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BASEBALL: White Sox edge by Warhawks
April 19, 2007 — The Lackland Warhawks Varsity Baseball Team suffered a tough loss by a slim margin earlier this week during San Antonio Men's Senior Baseball League action. Lackland lost 10-9 to the White Sox through... MORE

Free tax help available on base year round through AFRF
April 19, 2007 — Although April 17 was widely publicized as the national deadline for tax filing in 2007, if you're in the military there's a good chance you may have missed that deadline for numerous reasons... MORE

Eligible students may now apply for summer jobs on base
April 19, 2007 — Working a summer job on base is about more than introducing the next generation of workers to government employment. It's also about giving youths a sense of direction. "The (student temporary... MORE

Athletics foster good relations in community
April 13, 2007 — Every Airman is an ambassador. Every Airman can be a positive representative of the Air Force out in the community during their day-to-day lives, but what about Airmen being ambassadors for the Air... MORE

Prepare now for 2nd Annual Rambler 120 competition in October
April 13, 2007 — How far away is six months? It's time enough for teams to form and start revving up for the second-annual Rambler 120 competition scheduled for Oct. 13 at the Randolph Recreation Park at Canyon... MORE

Colonel reflects on military career, attributes success to core values
April 13, 2007 — Whether serving as an 18-year-old Airman in Vietnam, a contracting officer when the Air Force acquired new missions in the 1980's, standing on the streets of Washington, D.C., on Sept. 11, or as a... MORE

Three Randolph JAGs win AETC-level awards
April 13, 2007 — Three Team Randolph legal personnel were recognized with Air Education and Training Command-level awards recently. Lt. Col. Mitchel Neurock, Staff Sgt. Ines Fret-Caraballo and Timothy Wommack were... MORE

Randolph Inn to compete for AF Innkeeper Award
April 13, 2007 — The dedication to excellence shown by the staff and leadership of Randolph Inn was recognized recently when the inn was awarded the 2007 Air Education and Training Command Inns of Excellence... MORE

Chilly Easter sunrise
April 13, 2007 — MORE

Chaplain (Maj.) Christy Sorrow delivers the Easter Sunrise Service April 8 at the parade ground on Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. More than 270 people filled the stands to hear the sermon, despite the 30-degree temperatures. Chaplain Sorrow is assigned to the 37th Training Wing as the deputy wing chaplain. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

MEN'S VARSITY SOFTBALL: Bomb Squad blasts Warhawks
April 12, 2007 — The Lackland Warhawks Men's Varsity Softball Team lost their second game of the season earlier this week in the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Spring Softball League. CFA Bomb Squad belted 29 hits... MORE

LADIES VARSITY SOFTBALL: Lady Warhawks lose 3rd straight
April 12, 2007 — The Lackland Lady Warhawks Varsity Softball Team continued to struggle with a slump last week as they dropped two games in the San Antonio Parks and Recreation Spring Softball League. "We have so many... MORE

AFA announced 2007 annual award winners
April 12, 2007 — Congratulations to the following winners of the 2007 Air Force Association annual awards in their respective category: Outstanding Airman 59th Medical Wing Senior Airman Linn Aubrey Cryptologic... MORE

Doolittle Raiders coming to Lackland
April 12, 2007 — It may not be the deck of the aircraft carrier Hornet, but nonetheless, five B-25 aircraft will be taking off from the Kelly Field flightline on April 20, part of weeklong activities honoring the... MORE

Doolitte raid proves dominance of airpower
April 12, 2007 — The Doolittle raid in April of 1942 illustrated how planning, training, coordination, intelligence, technology and diplomacy led to a successful mission and established the blueprint that became key... MORE

Doolittle Raider recalls famous flight
April 12, 2007 — As soon as U.S. Army Air Forces officials started planning the attack, some of their higher-ups feared the mission would prove to be impossible. Yet, 80 Army Air Corps pilots, bombardiers, gunners and... MORE

Retired Lt. Col. Richard "Dick" Cole, left, and retired Col. C.V. Glines, an honorary Doolittle Raider, appear at a book-signing event at the Randolph AFB Base Exchange March 30. (USAF photo by Raymond V. Whelan)

Surprise!
April 10, 2007 — MORE

Gen. William R. Looney III, Air Education and Training Command commander, and Staff Sgt. Marisa Hannen "tack" technical sergeant stripes onto newly-promoted Tech. Sgt. Matthew Hannen Friday at the AETC Safety Directorate. General Looney surprised Sergeant Hannen, photographer for Torch Magazine, with a promotion under the Stripes For Exceptional Performers program. (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Randall Soli)

Tweet closes 42-year Randolph career
April 9, 2007 — After 42 years of serving as the primary pilot instructor training aircraft at Randolph, the T-37 Tweet turned its reigns over to the T-6 Texan II in a special ceremony April 6 at 3:59 p.m. (1559) on... MORE

The last Randolph T-37B Tweet departs the flightline April 6 during the aircraft's official retirement ceremony from base. The Tweet served as the primary pilot instructor training aircraft from October 1965 to April 2007. (U.S. Air Force photo by Dave Terry)

Military working dogs take a 'bite' out of training
April 9, 2007 — Man's best friend? Well, certainly an aggressor's worst nightmare. That's what Tech. Sgt. Antonio Rodriguez, 12th Security Forces Squadron, Military Working Dog Section kennel master, and his staff... MORE

Army Sgt. Doug Timberlake (left), 341st Training Squadron military working dog handler, simulates an aggressor during a bite-building session at a seminar hosted by the 12th Security Forces Squadron Military Working Dog section. Deputy David Deason (right), Travis County Sherrif's Office, holds the leash of K-9 Nero. (US Air Force photo by Rich McFadden)

Navigators get glimpse into past
April 6, 2007 — Combat systems officers took a peek into what their careers might have been like 50 years ago at a 563rd Flying Training Squadron briefing Friday. Retired Lt. Col. Ted Vautrinot, a former navigator... MORE

Education means prevention
April 6, 2007 — April is Alcohol Awareness Month and the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Program offers alcohol use and abuse information to educate Team Randolph on responsible drinking. Drinking... MORE

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