Col. Eric and Mary Wilbur engage in the Mexican tradition of breaking cascarones, or confetti-filled eggs, over one another's heads during the opening ceremony of Fiesta April 20 at the Alamo Plaza. Although there are several accepted meanings behind the breaking of a cascarone, the most common ones are to bring that person good luck, to bestow blessings upon a person or to indicate you have an admirer. Fiesta is a 10-day event with more than 100 scheduled events designed to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. Colonel Wilbur is the vice commander of the 37th Training Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

While enjoying the opening ceremonies of Fiesta on April 20, Lackland Ambassador Tech. Sgt. Magdalena Cortez of the 737th Training Group shows off a Fiesta medal. Both Sergeant Cortez and Capt. Brent Dishman, the other Lackland Ambassador, give out and exchange medals during the event. Fiesta is a 10-day event with more than 100 scheduled events designed to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. Captain Dishman is assigned to the 37th Training Wing at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Mary Wilbur, wife of Col. Eric Wilbur, watches intently as King Antonio LXXXV is officially given reign of the city. She and Colonel Wilbur, the 37th Training Wing vice commander at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, represented Team Lackland at the investiture April 21 at Alamo Plaza. Fiesta is a 10-day event with more than 100 scheduled events designed to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

King Antonio LXXXV, Joe Peacock Jr., takes the oath before being crowned April 21 during this year's investiture at Alamo Plaza as Fiesta celebrations get underway. Fiesta is a 10-day event with more than 100 scheduled events designed to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

The Color Guard displays its flags during Pass and Review April 22 at the Fort Sam Houston Fiesta Parade at Fort Sam Houston. The Pass and Review is a traditional ceremony in which soldiers demonstrate their leadership qualities. Brig. Gen. Darrell and Holly Jones, Col. Eric and Mary Wilbur, and Chief Master Sgt. Dwayne and Veronica Hopkins, 37th Training Wing commander, vice-command and command chief, and their wives, respectively, represented Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, at the parade. Fiesta is a 10-day event with more than 100 scheduled events designed to honor the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Bexar County District Attorney Susan Reed presents Team Lackland members with Fiesta medals April 23 during the Texas Cavaliers River Parade at the River Walk in San Antonio. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Lackland Ambassadors Tech. Sgt. Magadelena Cortez and Capt. C. Brent Dishman wave to spectators during the Texas Cavaliers River Parade April 23 at the San Antonio River Walk. Sergeant Cortez is assigned to the 737th Training Group. Captain Dishman is assigned to the 37th Training Wing. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

The 737th Training Group Drum and Bugle Corps from Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, performs April 23 at Alamo Plaza as part of the Fiesta 2007 events. Corps members are Lackland basic military trainees who have been in the Air Force less than six weeks. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)

Country Music entertainer Dwayne O'Brien, from the band Little Texas, performs with Top Flight during Fiesta In Blue on April 24. Top Flight is part of the Air Force Band of the West from Lackland AFB, Texas. The Band of the West performs annually during Fiesta, a 10-day celebration to honor the memory of the heroes of the Alamo and the Battle of San Jacinto in 1836. (USAF Photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Country Music entertainer Dwayne O'Brien, from the band Little Texas, trades licks with Tech. Sgt. Steve Wilson during a performance at Laurie Auditorium at Trinity University in San Antonio on April 24. Sergeant Wilson is in the band Top Flight, a part of the Air Force Band of the West from Lackland Air Force Base. (USAF photo by Robbin Cresswell)

Marine Col. Marc Magram, director of the Joint Electronic Warfare Center at Lackland, admires a Fiesta medal given to his daughter Lexi prior to the April 28 start of the 60th annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade through downtown San Antonio. Lexi and her dad were two of an estimated 500,000 spectators for what has been called the nation's largest illuminated night parade. (USAF photo by Alan Boedeker)