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Operation FLAGS helps families cope with uncertainty of deployment
May 28, 2010 — A child whose parent will soon deploy may feel a broad range of emotions, including anxiety and fear, but an event planned next week at Randolph helps take the uncertainty out of that experience.Now... MORE

IAAFA hosts senior enlisted leaders conference
May 27, 2010 — Top senior enlisted military leaders from 22 partner Latin American and Caribbean nations shared common issues and established personal lines of communication at an Inter-American Air Forces Academy... MORE

Staff Sgt. Alejandro Huerta, 319th Training Squadron, briefs a group of top senior enlisted military leaders from Latin American and Caribbean nations at the Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills Training site May 20. (U.S. Air Force photo)

Golf tournament realigns with JBSA
May 27, 2010 — For nearly two decades the multiple course Military Classic Golf tournament has served Air Force venues in San Antonio well. This year, the tournament - renamed Joint Base San Antonio Military Golf... MORE

Former POW shares story with trainees
May 27, 2010 — He appeared nervous, perhaps even a little uncomfortable. It wasn't about speaking to a group of trainees; it was the possibility of breaking down while recalling his time as a Japanese prisoner of... MORE

Lt. Col. Matthew Whiat, 323rd Training Squadron commander, presents retired Tech. Sgt. Joseph Alexander with a commander's coin. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

JBSA Airmen selected for master sergeant
May 27, 2010 — Air Force officials selected 5,424 of 21,829 eligible technical sergeants for promotion to master sergeant for a selection rate of 24.85 percent. The average score was based on the following point... MORE

Ambassador visit highlights RISD gifted, talented presentations
May 25, 2010 — Eleven middle school students in Randolph Field Independent School District's gifted and talented program had an opportunity to make independent study program research presentations to a former... MORE

Final Air Force production T-6A lands at NAS Pensacola, Fla.
May 25, 2010 — The T-6A Texan II that touched down last week at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Fla., fresh from the Hawker Beechcraft Corp. factory in Wichita, Kan., marked the end of a long production run, but it... MORE

National Transportation Week honors those on the move
May 24, 2010 — While it applauded the vital role transportation plays in the daily life of every American Airman, National Transportation Week also honored the contributions of those who ride, roll, drive and fly... MORE

Joint Base San Antonio hosts National Police Week
May 21, 2010 — MORE

Airman First Class Jonathan Dickerson of the 902nd Security Forces Squadron swings his leg over a waist-high log during the during the obstacle course and ruck march event held during National Police Week at Camp Bullis, Texas. Randolph fielded two teams for the event with A1C Dickerson’s team placing second with a time of 1:07:54. (U.S. Air Force photo/Steve Thurow)

JAG Corps announces 2011 law school programs
May 20, 2010 — Applications for the Funded Legal Education Program or FLEP, and Excess Leave Program, or ELP, will be accepted Jan. 1 - March 1, 2011. The programs are designed to allow active-duty officers to apply... MORE

Lackland cuts ribbon on new housing development
May 20, 2010 — Not even the rain could put a damper on the news coming out of 2703 Timothy Weiner Drive: 67 new homes are ready and waiting for Airmen and their families to move in.Col. Patrick Fogarty, 802nd... MORE

El Salvadoran vice chief views AETC programs
May 20, 2010 — The vice chief of the Joint General Staff for the Republic of El Salvador visited Lackland May 10-11 to gain insight on U.S. Air Force educational and training programs.The two-day visit by El... MORE

Col. Howard Jones III, commandant of the Defense Language Institute English Language Center, presents Brig. Gen. Jaime Parada, El Salvadoran Vice Chief, Joint General Staff, with a memento during his two-day visit to Lackland. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

Review panel praises BMT
May 20, 2010 — The 22nd Basic Military Training Triennial Review Committee validated the positive effect expanded training has had on BMT graduates during its May 12-14 evaluation at Lackland.The committee was "in... MORE

Chief Master Sergeant of the Air Force James A. Roy speaks to Air Education and Training Command leadership during the 22nd Basic Military Training Triennial Review outbrief May 14. The committee's primary focus was to review training and curricular requirements for BMT and recommend further changes. (U.S. Air Force photo/Alan Boedeker)

Stand-down focuses on wingman concept to address suicides, motor vehicle accidents
May 17, 2010 — The Air Force has lost 18 Airmen, eight Guardsmen and Reservists and three civilians to suicide so far this year, and private motor vehicle accidents continue to account for some 50 fatalities per... MORE

'YES' a win-win program for youths, hiring organizations
May 17, 2010 — A summer program can provide work experience to Randolph youth while they earn money for their post-high school education.The Youth Employment Skills program, sponsored by the Air Force Aid Society,... MORE

Legal office now has partner in Air Force's legal assistance Web site
May 17, 2010 — A public Web site the Air Force launched this year is improving the efficiency of the service's legal system by providing clients with information that will educate them and online forms that will... MORE

DePLAYment program provides families of deployed Airmen with free activities
May 17, 2010 — In their memorandum announcing Year of the Air Force Family last July, Secretary of the Air Force Michael Donley and Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Norton Schwartz said the year-long observance... MORE

Fun in the sun
May 14, 2010 — MORE

Students and faculty from the Defense Language Institute English Learning Center square off in a game of football at the DLIELC picnic at Stillman Park May 7. The picnic allowed the students to use their new English skills to communicate with picnic attendees, and is a cultural awareness activity provided by the Field Studies Program Division and American Members of International Goodwill to Others, who aid in sponsoring the event. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Celebrating Asian-American Heritage Month
May 14, 2010 — MORE

Staff Sgt. Jennifer Bynum, 559th Aerospace Medicine Squadron, reads the book "Hush" to a group of children at the Lackland Child Development Center May 11. Base Airmen performed readings for numerous groups of children at the Lackland and Gateway CDCs in support of Asian-American Heritage Month. (U.S. Air Force photo/Robbin Cresswell)

Teamwork effective at reducing office energy waste
May 14, 2010 — In these times of rising energy costs and spiraling gasoline prices, energy conservation is becoming more and more critical. The federal government is the largest energy consumer in the world, using... MORE