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  • 12th FTW assumes responsibility for 306th FTG

    U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. - The 12th Flying Training Wing assumed responsibility for the 306th Flying Training Group in a redesignation ceremony at the U.S. Air Force Academy Tuesday.The wing took formal control of the group June 1 as directed by Gen. Edward Rice, Air Education and Training

  • Command chief stresses teamwork, communication

    The new 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio command chief master sergeant has set his sights on emphasizing to the enlisted corps the importance of teamwork, professional development and communication.Chief Master Sgt. Jose LugoSantiago, who became the 502nd ABW and JBSA senior enlisted

  • Airman receives senior leadership award

    A member of the 59th Medical Wing is the recipient of the 2011 Air Force Medical Service Senior Non-Commissioned Officer Leadership Award.Senior Master Sgt. Lorraine A. Hieskill, superintendent of the 59th Surgical Inpatient Squadron, was recognized May 29 at the San Antonio Military Medical Center,

  • AIR FORCE ANNOUNCES OTS SELECTION BOARDS 12OTCAD WR and 12OT02 RESULTS

    A total of 283 men and women from across America have earned an opportunity to become Air Force leaders following their selection for an officer's commission, officials here announced today. Air Force Recruiting Service officials considered 960 applications as part of the Officer Training School

  • Health care for man's best friend

    The Department of Defense Military Working Dog Veterinary Service recently posted an online health care provider guide for clinical management of injured or ill military working dogs in deployed environments in the absence of veterinary personnel.A project almost two years in the making, the

  • Making the jump: Former PJ credits Air Force for successful acting career

    A former pararescueman credits the Air Force for helping him make a successful jump from the military to a television and film career.Jon Huertas, born Jon William Hofstedt, served eight years in the Air Force as a pararescue jumper and nuclear weapons technician. He took advantage of the Air Force

  • Pilot wings his way to medical school

    Capt. Andrew "Pinto" Pellegrin, 89th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot, will soon join one of the smallest and most highly skilled career fields in the Air Force by becoming a pilot-physician, a career field of only 10 Airmen. According to Col. Derek A. Knight, U.S. Air Force Pilot-Physician

  • Air Force takes preventive approach to stress management

    Airmen and their families can find the unique stresses of military life overwhelming, but they need not deal with the pressures of permanent changes of station, deployments and other events alone.The Air Force offers a host of programs, services and resources that help service members and their

  • Defensive bicycling prevents accidents

    "In the past five years, the Air Force has had two bicycle-related fatalities and 39 other bicycle mishaps," Tech. Sgt. Travis Yates, Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph NCO in charge of ground safety, said. But when these statistics are taken into account with a report released by the San Antonio-Bexar

  • Chiefs issue strategic direction to combat sexual assault

    Despite years of concerted effort, the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the commandant of the Coast Guard are dissatisfied with progress made in reducing sexual assault in the military, and have released strategic direction to increase the emphasis on combatting the crime.The chiefs released a "32-star"