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  Lackland Air Force Base
Admission to the Base and its museums is free.
Lackland Air Force Base also lays claim to the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, the Defense Language Institute English Language Center and Wilford Hall Medical Center, the Air Force's largest medical facility.
Throughout Lackland Air Force Base are static displays of several dozen airplanes, including the B-17 Flying Fortress, the P-38 Lightning and the P-82 Twin Mustang.
www.lackland.us   (356 words)

  
 Lackland Air Force Base - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lackland Air Force Base is a base of the United States Air Force located west of San Antonio, Texas, USA.
Lackland AFB is home to the Air Force Regional Confinement Facility.
On the base the population is spread out with 5.3% under the age of 18, 79.8% from 18 to 24, 14.5% from 25 to 44, 0.4% from 45 to 64, and none who are 65 years of age or older.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Lackland_Air_Force_Base   (1035 words)

  
 Lackland AFB
Lackland Air Force Base was established on June 26, 1942, when the War Department separated part of Kelly Field and names it San Antonio Aviation Cadet Center (SAACC) to support the war effort.
Fortunately the base's downhill reputation was checked in 1947 when it was renamed Lackland Air Force Base in honor of Brigadier General Frank D. Lackland.
Air Education and Training Command emerged in 1993 under Air Force reorganization and relocated OTS to Maxwell AFB, Alabama.
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 NoticeToAirmen.com Forums - Lackland Air Force Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Lackland has been called “The Gateway to the Air Force” due to the fact that ALL personnel entering the Air Force are trained there.
Lackland provides classification and preflight training for aspiring pilots, bombardiers, and navigators, and engages in the training of personnel for almost every Air Force need, including fiscal officers, nurses, dentists, medical technicians, and chaplains.
Lackland is home to DLI, the Defense Language Institute; the Air Force Marksmanship School; the Sentry-dog Training Program; the Department of Cryptographic Training; and the Inter-American Air Forces Academy.
www.noticetoairmen.com /forums/printthread.php?t=56   (308 words)

  
 Lackland AFB
In 1946 the base was renamed Lackland Army Air Field for Gen. Frank A. Lackland, an early commander of Kelly Field, and after separation of the air force from the army in 1948 it became Lackland Air Force Base.
It is also known as the "Gateway to the Air Force," as all personnel entering the air force were processed and trained at Lackland.
In 1966 the air force acquired 3,500 acres from the Atomic Energy Commission, which doubled the size of Lackland and provided the establishment of the Department of Cryptographic Training.
home.comcast.net /~mike.palazzolo/lacklandafb.htm   (369 words)

  
 Lackland Air Force Base Privatized Housing Project, Frank Tejeda Estates   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The overarching benefit of the Lackland Air Force Base privatized housing partnership is that over four hundred top notch quality housing units are being provided to Air Force enlisted personnel years faster and at a fraction of the cost traditional military construction.
Air Force enlisted members are anxious to move into Frank Tejeda Estates and those who live in the establishment are extremely impressed.
Leverage is another financial metric important to the Air Force because it helps determine the government's "bang for the buck." Leverage is defined as the ratio between net present value for government revitalization as compared to the net present value of privatizing the same housing.
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 Air Force Boot Camp
Air Force officials figure up to 85 percent of all airmen will deploy to a world hot spot at least once during their careers.
With the end of the Cold War, the Air Force increasingly found itself deploying to areas where the threat was not the intercontinental missiles of a distant Soviet Union, but a satchel of explosives in the vehicle of a terrorist parked just outside the main gate of the base.
Air Force trainees assemble to listen to a critique from their military training instructors at the Scorpion's Nest.
www.cinchouse.com /newbies/afboot.htm   (2398 words)

  
 Kelly Air Force Base
One of four Air Force bases in the San Antonio area, Kelly is a major maintenance center for the Air Force.
Much of the operations of the base are being privatized, after realignment by BRAC in 1993, and the Air Force Base title will be dissolved in favor of a civilian name.
Kelly is home of the San Antonio Air Logistics Center, one of five major Air Force maintenance and distribution centers in the country, and the primary maintenance depot for the C-5, C-17, and several other aircraft, as well as equipment systems, including the Air Force's nuclear weapons systems.
ludb.clui.org /ex/i/TX3195   (113 words)

  
 WorldNetDaily: Wiccans meeting
on Air Force base
Members of the U.S. Air Force stationed at a Texas base — which prides itself as being the most religiously diverse — are attending weekly meetings for devotees of the Wiccan religion at a base facility.
Air Force regulations say: "The Chaplain Service accommodates requests of chaplain services and/or support for religious practices unless the specific accommodation is logistically impossible, or contrary to good order and discipline prohibited by law or policy.
"At Lackland, Wiccans are provided the opportunity to meet for organizational and informational meetings and their activities are not deemed to be contrary to good order and discipline nor in violation of existing laws or policy," said Balladeres.
www.worldnetdaily.com /news/printer-friendly.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42558   (839 words)

  
 433rd Airlift Wing - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Forty members of the 433rd Security Forces Squadron returned from a challenging refresher training course called Patriot Defender, along with nearly 100 others from various wings throughout AFRC.
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Staff Sgt. Manuel Camacho, a small arms instructor with the 433rd Security Forces Squadron inspects a weapon after a qualifications course.
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- Chief Master Sgt. Gilbert Cuellar and other members of the 433rd Airlift Wing Hispanic Heritage Committee hosted the Mexican themed booth for the 2006 Mini Folklife Festival.
www.433aw.afrc.af.mil   (1266 words)

  
 Air Intelligence Agency - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
The Air Intelligence Agency's headquarters is at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas; although, the agency's 12,000 people serve at approximately 70 locations around the world.
Air Force linguists operating on the ground and in the air make up a critical component of our nation's intelligence mission.
LACKLAND AIR FORCE BASE, Texas -- In honor of National Prisoner of War/Missing In Action Recognition Day, a ceremony was held Sept 15 at the Air Intelligence Agency.
www.aia.af.mil   (461 words)

  
 Air Force Reserve - List of Bases
Worldwide support of the Air Force mission, including transporting cargo and passengers, providing aeromedical evacuation support and relief cargo.
The base offers equipment rental for recreation and camping at Lake Medina, golf, swimming, fitness centers, hunting, horseback riding, mini malls and a Security Force museum.
Lackland is in close proximity to Brooks, Randolph and Kelly Air Force bases.
www.afreserve.com /bases.asp?id=75   (250 words)

  
 Frank Dorwin Lackland, Brigadier General, United States Army Air Corps   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Born on September 13, 1884, in Faurquier County, Virginia, he died on April 27, 1943 in Washington, D.C. While Lackland Air Force Base is named for him, the research continues.
Lackland AFB -- The base is known as the "Gateway to the Air Force," as it's the site of basic training for all Air Force enlisted personnel.
Originally, the area now occupied by Lackland AFB was a bombing range for fliers from Kelly.
www.arlingtoncemetery.net /lackland.htm   (152 words)

  
 Lackland Air Force Base
One of four Air Force Bases in the San Antonio area, Lackland is a Basic Training center for new Air Force recruits, which number around 35,000 every year.
Lackland also trains Air Force personnel in a variety of technical fields, and has programs that train foreign nationals in English (associated with the Defense Language Institute in Monterey, CA), and conducts training of Latin American military forces in Spanish.
The base has 6,784 acres, including a 3,973 acre Training Annex, on the other side of the 410 beltway.
ludb.clui.org /ex/i/TX3196   (98 words)

  
 Aeromedical evacuation hub established at Lackland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Base officials said the location was chosen as a hub because of its r">
Base officials said the location was chosen as a hub because of its ramp accessibility, and the fact that there are 31 area hospitals to transport patients within the geographical area.
As patients are brought to the medical hub, they are processed for future transport to one of the nearby hospitals or trauma centers.
www.af.mil /news/story.asp?storyID=123011584   (426 words)

  
 F-82E — Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
San Antonio, TX F-82E Twin Mustang on display on the parade grounds at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas.
Lackland is the initial training base for USAF airmen (and women), so the base is covered with display aircraft, including rare warbirds such as this Twin Mustang.
Lackland also has a very nice museum on base.
www.visi.com /~jweeks/p82/f82lackland.html   (94 words)

  
 Facility Renovation and Asbestos Abatement of Memorial Chapel, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas
Memorial Chapel at Lackland Air Force Base (AFB), Texas, was constructed in 1942 and has been designated historically significant due to its use during troop training in the World War II era.
WESTON organized a facility renovation team consisting of a local architectural and engineering (A/E) firm, a general contractor, the Air Force Center for Environmental Excellence, the Air Force’s 37th Civil Engineering Squadron, and the 37th Training Wing/Head Chaplain staff.
Although building code and the preliminary design did not warrant a fire alarm or fire suppression system, the Lackland AFB Fire Chief later insisted that both systems be added.
www.westonsolutions.com /projects/project_memorialchapel.htm   (757 words)

  
 The Military Police at Lackland Air Force Base Military Police - Find Articles
Company D of the 701st Military Police Battalion at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, Texas, is where military working dog handlers and their canine partners start their careers.
On 10 November 1982, the detachment was redesignated as the Lackland Training Detachment of the 701st Military Police Battalion, assigned to Fort McClellan, Alabama, and attached to Fort Sam Houston, Texas, with duty at Lackland.
Because college credit is awarded for this course through the Community College of the Air Force, instructors must have an associate's degree to teach.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m0IBW/is_2_3/ai_n6123744   (869 words)

  
 NoticeToAirmen.com Forums - Kelly Air Force Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Kelly Air Force Base is the oldest continuously operating flying base in the United States Air Force.
Kelly was the worldwide logistics base for the B-29, B-50, B-36, B-47, and B-58 bombers; F-102 and F-106 fighters; and the C-5 Galaxy.
Until its closure and assimilation into Lackland Air Force Base, Kelly was San Antonio's largest single employer, with more than 25,000 civilian and military employees, and a payroll exceeding $721,000,000.
www.noticetoairmen.com /forums/showthread.php?t=55   (236 words)

  
 Lackland Air Force Base, Lockheed, U2, SR71 and More   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
I arrived at Lackland AFB at San Antonio Tx.
There we were transported to the base where they immediately took all our civilian clothes,
This is a group picture of Flight 3644, Squadron 3717 at Lackland AFB, San Antonio Tx.
www.acetipton.net /biog2.html   (301 words)

  
 Lackland air force base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
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 Membership Eligibility
A member of the U.S. Armed Forces, either active or retired (or are a dependent of one) and are eligible by law or regulation to receive benefits for services from military installations
A military officer of a foreign government and are assigned to Lackland Air Force Base, Lackland Training Annex (Medina), Wilford Hall Medical Center or in conjunction with the USAF officer exchange program.
Air Force Federal Credit Union membership is also available to immediate family members (spouse, son, daughter, parent, brother or sister) – regardless of where you live – of active duty or retired military personnel and any of the above organizations.
www.airforcefcu.com /eligibility.htm   (290 words)

  
 Air Force Basic
Base Liberty and Town Pass are Privileges that must be EARNED by your Airman and can be denied AT ANY TIME for disciplinary reasons.
All facilities on base such as the Base Exchange (civilian name, department store), the Commissary (grocery store), Quick Shop, (7- 11 type store) etc. may be visited by families, and purchases may be made.
The Air Force sets HIGH standards of excellence, and your Airman will required Physical Training, as well as have difficult class room and hands on training to complete in a satisfactory and timely fashion.
www.militarymoms.net /airforcebasic.html   (2004 words)

  
 Wilford Hall Medical Center   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Providing global medical readiness capability supporting Air Expeditionary Forces and in-garrison comprehensive healthcare in a world-class academic environment.
Force Development - fostering professional development through education, training, and research.
For other than authorized activities such as military exchanges and morale, welfare and recreation sites, the U.S. Air Force does not exercise any editorial control over the information you may find at these locations.
www.whmc.af.mil   (285 words)

  
 Lackland Air Force Base   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Building 7065 is located across from the base Post office at the corner of Selfridge and Carswell.
New students, those who have not attended in the past year, or students that have problems registering on the Web, should contact the Lackland ACCD Office, Bldg 5725, Room 210, 670-1041 or 675-0218.
The Alamo Community College Office on Lackland AFB offers the ACCUPLACER (Computerized Placement Test) which can be used in liew of the TASP.
www.accd.edu /spc/CE/ce/extser/LacklandAFB.htm   (316 words)

  
 Inter-American Air Forces Academy
The Inter-American Air Forces Academy (IAAFA), currently located at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, was founded in 1943 and currently defines its mission as providing “professional, technical, and managerial training in Spanish, to military forces and governmental agencies of Latin America and the Caribbean.”
The school describes itself as promoting “inter-Americanism,” seeing U.S. aviation training for Latin American military personnel as enhancing possibilities for “interoperability.” The IAAFA is presently integrated into the U.S. Air Force’s training regimen, under the authority of the Air Force Education and Training Command.
While the academy itself is located at Lackland, some of its training takes place elsewhere in San Antonio, at Kelly Air Force Base and Camp Bullis.
www.ciponline.org /facts/iaafa.htm   (391 words)

  
 Nickels, Pease and Bousman (1997) Archaeological survey of Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
Nickels, Pease and Bousman (1997) Archaeological survey of Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas
Archaeological survey of Lackland Air Force Base, Bexar County, Texas
Lackland Air Force Base (Tex.); Bexar County (Tex.); Antiquities; Archaeological surveying; Excavations (Archaeology); Indians of North America; Texas; Bexar County
www.getcited.org /pub/100386564   (66 words)

  
 Lackland Indep School District - District Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-03)
These pages are constructed to be useful to our students, parents, grandparents, patrons, employees, potential employees and friends of Lackland ISD.
Lackland ISD also participates in a cooperative arrangement with Ft. Sam Houston and Randolph Field school districts to provide services for high-need special education students.
Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio, TX 78236-1244
www.lacklandisd.net   (182 words)

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