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  • 8-year POW recalls return home 45 years later

    Stepping off the bus, recently freed American prisoners of war formed up from the tallest to shortest, stiff at attention facing Capt. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris and with a salute they defied their Vietnamese captors one final time.

  • Flight Leaders Course continues to improve after two successful classes

    Having graduated their second class in November, 42nd Force Support Squadrons Flight Leaders Course administrators continue to prove successful in preparing their students for squadron-level leadership roles. The strength of this course is diversity, said Master Sgt. Donnovan Bowman, 42nd FSS career

  • Pilot battles brain cancer, recovery with faith

    Walking into his backyard after an Easter egg hunt Capt. Hunter Barnhill’s hand formed a fist, holding itself with incredible and uncontrollable strength, he attempted to spread his fingers, but instead consciously fell to the ground before his friends and his own 2-year-old son, Nolan, looked onto

  • 19th Air Force Commander directs T-6 operational pause

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – The 19th Air Force commander has issued an operational pause for all T-6 Texan II operations to ensure aircrew safety after a cluster of unexplained physiological events occurred at Columbus AFB, Mississippi, Vance AFB, Oklahoma, and Sheppard AFB, Texas

  • Airmen gauge fear of heights in virtual simulation

    Electrical systems apprentice course Airmen in Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, donned a virtual reality headset Jan. 26, 2017, to test their limits with simulation that gauges their ability to work in high places.

  • Airmen gauge fear of heights in virtual simulation

    Electrical systems apprentice course Airmen in Training at Sheppard Air Force Base, Texas, donned a virtual reality headset Jan. 26, 2017, to test their limits with simulation that gauges their ability to work in high places.

  • New medical professional team seeks to change fighter pilot healthcare

    A fighter pilot flies his F-16 towards a bombing target. As he nears it, he toggles the weapons release on his controls and drops his payload. The bomb descends, strikes and destroys its target. Moments later, the pilot pulls a sharp turn at high speed to quickly vacate the area before the enemy can

  • Nowland breaks down fundamentals of service

    Lt. Gen. Mark Nowland, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C, spoke at Specialized Undergraduate Pilot Training Class 18-04’s graduation here Jan, 19.

  • JB San Antonio retired general to receive Air Force enlisted top honor

    Enlisted Airmen across Air Education and Training Command will bestow their highest honor to an admired San Antonio area Air Force leader during an Order of the Sword ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s Gateway Club, Feb. 9.Recipient, retired Maj. Gen. Leonard Patrick, served more than