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433rd Airlift Wing supports 'Ample Strike,' builds bonds with NATO allies
October 16, 2024 — Maj. Gary Koivisto, 433rd Operations Support Squadron evaluator pilot, served as aircraft commander for the 68th Airlift Squadron aircrew titled “Reach 2010.” Their mission was to use a C-5M Super Galaxy to transport two 147th Attack Wing MQ-9 Reapers from the Czech Republic to Ellington Field Joint Reserve Base, in Houston, Texas, and included stops at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, all in support of NATO Exercise “Ample Strike” from Sept. 20-28... MORE

Czech Republic high school students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, were greeted by 68th Airlift Squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen for a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy at Leoš Janáček Airport in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sept. 24, 2024.

433rd Airlift Wing Airmen visit Czech Republic HS to discuss C-5 mission, Citizen Airmen life
October 16, 2024 — “It’s a pleasure and honor to come here,” said Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, 68th Airlift Squadron evaluator C-5 pilot, to more than 100 students at Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high school in the Czech Republic, on Sept. 24 before presenting a video about the C-5M Super Galaxy from the 433rd Airlift Wing. “This is the plane that we flew here in for the NATO Days Airshow in Ostrava.”... MORE

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, left, 68th Airlift SquadronC-5 pilot evaluator, introduces himself to students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, during a seminar about serving in the United States Air Force, Sept. 24, 2024.

Reserve Citizen Airmen participate in NATO Days air show
September 29, 2022 — Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing’s 68th Airlift Squadron at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, and the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron–773, Detachment Alpha, Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, participated in the 22nd annual NATO Days and 13th Czech Air Force Days air show Sept. 17-18... MORE

Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 68th Airlift Squadron and Marines with the Marine Light Attack Helicopter Squadron – 773, Det. Alpha guide a Bell AH-1Z Viper helicopter onto a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base New Orleans, Louisiana, Sept. 13, 2022. This was the first time the Marines from the HMLA-733 participated in the NATO days air show. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Monet Villacorte)

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

Petr Zlatohlávek, Jagello 2000 Association senior project director, tests the virtual reality headset inside the virtual reality room Jan. 25, 2022, while Maj. Paul Lentz, 733rd Training Squadron director of operations, explains the functions and capabilities of the system, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Zlatohlávek was experiencing a virtual model of the C-5M Super Galaxy through the headset. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman Mark Colmenares)

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