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March 12, 2025
PHOTOS: Lone Star Gunfighters fly into JBSA-Lackland

An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 149th Fighter Wing, Texas Air National Guard, descends after a flight at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on March 5, 2025.
Jan. 25, 2024
Leadership San Antonio visits JBSA

Nearly 30 members from Leadership San Antonio toured numerous areas around Joint Base San Antonio on Jan. 18.
Dec. 15, 2022
149th Mission Support Group members provide fiscal education, support for mission, community, future

Air National Guard contract specialists conducted government purchase card training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 8 to educate 149th Fighter Wing members on fiscal responsibility.
July 14, 2021
182nd Fighter Squadron instructors train F-16 pilots

The 182nd Fighter Squadron, part of the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, stands as one of the premier fighter training units in the nation. The job of its instructor pilots is to take inexperienced fighter pilots and teach them how to employ the F-16 to defend the country.
Nov. 23, 2020
149th Fighter Wing fatality search and recovery team trains at JBSA-Lackland

Members of the 149th Fighter Wing fatality search and recovery team, or FSRT, underwent training Nov. 15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on how to move into a contaminated area and recover remains after a chemical disaster.
Oct. 16, 2020
149th Fighter Wing celebrates redesignation anniversary

Twenty-five years ago in Gunfighter history on Oct. 16, the 149th Fighter Group was redesignated as the 149th Fighter Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Today, the 149th FW trains combat-ready F-16 pilots for worldwide operations.
Aug. 14, 2020
PHOTOS: 149th FW keeps Fighting Falcons clean and mean

An F-16 Fighting Falcon, assigned to the Air National Guard's 149th Fighter Wing, receives a jet wash at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 24.
July 16, 2020
Keeping 149th FW history alive – and clean

Tech. Sgt. Guillermo De La Cruz, 149th Maintenance Squadron member, takes his job as the 149th Fighter Wing’s historical property custodian seriously.
April 22, 2020
149th Medical Group assists with COVID-19 testing in Fredericksburg

Members of the 149th Medical Group from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland’s 149th Fighter Wing joined Texas Air and Army National Guard service members in Fredericksburg April 19 to establish a community-based COVID-19 testing facility.
April 3, 2020
Simulator instructors gain more teaching time after CPI event

Countermeasures developed during an Air Force Continuous Process Improvement event last September at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph are allowing 12th Training Squadron civilian simulator instructors to devote more time to their teaching duties.