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  • HH-60 Pave Hawk aircrew visits 37th Training Group students

    An HH-60 Pave Hawk commanded by Maj. Howard Palmer, aircraft commander, flew in from the 512th Rescue Squadron, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, into a 344th Training Squadron landing zone after completing a flyover for the Basic Military Training graduation ceremony at Joint Base San

  • 502nd Air Base Wing, Joint Base San Antonio welcome new commander

    The 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio welcomed Brig. Gen Russell D. Driggers as the new commander May 3, as Brig. Gen. Caroline Miller departed for a new assignment as the Air Force’s deputy chief of staff for manpower, personnel, and services at the Pentagon.

  • Tuskegee Airman celebrates 102nd birthday at 12th FTW

    In the coming year, Joint Base San Antonio will hold numerous events to celebrate the U.S. Air Force’s 75th anniversary, and as part of the celebration, this week the 12th Flying Training Wing helped a Tuskegee Airman, retired Brig. Gen. Charles E. McGee, celebrate his 102nd birthday.

  • JBSA commemorates 20th anniversary of 9/11

    To commemorate the 20-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, Joint Base San Antonio hosted a synchronized flag formation at all three installations (JBSA-Lackland, JBSA-Fort Sam Houston and JBSA-Randolph) at 7:46 a.m. Sept. 10.

  • Chaplain soars in search-and-rescue exercise

    Spiritual and physical care achieved an exciting nexus April 21 as Chaplain (Capt.) David Massey of the 502nd Air Base Wing participated in Search-and-Rescue Exercise 2021, or SAREX 2021.

  • Exciting future awaits DOD medicine

    Overall, 5G is still in its infancy and almost all of the initial rollout has been focused on high-speed data for consumers, including fixed wireless access (home and enterprise broadband). However, the most transformational aspects of 5G are yet to come.

  • JBSA experiments with 5G Telemedicine, Medical Training

    In June 2020, Office of the Undersecretary of Defense (Research & Engineering) named Joint Base San Antonio (JBSA) as an experimentation site for 5G augmented reality support for telemedicine and medical training. Although telemedicine is already happening today, it is often inhibited by a lack of

  • AFCEC construction enhances JBSA capabilities, quality of life 

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas – The Air Force Civil Engineer Center is optimizing mission and training capabilities and improving quality of life at Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, through its multi-year construction effort. The current projects are a massive $388 million undertaking at three primary