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74th Aerial Port Squadron ready to load
April 7, 2022 — Airmen from the 74th Aerial Port Squadron worked with 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew to practice the load and offload of a fire truck at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 3... MORE

Spurs player visits Alamo Wing
March 4, 2022 — Keldon Johnson, a member of the San Antonio Spurs basketball team, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 2 to meet Reserve Citizen Airmen and learn the capabilities and missions of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft... MORE

Airmen revitalize JBSA parks
February 23, 2022 — Students from the 733rd Training Squadron volunteered to remove trash and debris from Stillman Park and Leon Creek here, Feb. 18, 2022. The 502nd Installation Support Group coordinated the joint initiative cleanup to remove garbage and litter from on-base parks and waterways. Members from the 502nd Communications Squadron and 502nd Logistics Readiness Squadron also participated in the cleanup... MORE

433rd CES performs Total Force explosive ordnance training
February 18, 2022 — The 433rd Airlift Wing's mission statement is to "Provide Combat Ready Citizen Airmen Anywhere, Anytime." On Feb. 9-10, 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron explosive ordnance disposal technicians demonstrated that mission focus through several training exercises with the 902nd Civil Engineer Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

Alamo Wing announces 2021 annual awards
February 9, 2022 — The 433rd Airlift Wing leadership announced the 2021 wing annual award winners during a limited in-person attendance and virtual ceremony at the Inter-American Air Forces Academy auditorium at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Feb. 5, 2022... MORE

Alamo Wing ‘wows’ NATO Days reps
February 8, 2022 — The 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland hosted two representatives from the Jagello 2000 Association, a Czech Republic organization focused on public diplomacy in the field of security policy and membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization on Jan. 25, 2022... MORE

JBSA welcomes new personal financial counselor
December 6, 2021 — The Joint Base San Antonio family gained a new accredited personal financial counselor recently. Nakia Evans has nine years of experience as an accredited PFC and serves the JBSA-Lackland and JBSA-Fort Sam Houston communities. ... MORE

Eighteenth Air Force senior leaders visit Alamo Wing
October 16, 2021 — Senior Master Sgt. Brian Mizula, 733rd Training Squadron superintendent, demonstrates use of virtual reality equipment as a learning tool Oct. 14, 2021, while Maj. Gen. Kenneth Bibb Jr., 18th Air... MORE

Air Force Undersecretary receives insight into COVID-19 vaccinations at 433rd Airlift Wing
October 4, 2021 — Under Secretary of the Air Force Gina Ortiz Jones visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 2 to meet with Reserve Citizen Airmen leaders on mandatory COVID-19 vaccination efforts... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing resumes fitness testing
July 12, 2021 — The 433rd Airlift Wing resumed Air Force fitness testing July 10 after assessments were suspended for more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic... MORE

4th Air Force A3 team visits Alamo Wing
April 14, 2021 — A 4th Air Force A3 team visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 9-11 to learn more about challenges in training C-5M Super Galaxy aircrews. ... MORE

Local Air Force wings forge strong bonds through partnerships
April 12, 2021 — Commanders of the 433rd Airlift Wing and the 960th Cyberspace Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland made the wings’ partnership official when they signed a formal memorandum of understanding March 31. Teams from each wing spent almost a year working together documenting the required mission support services to optimize business processes and the manpower needed to support Air Force Reserve policies. ... MORE

Women's History Month: Legacy of the ‘Kelly Katies’
March 25, 2021 — Before the 433rd Airlift Wing arrived at Kelly Field in 1960, a major shift in workforce demographics had already taken place on the flight line. World War II and the Korean War forced people on a national level to reconsider the capabilities of women in what used to be regarded as “men’s work.” With men being called off to war, there was still a need for hands to turn wrenches, build engines and fix aircraft. War production drove the need to recruit women... MORE

First 433rd AES crew trains on KC-46A Pegasus
March 17, 2021 — Reserve Citizen Airmen in the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland trained for the first time aboard a KC-46A Pegasus March 8-10, learning and practicing their aeromedical skills on the new aircraft... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing trains in readiness exercise
March 11, 2021 — Approximately 50 Reserve Citizen Airmen participated in the 433rd Airlift Wing’s first chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosives exercise at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 6 since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic last year... MORE

Reserve squadrons train for readiness at JBSA-Lackland
November 15, 2020 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Operations Support Squadron set up a decontamination line at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 8, processing two 68th Airlift Squadron Airmen through the line for mutual training... MORE

A Gold Star to remember for 433rd AW member
September 27, 2020 — The last Sunday of September every year is Gold Star Mother’s and Family Day, where the families of service members who died while in the line of duty are honored. On this day, these families are remembered for the losses they suffered. While many choose to honor their losses in different ways, Tech. Sgt. Joseph Perez, 26th Aerial Port Squadron ramp services supervisor, said he chose to honor his father by serving in the same unit as him... MORE

Alamo Wing participates in Spurs Military Appreciation Night
March 12, 2020 — A military honor guard team, an American flag display, and an Airman singing the national anthem, officially opened the Military Appreciation Night at the San Antonio Spurs basketball game here March 10. Armed services members, family, and friends joined with other San Antonio residents to attend the game and watch the events... MORE

Alamo Wing pauses for resiliency
November 6, 2019 — The 433rd Airlift Wing participated in a “Resilience Tactical Pause” at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Nov. 3... MORE

Inter-American Air Forces Academy students tour Reserve C-5M
November 1, 2019 — Twenty-nine students and faculty members from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy toured an Air Force Reserve Command C-5M Super Galaxy belonging to the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 30... MORE