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  • Texas 'rookies' ride RAGBRAI

    Near the end of every July, a group of Texas military cyclists join together to experience something special -- a tour across Iowa with thousands of other bike enthusiasts.Along with 124 other Air Force Cycling Team members, the 11 Texas Airmen dipped their tires into the Missouri River and then

  • Sheppard graduates last HSMA course

    The last Health Services Management Apprentice course students graduated Aug. 17, signifying the end of the course's era at Sheppard AFB.The 882nd Training Group's HSMA course is moving to the Medical Enlisted Training Campus at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, Texas. Sheppard trained more than

  • Tyndall unveils award-winning "green" fitness center

    Tyndall AFB opened the first building within the Air Force expected to reach the U.S. Green Building Council's Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Platinum level; the highest rating possible under the group's green building rating system, Aug. 20.The construction team consisted of

  • President Obama arrives on Tyndall, visits Panama City Beach

    As part of a family vacation to Panama City Beach, President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama, along with one of their daughters, Sasha, arrived on Tyndall AFB Aug. 14 in Air Force One.The first family was on a short vacation to visit the area and meet with local leaders, business owners

  • AETC Command Chief retires

    Air Education and Training Command's senior enlisted leader retired Aug. 13 after serving 31 years, two months, and 27 days, ending a career longer than the average enlistee is permitted to serve. "I enlisted in the Air Force for the same reason a lot of people are enlisting in the Air Force today,"

  • JBSA exceptional families program hosts a day at Morgan's Wonderland

    Organizations that support military families from Lackland and Randolph Air Force Bases and Fort Sam Houston joined forces Aug. 6 for the first-ever Joint Base San Antonio Resource Fair and Activity Day at Morgan's Wonderland in San Antonio, Texas.Morgan's Wonderland is a recreational facility that

  • EMEDS team trains for emergency response

    Air Force medical personnel honed their skills last month in a massive joint forces field-training exercise simulating a terrorist attack in the United States.The 10-day exercise, held at Camp Atterbury, Ind., allowed service members to war game the scenario and know their specific duties in case a

  • Randolph AFB tests deployment capabilities

    During deployment exercise Joint Base San Antonio 10-08, more than 200 Airmen from different agencies on Randolph AFB participated in a two-day deployment scenario. The exercise was conducted in accordance with Air Force instructions which direct military installations to task 25 percent of their