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  • 560 FTS honors legacy of POW fighter pilots at 43rd Freedom Flyer Reunion

    A retired Air Force chaplainextolled the contributions and sacrifices of all of America’s service memberslast week as the 560th Flying Training Squadron again paid homage to the AirForce fighter pilots who endured the horrors of prisoner-of-war camps duringthe Vietnam War.RetiredCol. Robert

  • Resilience on the Homefront: A POW wife's story

    When Capt. Carlyle “Smitty” Harris ejected from his F-105 ThunderchiefApr.  4, 1965, he left behind the cockpitof a doomed airplane and a family he dearly loved.  At his 67th Tactical Fighter Squadron’s base in Okinawa, thecaptain’s wife was unaware her husband’s plane had been destroyed

  • AETC commander visits 479 FTG at NAS Pensacola

    The commander of the Air Force’sAir Education and Training Command, based at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph,visited Naval Air Station Pensacola Feb. 4 and 5.  Lt. Gen. Darryl L. Roberson isresponsible for recruiting, training, and educating Airmen to deliver airpowerfor America. About 1,500 Airmen

  • 558 FTS ‘doubles down’ in effort to grow RPA pilot ranks

    The 558th Flying Training Squadron ramped up efforts todouble the remotely-piloted aircraft pilot ranks with the start of its first24-person class Jan. 11 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph.The larger class sizes are part of on-going initiativeannounced by the Air Force in 2015 to increase the

  • Wings of Blue takes several top slots at national parachuting event

    The Air Force Academy's parachute team, Wings of Blue, won 26 medals at the National Collegiate Parachuting Championships in Lake Wales Florida, Dec. 29 - Jan. 2.Jumpers competed in two- and- four-way formation skydiving, two-way vertical formation skydiving, six-way speed formation, and landing

  • 435th Fighter Training Squadron builds better leaders, warfighters

    When the mission is to create better leaders, quantifyingsuccess presents a challenge; but for one fighter jet training squadron here,the proof is undeniable. The pilots of the 435th Fighter Training Squadron have seena remarkable 85 percent reduction over the last year in both their studentdropout

  • Wings of Blue wins big at national skydiving championship

    Wings of Blue, the Air Force parachute team, won 19 medals at the U.S. Parachuting Association National Skydiving Championships in Eloy, Arizona, Oct. 22-31.The team earned gold in the intermediate eight-way and advanced four-way formation skydiving competitions, and bronze in the intermediate

  • 12th Flying Training Wing continues JBSA-Randolph’s educational legacy

    Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph’s reputation as one of the Air Force’s flying training hubs was rooted in the service’s Army past, more than 80 years ago, when Randolph Field was dedicated and became headquarters of the Army Air Corps Training Center. For more than half of JBSA-Randolph’s