• New emergency manager tests unit emergency preparedness

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – There’s a new sheriff in town. Shane MacDonald, newly hired 340th Flying Training Group Emergency Management Program Manager, immediately began to evaluate the unit’s readiness by laying the foundation for mandatory recall and active shooter

  • Bowshot assumes command of 70th FTS

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Lt. Col. Robert Bowshot assumed command of the 70th Flying Training Squadron, U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, during a Sept. 13 ceremony officiated by Col. Allen Duckworth, 340th Flying Training Group commander.Prior to accepting command, Bowshot served as

  • We grow Airmen - Reserve teams guide student through UPT mine-field

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – When 1st Lt. Mike Lane, Air National Guard member, arrived at Sheppard Air Force Base in May 2017 for undergraduate pilot training, he was beyond excited about his future and the chance to achieve his childhood dream of flying the F-16."Being a Viper (F-16)

  • Devil Cats fly, bike during annual 100-mile ride

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Riding a bicycle for a hundred miles through the inferno that is summer in Texas sounds like fun, right? For some people at Sheppard Air Force Base in Wichita Falls, Texas, it's a great way to spend a weekend (at least once a year).Included among the 14,000

  • Reserve Citizen Airmen uses gliders to help heal wounded warriors

    Flying without an engine isn’t on most bucket lists, but it’s one of Lt. Col. Chris Rothe’s favorite ways to spend time, and because the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs has a need for that skill, the 70th Flying Training Squadron instructor pilot gets to fly sans power as a Reservist, and

  • Reserve component officers attend international leadership course

    U.S. Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard officers, along with officers representing seven NATO-affiliated countries attended the 2019 International Junior Officer Leadership Development Seminar (IJOLDS), Aug. 4-10, at Her Majesty’s Australian Ship Harman, Canberra Australia.The week-long

  • K-9 fixer upper: Volunteers spruce up dogs’ digs

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – It was a K-9 fixer upper opportunity that led two 340th Flying Training Group members who don’t have pets to spend an afternoon last week helping dogs who don’t have families.Master Sgt. Melissa Erwin, group information technology superintendent, and Anthoney

  • 340th FTG names 2nd quarter award winners

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Col. Allen Duckworth, 340th Flying Training Group commander, has announced the following 2nd quarter award winners:-Flight Commander, Lt. Col. Jonathan Somogyi, 39th Flying Training Squadron-Field Grade Officer, Lt. Col. William Borron, 39th Flying Training

  • 340th FTG On-the-Spot Award winner: Tech. Sgt. Alecia Lovci

    JOINT-BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas – Tech. Sgt. Alecia Lovci, 340th Flying Training Group Undergraduate Flying Training program student administration specialist, was named the July On-the-Spot Award winner by Col. Allen Duckworth, group commander.The commander implemented the award to provide

  • CMSAF Wright talks resiliency and readiness at all call

    Chief Master Sgt. of the Air Force Kaleth O. Wright discussed resiliency and readiness with an auditorium filled with Tinker Airmen during an All Call held at the Hudiburg Chevrolet Center during his base visit last week.“The primary reason for me to do base visits is coming out to see what a base

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