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Navy vets explore another type of craft, the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at 433rd Airlift Wing
February 28, 2019 — A group of 33 Navy vets and their families from the USS Lloyd Thomas Reunion Association visited the 433rd Airlift Wing to tour the C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 25 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The former sailors, now in their 70s and 80s, were in San Antonio for their annual reunion... MORE

Pete Peterson, an 89-year-old Navy vet (seated), listens as Airman 1st Class Ryan Biggs, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, describes the many features of the cargo deck on the C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 25, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Peterson, a Navy veteran, was part of a group attending a reunion of the USS Lloyd Thomas in San Antonio.

433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen return to hometown to recruit the next generation
February 20, 2019 — The 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was one of the biggest attractions at the Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular in Laredo, Texas, impressing more than 13,000 visitors at the Laredo International Airport Feb. 17... MORE

Spectators walk to a 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland while an A-10C Thunderbolt II performs during the Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular at the Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas Feb. 17. The A-10 belongs to the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

AFJROTC unit named after Tuskegee Airman visits 433rd Airlift Wing
February 19, 2019 — Thirty-three Benjamin O. Davis High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Aldine, Texas, near Houston, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Feb. 15. The students, whose school is named after the first commander of the Tuskegee Airmen Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, received a tour of a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and had lunch at an Air Force dining facility. The students accompanied by five chaperones were scheduled to compete in a drill competition in San Antonio... MORE

Benjamin O. Davis High School Air Force Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students and chaperones from Aldine, Texas, and 68th Airlift Squadron air crew personnel, take a moment after a tour of a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Airmen continue annual holiday tradition of feeding Alamo City families
January 3, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing joined forces with 1,000 other volunteers from the Greater San Antonio Area in serving more than 10,000 meals during the afternoon shift at H-E-B’s 26th Annual Feast of Sharing holiday dinner Dec. 23 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio... MORE

Identical twins, Airmen 1st Class Maranda Smith, 433rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron health services technician and Mariah Smith, 433rd Force Support Squadron communications technician, talk with a guest at H-E-B’s 26th Annual Feast of Sharing Dec. 23, 2018, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. This was the Smith sisters first time serving at the event that served over 10,000 meals to area resident from the Alamo City area.

High school tour becomes family affair at 433rd Airlift Wing
January 3, 2019 — Students from Lytle High School, about 30 miles from San Antonio, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 18, 2018 to tour a C-5M Super Galaxy... MORE

Lt. Col. Matthew Van De Walle, 356th Airlift Squadron instructor pilot, describes one of five sets of upgraded landing gear on the C-5M Super Galaxy to students from Lytle High School, Dec. 18, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Alamo Wing reinforces resiliency
December 7, 2018 — Reserve Citizen Airmen should consciously practice self-care, and one way to strengthen well-being and prepare for life’s troubles is to ensure the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness are strong... MORE

For some, all types of fitness may take a backseat during the holiday season, but the Air Force Reserve wants to keep readiness in focus. Reserve Citizen Airmen should consciously practice self-care, and one way to strengthen well-being and prepare for life’s troubles is to ensure the four pillars of Comprehensive Airman Fitness are strong.

433rd Airlift Wing hosts Porter High School AFJROTC
November 29, 2018 — Members of the Porter High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from Porter, Texas, ended a two-day tour of Joint Base San Antonio by spending their last day of the tour hosted by the 433rd Airlift Wing. During the first leg of the trip, the group attended a basic training graduation on the parade grounds of JBSA-Lackland, to watch the Airmen "Pass in Review" and reaffirm their "Oath of Enlistment."... MORE

Command Curator Rudy Purificato gives a guided tour with photos at the U.S. Air Force Airman Heritage Museum to Porter High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, Nov. 16, 2018 during a two-day tour of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Texas A&M ROTC tours C-5M Super Galaxy
November 16, 2018 — Thirteen Texas A&M Reserve Officers Training Corps students and instructors visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and toured a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 6... MORE

Lt. Col. Brandi B. King, 356th Airlift Squadron instructor pilot, describes C-5M Super Galaxy capabilities to a group of Texas A&M Reserve Officer Training Corps students and instructors at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Nov. 6, 2018.

Alamo Wing members, Military Working Dog pup observe Veterans Day at San Antonio school
November 15, 2018 — Alamo Wing members and MWD pup observe Veterans Day at middle school's annual event... MORE

Dolph Briscoe Middle School students and Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron accompanied by Tech. Sgt. Melissa Proscia (left), 433rd Airlift Wing command post, and TThunder, a puppy from the Military Working Dog Program, take a moment with students after the school’s 9th annual Veterans Day ceremony in San Antonio, Texas Nov. 9, 2018.

Recruiting influencers tour C-5M Super Galaxy
November 14, 2018 — Fifteen Air Force recruiting influencers visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 8... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Eric K. Ganley, 68th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, talks with Lt. Col. Terrance J. Holmes, 332nd Recruiting Squadron commander, about the flight engineer station on a C-5M Super Galaxy Nov. 8, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

Baskin Elementary students attend Starbase Kelly
November 14, 2018 — Eighteen Mildred Baskin Elementary school students visited Starbase Kelly at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 5. The Starbase Kelly team taught the students some basic concepts about aircraft and flight before the children toured a C-5M Super Galaxy... MORE

Kathy Martin, Starbase Kelly director, uses soda cans to demonstrate air pressure properties to Mildred Baskin Elementary students at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Nov. 5, 2018.