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IAAFA partners with AMC to modernize maintenance simulator
April 18, 2025 — A collaboration between the Inter-American Air Forces Academy and the Air Mobility Command is delivering a major leap forward in optimizing training for the Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course at the 318th Training Squadron... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Erik Garduno, 318th Training Squadron, operates the simulator in the Aircraft Maintenance Officer Course lab. The squadron recently acquired new and upgraded software and equipment that leaders say significantly improves its functionality and accuracy. The acquisition was a result of a collaborative effort between the Inter-American Air Forces Academy and the Air Mobility Command which enabled the Expeditionary Operations School to share its resources. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

Inter-American Air Forces Academy students take part in Operation Jaguar exercise
August 2, 2024 — The capstone exercise in Operation Jaguar included approximately 60 students from Latin American countries and was designed to test skills the students learned while attending the Inter-American Air Forces Academy... MORE

Operation Jaguar at Inter-American Air Forces Academy

Graduates receive wings at Inter-American Air Forces Academy ceremony
December 15, 2023 — Approximately 200 students from 11 partner nations and the U.S. Air Force are the latest members to earn their wings, a highly-coveted honor symbolizing graduation from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy... MORE

IAAFA leads professional development subject matter expert exchange with Brazilian Air Force
October 3, 2023 — A team from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy joined forces with the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation in Sao Paolo, Brazil, to conduct a professional development subject matter expert exchange with the Brazilian Air Force, Aug. 22-24, 2023. It was the first visit of its kind in over a decade... MORE

Command Sgt. Maj. Robert Alvarez, Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and Chief Master Sgt. Yusef Saad, IAAFA’s Senior Enlisted Leader, salute during a retreat ceremony at the Aeronautics Specialist School in Sao Paolo, Brazil, Aug. 22, 2023. The Inter-American Air Forces Academy led the professional development subject matter expert exchange with the Brazilian Air Force. It was the first visit of its kind in over a decade. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

More than 200 students graduate during IAAFA's second 2023 cycle
September 28, 2023 — More than 200 international military students from 12 partner nations and the U.S. Air Force filled an auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland for a ceremony to mark the end of their training at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy... MORE

IAAFA celebrates 80th anniversary, graduates more than 60 U.S. and partner nations students
May 1, 2023 — More than 60 international military students from seven partner nations and the U.S. Air Force filled the University of Incarnate Word’s Rosenburg Sky Room for a ceremony to mark the end of their training at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy April 26. Students graduated from eight courses in professional military education and leadership, aircrew training and technical courses... MORE

Col. José Jiménez, Jr., commandant of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, pins international military student during IAAFA’s graduation banquet and 80th anniversary celebration, at San Antonio, Texas, April 26, 2023. More than 60 international military students from seven partner nations and the USAF graduated during the first training cycle of 2023. IAAFA provides instruction in professional military education and leadership, aircrew training and technical courses – all in Spanish. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

IAAFA leaders attend Paraguayan Air Force centennial celebration
March 23, 2023 — Inter-American Air Forces Academy leaders joined Paraguay’s top military officials to commemorate the Paraguayan Air Force’s Centennial Anniversary Feb. 21-24... MORE

Mario Abdo Benitez, President of Paraguay, pins Col. José Jiménez, Jr., Commandant of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, with the Medal of Honor for the Centennial Commemoration of the Paraguayan Air Force in Asunción, Paraguay, Feb. 22, 2023. Benitez greeted senior members of visiting delegations and pinned each of them with the medal of honor to commemorate the anniversary. (Courtesy Photo)

Partner nation guest instructor becomes first to earn AETC master instructor designation
March 7, 2023 — For the first time in the Inter-American Air Forces Academy’s 80-year history, a partner nation guest instructor has earned the master instructor badge, the highest Air Education and Training Command’s instructor qualification... MORE

Col. José Jimenez, Jr., Commandant of the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, holds speaks to Intendente Jefe Alexander Pacheco of Colombia’s National Police, at JBSA-Lackland, Texas, Feb. 17, 2023. Pacheco, a partner nation guest instructor at IAAFA, recently earned the Air Education Training Command Master Instructor designation. He is the first international member to earn master instructor, which is the highest honor one can earn as an instructor. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

IAAFA infuses agility into training with modern technology, simulators
February 23, 2023 — Virtual reality goggles and body-wor sensors are helping to take technical training to the next level at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The gear is part of a virtual reality simulator, and among the newest equipment being used to train international military students from partner nations... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Edwin Acevedo, 837th Training Squadron, looks at the computer screen while using the new SV-R simulator program at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Jan. 25, 2023. The simulator is among the newest equipment at the academy that will be used to train international military students from partner nations, focusing on counter narcotic efforts and combatting transnational criminal organizations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

IAAFA students take part in Operation Jaguar
January 18, 2023 — Students from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland took part in Operation Jaguar at JBSA-Camp Bullis Nov. 28-29, 2022... MORE

More than 150 U.S., partner nations students graduate during IAAFA training cycle
December 22, 2022 — More than 150 international military students from 12 partner nations and the U.S. Air Force filled an auditorium here for a ceremony to mark the end of their training at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 7... MORE

Maj. Gen. Julian Cheater, Assistant Deputy Under Secretary of the Air Force, International Affairs, speaks at Academy’s graduation ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Dec. 7, 2022. Cheater was guest speaker for the event, in which more than 150 international military students and U.S. Air Force students graduated. (U.S. Air Force photo by Vanessa R. Adame)

IAAFA team renovates Leadership Reaction Course Complex
November 16, 2022 — Inter-American Air Forces Academy staff and cadre rallied to renovate its Leadership Reaction Course Complex, better known as Project X. About 40 volunteers worked over 100 hours in just two weeks to repair, sand, and paint the 17 obstacles located at the Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex... MORE

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IAAFA leaders visit Paraguay in strategic visit
October 14, 2022 — Inter-American Air Forces Academy leaders met with Paraguayan Air Force officials in a strategic visit to Paraguay, Sept. 14-16. Col. José Jiménez, Jr., IAAFA commandant and Chief Master Sgt. Emilio Avila, IAAFA Senior Enlisted Leader, visited with Gen. Arturo Gonzalez Ocampo, Commander of the Paraguayan Air Force, Col. Jorge Ramirez, commander of the Flying Training Group, and Brig. Gen. Roberto José Idoyaga Benitez, commander of the Aeronautical Training Command... MORE

Three men stand side-by-side, all standing at attention. A group of military members are standing behind them.

U.S., partner nation students graduate during IAAFA training cycle
September 1, 2022 — International military students filled an auditorium here for a ceremony to mark the successful completion their training at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy Aug. 10, 2022... MORE

Paraguayan general, former IAAFA graduate serves as example of Security Cooperation
September 1, 2022 — He first attended the Inter-American Air Forces Academy as a student in 1990, then returned here as a partner nation guest instructor in 2004. Fifteen years later, Gen. Arturo González Ocampo, Commander of the Paraguayan Air Force, returned to IAAFA as a guest of honor for B-Cycle graduation ceremony and banquet Aug. 10, 2022. ... MORE

IAAFA takes professional military education courses to Colombia
August 9, 2022 — Instructors from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland traveled to Colombia in May to deliver the academy’s mobile version of its Professional Military Education courses. ... MORE

IAAFA hosts Jamaican Defence Force members at seminar at IAAFA
June 28, 2022 — The Inter-American Air Forces Academy hosted members of the Jamaican Defence Force and 12th Air Force for a maintenance professional seminar May 31 to June 2... MORE

Jamaican Defence Force warrant officer signs a guestbook on top of a podium

Operation Junior Expedition Team gives kids chance to learn, relate to military experience
June 27, 2022 — The Operation Junior Expeditionary Team event June 17 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland provided children the opportunity to see a mock deployment and gives them an idea of what their parent experiences when they report for duty away from home, as well as the process when they return... MORE

Military students from eight partner nations, U.S. graduate from IAAFA
May 16, 2022 — Twelve weeks after the start of their academic training, military students from eight partner nations across Latin America and the U.S. walked across the stage to accept graduation certificates and their much-anticipated wings from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy April 28... MORE

International students stand next to flags

IAAFA professional military education center garners top Air Force award
May 16, 2022 — Consistency, hard work and dedication. That’s what Capt. Yaira Saroli, flight commander of the 837th Training Squadron, points to as the reason for the Inter-American Air Forces Academy winning the Air Force’s Enlisted Professional Military Center of the Year Award... MORE

Instructors stand outside IAAFA headquarters with flags flying in background