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  • Air Force Total Force recruiting team works Super Bowl LV in Tampa

    TAMPA, Fla. – The Air Force was on full display at Super Bowl LV with a first-of-its-kind flyover consisting of a B-1B Lancer, B-2 Spirit and B-52 Stratofortress. It also marked a return to in-person recruiting at one of the nation’s largest events.A team of Total Force recruiters worked the event

  • Education or Operational: F-35 Demo Team showcases combat capabilities

    When not flying at air shows across the world or practicing at their home-base, the F-35 Demonstration Team’s mission is the same as many of the Airmen in the 388th Fighter Wing, to be ready to deploy at a moment’s notice. The maintainers on the team are responsible for performing maintenance and

  • Reserve, Guard ready to take force-shaping troops

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – The Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard should benefit from active-duty Air Force force-shaping actions made necessary by record Air Force retention levels.Amidst concerns during the ongoing pandemic, many active-duty Airmen who planned on retiring or

  • Air Force recruiting launches E.C.H.O. to test cognitive skills

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – Air Force recruiting is continually innovating to better reach potential recruits. Harnessing technology to improve the recruiting process, the Air Force is releasing a new online, interactive gaming experience, E.C.H.O. - Enhanced Cognitive Human Ops.This

  • The power of Total Force recruiting

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO, Texas – As Air Force Recruiting Service embarked on a Total Force Recruiting enterprise, a handful of Air Force Reserve Airmen began to matriculate here in early 2019, working side by side with their active-duty counterparts.While the combination of these individuals has been

  • Major General Burt visits the Armed Forces Bowl

    Maj. Gen. DeAnna Burt, Combined Force Space Component Command commander, met with a group of future Airmen and also administered the oath of enlistment to a group of future Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines Dec. 31, 2020, during a visit to the Armed Forces Bowl, held at Texas Christian

  • Air Force Recruiting Service working on enhanced tools for job counseling

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas -- The Air Force Work Interest Navigator (AF-WIN) originally employed by the Air Force Personnel Center to counsel potential cross training Airmen was adapted by Air Force Recruiting Service in 2018. It allows recruiters and applicants to align interests with

  • 445th mother-son Airmen enlist, join Air Force Reserve

    For many people, deciding to enlist in the military is one of the biggest decisions of their lives. But for two Airmen of the 445th, it was life changing for an entire family. Senior Airman Amanda Guzman, personnel systems management assistant, 445th Force Support Squadron and her son Senior Airman

  • Air Force recruiting finds innovative way to save money, time

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-RANDOLPH, Texas – During the COVID-19 pandemic, Air Force recruiters have continuously found innovative ways to keep the flow of recruits ready for Basic Military Training, and one new alternative to recruit processing may prove to be a huge resource saving idea.A team of

  • Recruiter takes gold medal in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu tournament

    DALLAS – An Air Force recruiter won the International Brazilian Jiu Jitsu Federation’s American Nationals tournament here in the medium heavy weight class Dec. 6, 2020.“I beat the No. 2 ranked guy in the world in my weight class for the gold medal match,” said Master Sgt. Kyle Atkinson, an enlisted

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