Military Department. Based out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, the cornerstone of the 149th's flying mission is the 182nd Fighter Squadron, whose role is to take pilots, either experienced aircrew or recent graduates from U.S. Air Force Undergraduate Pilot Training, or UPT, and qualify them to fly the F-16... MORE

Maj. Thomas Werner, an instructor pilot assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Air National Guard, 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.

Guardsman fighter pilot instructor honored with ‘High Flyer’ award
December 7, 2017 — Lt. Col. Bryan Carlson, an F-16 Fighting Falcon instructor pilot for the 149th Fighter Wing here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, was recently honored for winning the 2017 Air Education and Training Command Carlson High Flyer Individual Award in the F-16 category... MORE

Lt. Col. Bryan Carlson, an F-16 Fighting Falcon instructor pilot assigned to the Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing, poses with his 2017 High Flyer of the Year award (for F-16 pilots) at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Kelly Field Annex, Texas, Nov. 30, 2017.