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  • AETC holds inaugural flying competition

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, TEXAS – The excitement and anticipation from the crowd was palpable as you entered the Fleenor Auditorium Friday night.   The evening marked the culmination of the past year’s flying training production from across Air Education and Training Command and the inception

  • Maxwell first responders receive special needs response training

    Maxwell emergency first responders received training recently on how to identify and communicate with people with autism spectrum disorder or other developmental disabilities when showing up on the scene of an incident.Diagnosis of children with ASD is on the increase in the United States, from an

  • 5th PACE Summit will focus on the State of the Profession

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – The Profession of Arms Center of Excellence will be hosting its 5th leadership summit in San Antonio, December 6-7.Representatives from each major command, headquarters Air Force, the U.S. Air Force Academy and others will gather to discuss the “State of the

  • Medical teams deploy in support of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Maria

    Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas-- In just the past four weeks, three major hurricanes ravaged the Caribbean and the United States Gulf Coast. First came Harvey, which destroyed or damaged more than 100,000 homes, flooded neighborhoods, and displaced thousands of people in Texas and

  • Israeli Air Force Surgeon General visits 59 MDW

    The Israeli Air Force Surgeon General, Col. Yifat Erlich-Shoham, MD, visited the 59th Medical Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, 23-24, October, 2017.During her visit, Col. Erlich-Shoham toured multiple medical training facilities, to include deployment readiness sites, Camp Bullis and Camp

  • CMSAF Wright celebrates MTL legacy, tours Keesler

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright visited Keesler Air Force Base, Mississippi, to celebrate a ribbon cutting for the new Military Training Leader Course schoolhouse and to tour the base Oct. 23 - 25.

  • Maxwell dedicates courtroom to former POW, SJA

    The 42nd Air Base Wing renamed its courtroom in honor of a former prisoner of war, retired staff judge advocate and frequent speaker at Air University schools at a dedication ceremony held Oct. 25, 2017.Retired Col. Henry “Hank” Fowler was on hand to formally dedicate The Fowler Courtroom, located

  • 366 TRS instructors win international linemen competition

    Instructors from the 366th Training Squadron took first place in the military division at the 34th annual International Linemen’s Rodeo in Kansas City, Missouri, Oct. 14. The joint team was comprised of Air Force Staff Sgt. Christopher Shaw, Army Staff Sgt. Robert Pepperling and Navy Petty Officer

  • POW recalls mission that led to capture 50 years ago

    On Oct. 25, 1967, now retired Lt. Col. Richard “Gene” Smith and his wingmen had orders to bomb the Paul Doumer Bridge in North Vietnam; the bridge was a mile long and one of the most heavily defended positions in Southeast Asia.