Randolph Air Force Base News

Air Force Personnel Center officials at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, have announced the open season for three civilian benefit programs lasting Nov.

5, 2009. The Alamo is visible to the left in the stand of trees below the Zero. Larry Gregory is one of the pilots of the B-25 from the Lone Star Flight Museum and Jim Ryan pilots the Zero of Tora Tora Tora.

To be eligible for this program, applicants must: -- be on active duty in the grade of E-3 through E-8 with a minimum of two years and a maximum of 14 years active military service as of Aug.

Lloyd William Campbell, Major, USAF , resident of New Braunfels, a loved son, husband, father, grandfather, great grandfather and friend went home to his Savior, Jesus Christ on Oct.

I turned and watched as people, dressed in their Sunday best, flowed from the chapel doors, smiling and casually chatting.

As local rivers cool down and gray clouds float above, summertime visitors have given way to another group of annual vacationers.

Tyndall Air Force Base did not make the Air Force's first group list of candidate locations for the F-35 Lightning II joint strike fighter.

As the new president for the Schertz Chamber of Commerce, I would like to commend the board of directors for such a thorough interviewing process in filling this position.

Brig. Gen. Richard T. Devereaux, U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center commander, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, right, takes the guidon from Gen.

The Department of Defense released instructions this week for veterans who were locked into service after their active-duty enlistment contracts ended to recover $500 each month they were "stop-lossed." The retroactive payments are available to veterans who were stop-lossed after Sept.

The circular courtyard outside the Air Education and Training Command headquarters at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, will be named Cadet Circle to honor the more than 13,000 aviation cadets and student pilots who received their pilot training there.

JOINT BASE McGUIRE-DIX-LAKEHURST -- A new commander will take charge of the U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst on Monday.Brigadier Gen.

Captain John E. McCurdy, 93, of New Braunfels, passed away peacefully Friday, Oct.

Of all sniping that has gone on between the Perry and Hutchison campaigns, the skirmish that I find to be the most dismaying - and the worst for Texas - is the Perry campaign's attack on Hutchison for her success in getting funding for designated federal projects in the state, popularly known as earmarks.

Randolph Air Force Base is about to become a busy place, with an air show in November and a Joint Base San Antonio effort occurring over the next year, spokesman Mike Briggs said.

Call it the recruiting video sure to be heard 'round the world. Developed by the Air Force to promote its basic training program and physical training standards, the new video claims there is a misconception that the service is the "easiest" in the Defense Department - and that its new airmen graduate from basic training "in better shape than most ...

Attendees to Saturday's Randolph AFB "Civilian Fly-In" get a good look inside one of the base's static displays.

"The Air Force continues to attract the highest quality men and women to serve in this great Air Force," said Brig.

Joint Base Andrews, Md., earlier this month became the second joint installation in the country, as part of an ongoing consolidation process that began with the military's 2005 Base Realignment and Closure process.

When you're 96, the body just doesn't bend and fold the way it used to. June Bent discovered that this week trying to squeeze herself into the cockpit of a two-seater sailplane.