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Oct. 11, 2019
Take an Air Force Trainee home for Thanksgiving with Operation Home Cooking

San Antonio area families can express their warmth and hospitality to Airmen and trainees at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland by allowing them an opportunity to enjoy a holiday meal and family atmosphere through “Operation Home Cooking.”
Sept. 20, 2019
ACC commander discusses Sixteenth Air Force as new Information Warfare NAF

Gen. Mike Holmes, commander of Air Combat Command, said that Sixteenth Air Force will be the designation for a new Information Warfare Component-Numbered Air Force, while speaking at the Air Force Association Air, Space and Cyber Conference in National Harbor, Maryland, Sept. 18.
Sept. 13, 2019
433rd CES firefighters climb to remember fallen 9-11 first responders

The 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters participated in the wing’s fourth 9/11 Memorial Stair climb during the unit training assembly at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 8. The firefighters climbed stairs of the fire training building 55 times to equal the 110 floors of World Trade
Sept. 12, 2019
AFMC commander visits JBSA, lauds AFIMSC

Gen. Arnold W. Bunch, Jr., commander of Air Force Materiel Command, told an audience at an All Call Sept. 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland that the missions the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center conducts are critical to ensuring national defense.
Sept. 12, 2019
Honorary commanders tour 433rd Mission Support Group

Eleven honorary commanders toured the 433rd Mission Support Group at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Sept. 7 to view the group’s mission capabilities. This tour is the first of a series of grouped tours that are given to encourage relationships between the wing’s senior leadership and San Antonio’s
Aug. 30, 2019
Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force visits AFCYBER units for cyber immersion

Gen. Stephen Wilson, Vice Chief of Staff of the Air Force, met with 688th Cyberspace Wing leaders at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 28. Wilson visited several 24th Air Force units to meet Airmen and hear about their cyber mission capabilities.
May 15, 2019
149th FW Gunfighters take part in Operation Coronet Bronco

Members of the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland have been taking part in Operation Coronet Bronco at Mountain Home Air Force Base, Idaho for several weeks.
April 8, 2019
Deployed JBSA NCO earns Navy warfare qualification badge

Air Force Staff Sgt. Brittany Eley, a Joint Network Control Center team lead attached to Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, and deployed from the Unified Capabilities Assessment Program, 346th Test Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, earned recognition as a U.S. Navy enlisted
Oct. 4, 2018
Battlefield Airmen now developed using tech advantages

The Battlefield Airmen Training Group, with squadrons located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland; Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico; and Pope Army Airfield, North Carolina, continues pushing boundaries; training innovative, scholarly, tactical athletes for U.S. Special Operations Forces.
Sept. 7, 2018
Researchers study factors influencing Airmen’s tobacco use during technical training

The Air Force strictly regulates tobacco use during basic and technical training, but some Airmen still use it. Air Force researchers are working with the University of Virginia to uncover why Airmen use tobacco.