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19th Air Force commander visits Alamo Wing
May 29, 2021 — The leadership of the 19th Air Force -- Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Kristina Rogers -- visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and the 733rd Training Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland May 21... MORE

Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems
May 4, 2021 — Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different capabilities – will be enhanced to be more like CVR... MORE

433rd LRS team accelerates change in logistics training
April 19, 2021 — Staff Sgt. Taylor Mogford, 433rd Logistics Readiness Squadron individual protective equipment supervisor at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, and his team presented their ideas for revamping logistics training at the virtual 2021 Logistics Officer Association Symposium April 2. ... 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

433rd AW starts COVID-19 vaccine distribution
March 12, 2021 — Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing received the COVID-19 vaccine at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 6... MORE

Reserve Airmen need to know rights for reemployment after deployment
February 17, 2021 — When a Reserve Citizen Airmen gets tasked to deploy, home station or abroad, the service member needs to know their rights and responsibilities when it comes to being reemployed with their civilian employer after having performed duty in the uniformed service... MORE

340th Flying Training Group names annual award winners
February 16, 2021 — The 340th Flying Training Group recently announced its 2020 annual awards winners, two of whom have also been nominated for Air Force Reserve Command recognition, and two for Air Education and Training Command recognition... MORE

All services, including Department of the Air Force, to furnish adverse information to officer promotion boards in designated grades, circumstances
February 11, 2021 — The Department of the Air Force announced it is establishing policy to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 and newly released DoDI 1320.14 requiring all services to furnish adverse information to promotion boards considering officers for promotion to the regular grades of O-4 and above, and to all reserve active status promotion boards to the grades of O-6 and above... MORE

Air Force announces Airmen leadership qualities
February 2, 2021 — The Airman leadership qualities are expected to form the basis for the future officer and enlisted performance reporting systems. The alignment between evaluating units and evaluating Airmen is intended to further emphasize and accelerate an understanding and adoption of the associated leadership qualities... MORE

433rd ASTS trains in receiving incoming patients aboard Black Hawks
January 28, 2021 — The 433rd Aeromedical Staging Squadron, 433rd Airlift Wing, participated in an exercise to train in receiving incoming patients at the Joint Base San Antonio-Chapman Training Annex Jan. 9... MORE

74th Aerial Port Squadron supports Operation Nightstorm
December 26, 2020 — Eight Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 74th Aerial Port Squadron at the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland participated in a joint-service training exercise dubbed Operation Nightstorm Dec. 14-15, learning how to sling load cargo onto in-flight helicopters... MORE

CSAF releases action orders to accelerate change across Air Force
December 10, 2020 — In August, Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr., released his strategic approach entitled Accelerate Change or Lose, in which he described his view of the strategic landscape as Air Force chief of staff and, from that, his emphasis on why change is necessary. The newly-released action orders now represent his call to Airmen to move forward aggressively in the push toward change; the “what” to the first document’s “why.”... MORE

Air Force moves physical fitness assessments to April 2021, removes waist measurement from composite score permanently
December 7, 2020 — To ensure social distancing practices remain in place during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and to give Airmen and Space Professionals time to prepare, testing was delayed from October to January and is now further delayed to April... MORE

AF restores military tuition assistance cap, AF COOL funding
November 22, 2020 — The Department of the Air Force restored military tuition assistance to $4,500 per fiscal year and Air Force Credentialing Opportunities Online preparatory course funding for the fiscal year 2021, effective immediately... MORE

39th FTS Cobras take over San Antonio skies
November 5, 2020 — The 39th Flying Training Squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen took command of San Antonio military airspace to execute a training and readiness exercise called "Cobras in the Clouds" Oct. 29 at Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph... MORE

Retired Reserve 'Awaiting Pay' Notification Letter Update
October 22, 2020 — Effective Oct. 1, 2020, Headquarters Air Reserve Personnel Center reinitiated the process to notify service members assigned to the Air Force Retired Reserve’s ‘awaiting pay’ status on the processing procedures to draw retirement pay... MORE

433rd TRS Reserve MTI STEPS to master sergeant
October 19, 2020 — Former Marine Corps field radio operator Martin Hernandez, now an Air Force Reserve military training instructor at the 433rd Training Squadron, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was STEP-promoted to master sergeant during an October ceremony at JBSA-Lackland, attended by his MTI teammates and his flight of basic trainees. The 433rd TRS is one of seven squadrons assigned to the 340th Flying Training Group at JBSA-Randolph, and the only all-Reserve MTI squadron in the Air Force. ... MORE

340th TRG instructor pilots selected for Air Force Reserve 'Profiles in Leadership'
October 1, 2020 — Two 340th Flying Training Group instructor pilots will be featured in the Air Force Reserve's Profiles in Leadership, Volume 6... MORE

Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey helps civilians voice their opinions
October 1, 2020 — The Federal Employee Viewpoint Survey is a government-wide, Office of Personnel Management administered annual survey that Air Force civilian employees have been participating in since 2006 and will be available until Oct. 28... MORE