Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Archives - San Antonio Report

Wait times at JBSA childcare centers span many months and some parents have to opt for childcare across the city.

JBSA to open 3 child care centers for 600 more military kids — but it’s not nearly enough

by Raquel Torres February 10, 2024February 12, 2024

About 80,000 people work at the three military bases that make up Joint Base San Antonio. Together, the bases offer about 990 child care slots.

Business & Development

Old Wilford Hall hospital tower at Lackland being razed piece by piece

by Shari Biediger August 29, 2023August 28, 2023

Brig. Gen. Russell Driggers, commander of the 502nd Air Base Wing and Joint Base San Antonio, speaks during a panel at a Community Connections meeting hosted by Lackland ISD.

Joint Base San Antonio ISDs prepare for back-to-school rush

by Flora Farr August 10, 2023August 12, 2023

An Air Force T-38 Talon trainer jet lands Friday at Kelly Field in front of Atlantic Aviation, the company that facilitated two flights full of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

Here’s how flights out of Kelly Field, a military airfield in San Antonio, got caught up in a political stunt

by Waylon Cunningham September 16, 2022February 22, 2023

A conceptual version of the flight simulator set to become a U.S. Air Force recruitment tool is seen in this image.

Local company developing flight simulator game for Air Force as recruitment tool

by Waylon Cunningham April 23, 2021April 22, 2021

San Antonio Now Has 9 Cases of Coronavirus

by Roseanna Garza February 28, 2020March 18, 2020

Two More Coronavirus Cases Surface Among Lackland Evacuees

by Roseanna Garza February 21, 2020March 18, 2020

Cornyn: Coronavirus Evacuees to be Tested on Base, Away from Civilians

by Roseanna Garza February 20, 2020March 18, 2020

Bexar County Commissioner Tommy Calvert (Pct. 4)

Commissioner Calvert: Bringing Coronavirus Evacuees to San Antonio a Mistake

by Roseanna Garza February 19, 2020March 18, 2020

(From left) Michael Ugarte, presiding magistrate, Bexar County Judge Nelson Wolff, Director of Judicial Services Mike Lozito, and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar speak before the media tour of Bexar County’s Justice Intake Center.

Wolff Asks for Coronavirus Patients to Be Kept on Base

by Roseanna Garza February 18, 2020March 18, 2020