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Sept. 27, 2022
JBSA - Lackland | Special Warfare Training Wing command team holds first all call

U.S. Air Force Col. Nathan Colunga, Special Warfare Training Wing commander, addresses the audience at the SWTW all-call on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Sept. 27, 2022. At the all-call, the SWTW command team outlined its expectations and priorities for the wing.
Sept. 27, 2022
Vance | Pharmacist earns board certification through hard work, determination

Capt. Anh Ison, a pharmacist with the 71st Medical Group at Vance Air Force Base, Oklahoma, passed her board certification on the first try despite the challenges she faced to get there.
Sept. 27, 2022
Altus | 507th CES reservists, 97th CES Airmen, partner for fire training

Air Force Reservists from the 507th Civil Engineer Squadron partnered with the 97th CES Fire Department to practice live fire training, Sept. 10, 2022, at Altus Air Force Base, Oklahoma.
Sept. 27, 2022
JBSA - Lackland | CTC Integrated Response Center pilot debuts at JBSA

Leaders of the 502nd Air Base Wing resilience team recently met with Pentagon officials to discuss a new Integrated Response Center co-location pilot at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
Sept. 26, 2022
Photos: F-35As take off from Luke AFB

An F-35A Lightning II aircraft takes off Sept. 23, 2022, at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona. The F-35 is a fifth-generation fighter that features advanced stealth, sensor fusion and logistics support capabilities that provide increased survivability in an advanced threat environment. Luke AFB is home
Sept. 26, 2022
Photos: Lanterns honor fallen heroes at Keesler

U.S. Air Force Col. Jason Allen, 81st Training Wing vice commander, and his wife, Mayra, release a lantern during the Gold Star Families Sky Lantern Release on the Biloxi Beach, Mississippi, Sept. 23, 2022. The event, hosted by Keesler Air Force Base, included eco-friendly sky lanterns released in
Sept. 26, 2022
Keesler | DRIVE-ing opportunity

The Air Force and Space Force are growing a program that gives motivated Airmen and Guardians, who were medically discharged from Air Force and Space Force Accession Programs, such as technical training units, college ROTC programs and the Air Force Academy, a second chance to continue their service
Sept. 26, 2022
Advance Force Development: Updated, modern GITAs enhance technical training at Sheppard AFB

Sheppard AFB has improved a specific aspect, or tool, of advancing its force development piece over the past few years in a very particular way as it has brought on much-needed upgrades to its ground instructional training aircraft, or GITA, fleet, the aircraft on which all of the Air Force’s new
Sept. 25, 2022
JBSA - Lackland | Gentle leaders for gentle giants

Considering the 37th Training Wing is home to training all military working dogs for the Department of Defense and other agencies, it is no surprise Airmen from the 341st Training Squadron found a new way to improve the exercise of the gentle giants of our force – using a gentle leader. A gentle
Sept. 24, 2022
JBSA - Lackland | Coast Guard recruits join DLIELC’s Echo Company for English Language Training

The first five Coast Guard recruits to train with the Defense Language Institute English Language Center here are honing their English skills over the next 10-24 weeks alongside the DLIELC’s U.S. Army Echo Company.