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Strategic asset gets tactical: 433rd AW C-5M, Chilean F-16s team up for aerial maneuvers
June 9, 2025 — A 433rd Airlift Wing aircrew reached a historic milestone in the skies over Chile during Exercise Southern Star ’25, completing the Alamo Wing’s first-ever integrated sortie with F-16 Fighting Falcons... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing Citizen Airmen provide crucial airlift support to Marine Raiders
June 2, 2025 — Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing from Joint base San Antonio-Lackland provided crucial airlift support to Marine Raiders assigned to the Marine Special Operations Reserve Detachment and Chilean Special Forces personnel as part of Exercise Southern Star ‘25... MORE

Citizen Airmen Support MARSOC During Southern Star ‘25

433rd CES firefighters deploy; unit, families say farewell
June 30, 2020 — Early-morning June 28, firefighters from the 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron and their families gathered in the darkness here to say their goodbyes before the Reserve Citizen Airmen begin their deployment journey. The firefighters are headed to an undisclosed location in Southwest Asia for a 6-month assignment. They will be performing fire protection duties for personnel, aircraft, cargo, and other installation assets... MORE

433rd Civil Engineer Squadron firefighters board a C-130H Hercules cargo aircraft June 28, 2020 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

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

Staff Sgt. Joshua A. Ramos, 433rd Airlift Wing command post controller, sings the Star Spangled Banner before the start of a Spurs basketball game at Military Appreciation Night March 10, 2020 in San Antonio.

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

Tech. Sgt. Joshua Green, 356th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, describes the 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy’s cargo carrying capabilities to Inter-American Air Forces Academy students Oct. 30, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

433rd AW Airmen, Marines work together to deploy equipment, personnel
September 25, 2019 — Marines and Airmen worked together Sept. 16 at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, to strengthen their ability to transport equipment and personnel over long distances, using a U.S. Air Force Reserve Command C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's 433rd Airlift Wing... MORE

U.S. Marines and Airmen assist in loading a UH-1Y Venom into C-5M Super Galaxy at Marine Corps Air Station Camp Pendleton, California, Sept. 16. The C-5M was a visiting U.S. Air Force aircraft from 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and was here as part of a dual service training exercise.

ESGR flight gives Texas Reserve bosses firsthand experience
August 12, 2019 — Thirty-four civilian bosses of Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing got an opportunity to fly on a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 3. The Bosslift event was sponsored by the Employer Support of Guard and Reserve program. ... MORE

Employers of 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen prepare to board a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 3. They were invited to take an Employer Support of Guard and Reserve Bosslift tour to Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma.

Lackland EFMP, Lighthouse for the Blind assist the Alamo Wing with back-to-school supplies
August 8, 2019 — The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Vision Impaired teamed together at JBSA-Lackland Aug. 4 to provide no-cost backpacks and back-to-school supplies to Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing members pick up school supplies Aug. 4 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Vision Impaired teamed together to provide no-cost backpacks and back-to-school supplies to Reserve Citizen Airmen with the Alamo Wing.

STEM students visit 433rd Airlift Wing
July 16, 2019 — Fourteen students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics-Aviation Program visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Jason Henry, 356th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, talks to students with the San Antonio Chapter of Tuskegee Airmen Inc.’s Youth Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Aviation Program about the C-5M Super Galaxy’s flight deck at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 12.

San Antonio Missions baseball team hosts 433rd Airlift Wing night
July 16, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen and family members from the Alamo Wing attended the San Antonio Missions baseball team’s 433rd Airlift Wing Night game July 13 at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium... MORE

The 433rd Airlift Wing Honor Guard performs a flag ceremony at the San Antonio Missions baseball team’s 433rd Airlift Wing Night game at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium July 13.

Air Force, Army, Navy Reserve and Guard build expeditionary medical skills during Joint Medic exercise
May 10, 2019 — More than 70 military members, including Reserve Citizen Airmen, Army and Navy Reservists and Texas Army National Guardsmen combined to sharpen their expeditionary mass-casualty stabilization and aeromedical evacuation skills during Operation Joint Medic at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis May 4-5... MORE

Air Force Reserve medical technicians and a Navy Reserve corpsman care for a simulated wounded patient during Operation Joint Medic May 5 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis. The medics carried the patient by stretcher from a simulated firefight to a safer area to administer care until the patient could be evacuated by a Humvee and then onto a UH-60 Blackhawk from the Texas Army National Guard.

433rd Airlift Wing Citizen Airman, loving sister, living organ donor
May 1, 2019 — When one 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airman learned there was a way to help her sick sister through a living organ donor program, she didn’t hesitate to volunteer. Senior Master Sgt. Carol A. Allen, 433rd Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight superintendent at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, is dedicated to her family and her role as an Airman... MORE

Senior Master Sgt. Carol A. Allen (right), 433rd Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight superintendent, takes a moment with her sister, Yvonne Hernandez at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 26.