• Three AF Reserve instructor pilots surpass 3,000 flight hour milestone

    Reaching an aviation milestone usually doesn't come easy for one pilot during their career, let alone three pilots around the same time. At Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas, three Air Force Reserve instructor pilots assigned to the 39th Flying Training Squadron did just that by each exceeding

  • Mobilization assistant to AETC commander visits 340th FTG

    Brig. Gen. David P. Garfield (center), Air Education and Training Command Mobilization Assistant to the Commander, visited Airmen and leadership of the 340th Flying Training Group for a mission briefing at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph on Sep. 27, 2023. Garfield's briefing included a framework on

  • Active Duty, Reserve instructor pilots featured at EAA AirVenture 2023

    Known as one of the largest fly-in airshow conventions in the world, the aircraft and personnel of Air Education and Training Command, along with instructor pilots from the 340th Flying Training Group, were among the featured attractions at Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture Oshkosh

  • BMT graduation restarts tradition, returns to parade field

    Over 670 Airmen, as well as their military training instructors, restarted a basic military training graduation tradition June 9. For the first time in 825 days, graduation returned to the Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Parade Field.

  • First T-7A Red Hawk rolls out

    The first T-7A Red Hawk training aircraft rolled off the production line at the Boeing Defense, Space & Security building at Lambert International Airport.

  • DAF announces the 12 Outstanding Airmen for 2021

    An Air Force selection board at the Air Force’s Personnel Center considered 35 nominees who represented major commands, direct reporting units, field operating agencies and Headquarters Air Force. The board selected the 12 Airmen based on superior leadership, job performance and personal

  • How a lumberjack from rural America chased clouds for 33 years.

    A story about a U.S. Air Force instructor pilot who never stopped having fun! JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – "Kervin, hurry outside; your father is flying home," shouts Lois Waterman.Kervin runs to the porch.Chuck Waterman pulls out of a turn down into the weeds in an F-101 Voodoo over

  • Aviator shares dad's passion, passes it on to his son

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Thirty-two years is a long time to do anything, but when you love what you do, three-plus decades can fly by in the blink of an eye, and that's how it felt for Lt. Col. Andrew Kissinger, newly retired T-6 Texan instructor pilot, 39th Flying Training Squadron,

  • 40 years later, DevilCats fly their brother home

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – It's been more than 40 years since then Capt. Bruce Ott flew the T-38 Talon for the 97th Flying Training Squadron, but even a hundred years can't weaken the bonds of family, and Bruce was a member of the DevilCat family.So, in early February, when Bruce's

  • 340th FTG names 2020 annual awards winners

    JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – The 340th Flying Training Group announced its 2020 annual awards winners, two of whom have also been nominated for Air Force Reserve Command recognition, and two for Air Education and Training Command recognitionHeadquartered at Joint Base San

340th FTG Units

340th Flying Training Group
Toll Free: 1-888-340-1612
DSN 487-1612

5th Flying Training Squadron - Vance AFB, Oklahoma.
Toll Free: 1-888-781-5387
DSN 448-7700

39th FTS - Randolph AFB, Texas
Toll Free: 1-877-720-9899
DSN 487-7120

43d FTS - Columbus AFB, Mississippi
Toll Free: 1-877-281-1482
DSN 742-3571

70th Flight Training Squadron - USAFA, Colorado.
Comm. 1-719-333-9309
DSN 333-9309

96th FTS - Laughlin AFB, Texas
Toll Free: 1-800-425-3080
DSN 732-9600

97th FTS - Sheppard AFB, Texas
Toll Free: 1-877-338-4538
DSN 736-8414

433rd Training Squadron - JBSA Lackland, Texas
Comm: 210-671-7589/2410
DSN 473-7589/2410