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May 15, 2020
Electromagnetic Pulse Defense teams continue building resiliency

The San Antonio and Joint Base San Antonio electromagnetic defense partnership has made great strides since its inception just over a year ago, and they continue building resiliency against harmful electromagnetic pulses during the COVID-19 pandemic.
May 14, 2020
Air Force equipped to protect patients and providers

Even as the U.S. health system faces a shortage of personal protective equipment during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Air Force Medical Service is equipped to protect patients and providers.
May 11, 2020
Air University invests in technology to mitigate airborne pathogens at OTS

MAXWELL AIR FORCE BASE, Ala. – Air University has added to its investment of a multilayered preventative health strategy at Officer Training School to allow it to safely continue its mission of producing Air Force officers while in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.The strategy for the current
May 11, 2020
Virtually There: Barnes Center graduates first virtual class

The Air University’s Barnes Center will graduate Class 20E, the first virtual in residence class of the Enlisted Professional Military Enlisted Instructor Course, May 13, 2020.
May 11, 2020
USAF Thunderbirds to salute Texas COVID-19 responders May 13

The U.S. Air Force Air Demonstration Squadron, the Thunderbirds, will honor frontline COVID-19 responders and essential workers with formation flights over San Antonio and Austin May 13.
May 11, 2020
312th TRS continues training DoD firefighters

Despite COVID-19, the Air Education and Training Command’s mission continues. The Louis F. Garland Department of Defense Fire Academy has adjusted for COVID by requiring face coverings to be worn, social distancing when possible, and following other Center for Disease Control and Prevention
May 9, 2020
Columbus AFB salutes local frontline heroes with flyovers

In honor of the American heroes on the front lines battling the COVID-19 pandemic, Columbus Air Force Base provided dissimilar formation flyovers May 9 over several local communities in northeast Mississippi.
May 8, 2020
'The Translator' shines in EOC logistics, transportation role

In late February, as the COVID-19 pandemic began to take a stronger foothold in the United States, 2nd Lt. Himanshu Chopra, the 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron's flight commander of material management, began manning the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Emergency Operations Center as Emergency
May 8, 2020
MTL, student leader teams continue training despite COVID-19

As facility changes continue to occur across the 97th Air Mobility Wing due to the Coronavirus pandemic, one thing has remained constant for 97th Training Squadron military training leaders: guiding the Air Force’s newest Airmen from technical training to the operational Air Force.
May 7, 2020
CSAF visits BMT, thanks JBSA team for ‘fighting through’ COVID-19 response

U.S. Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein, along with Chief Master Sgt. Manny Pineiro, the service’s first sergeant special duty manager, visited here May 7, seeing first-hand how basic military training has adapted operations to fight through the COVID-19 environment. Basic military