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433rd AW C-5M Super Galaxy performs fly-by above Naval Air Station Corpus Christi
June 21, 2019 — A C-5M Super Galaxy attached to the Air Force's 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland flies over Naval Air Station Corpus Christi June 19 as part of a demonstration for Training Squadron 35's Pilot for a Day program. The crew of the two Super Galaxies performed the fly by as part of the Pilot for a Day experiences organized by Training Squadron 35... MORE

A C-5M Super Galaxy attached to the Air Force's 433rd Airlift Wing from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland flies over Naval Air Station Corpus Christi as part of a demonstration for Training Squadron 35's Pilot for a Day program.

Alamo Wing hosts clergy from throughout Texas
June 5, 2019 — Twenty clerics from different faiths and from all over the state of Texas endured the South Texas summer heat and humidity arriving here at sunrise June 1 to participate in the 433rd Airlift Wing’s Clergy Appreciation Day... MORE

Tech. Sgt. Eric Ganley (right), 68th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, uses an electronic tablet to show Josue Tapia, Bexar County Sheriff’s Office chaplain, their location in-flight on a C-5M Super Galaxy during the 433rd Airlift Wing’s annual Clergy Day flight June 1 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The wing welcomed 20 ministers nominated by their Reserve Citizen Airman to get a glimpse of a unit training assembly.

University of North Texas Air Force Cadets tour 433rd Airlift Wing
May 24, 2019 — The University of North Texas Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps toured the C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland May 16. The group received a close view of the aircraft and the 433rd Airlift Wing mission brief... MORE

taff Sgt. Kryssianna M. Paolo, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, briefs University of North Texas Air Force ROTC cadets about her job duties on the C-5M Super Galaxy, May 16, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The cadets were on a tour to give them a first-hand look at military life.

433rd Airlift Wing performs flyover at opening ceremony of Special Olympics
May 9, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland performed a C-5M Super Galaxy flyover during the 50th Annual Special Olympics Texas Summer Games opening ceremony May 3 at Toyota Field... MORE

A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy flies over the opening ceremony of the 50th Annual Special Olympics Texas Summer Games May 3 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.

Two San Antonio Air Force wings represent at Fiesta Flambeau parade
April 30, 2019 — With the Texas sunset serving as the backdrop, San Antonio’s Alamo Mission in the background and the University of Texas Longhorn Band lined up in front of the historical site, the 433rd Airlift Wing’s massive C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft came in low from the North opening up the 71st Annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade April 27, with an impressive flyover... MORE

The 433rd Airlift Wing's Honor Guard leads the 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing walkers and float on Broadway Street in downtown San Antonio during the 71st annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade April 27. More than 750,000 spectators lined the 2.6-mile-long route see more than 200 floats and marching bands perform in the grand finale of Fiesta Week.

Civil Air Patrol Cadets fly on C-5M Super Galaxy at JBSA-Lackland
March 27, 2019 — Forty-three Civil Air Patrol cadets and adult leaders received an incentive flight on a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 12... MORE

Civil Air Patrol cadets, Cadet Senior Airman Allen Doroshko, Cadet Airman Basic Caleb Wood, and Cadet Lt. Col. Jackson Baker, observe operations on the flight deck during an incentive flight over West Texas March 12. The cadets flew with the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Army trains with 433rd Airlift Wing during Operation Lunar Phantom
March 15, 2019 — Thirty-nine active-duty Soldiers from Fort Hood, Texas, participated in Operation Lunar Phantom, a joint air-load exercise with 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen loadmasters and aerial porters at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 1-3. The joint and total force event allowed Soldiers and Airmen from several units to work together when preparing for real-world deployments... MORE

Air Force Staff Sgt. Wayne Burke (right), 26th Aerial Port Squadron air transportation specialist, instructs Army Private 1st Class Shakirra Hoyte (left), 13th Expeditionary Sustainment Command, on how to secure a vehicle for air transportation in a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft March 2, 2019, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

433rd Airlift Wing welcomes new commander
March 8, 2019 — With a C-5M Super Galaxy as the backdrop, and 433rd Airlift Wing members standing in formation, Col. Thomas K. Smith Jr, relinquished his command to Col. Terry W. McClain. Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, presided over the 433rd Airlift Wing’s change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 3... MORE

Maj. Gen. Randall A. Ogden, 4th Air Force commander, presents the wing guidon to Col. Terry W. McClain, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, at the 433rd AW change of command ceremony March 3 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Navy vets explore another type of craft, the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at 433rd Airlift Wing
February 28, 2019 — A group of 33 Navy vets and their families from the USS Lloyd Thomas Reunion Association visited the 433rd Airlift Wing to tour the C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 25 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. The former sailors, now in their 70s and 80s, were in San Antonio for their annual reunion... MORE

Pete Peterson, an 89-year-old Navy vet (seated), listens as Airman 1st Class Ryan Biggs, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, describes the many features of the cargo deck on the C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 25, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. Peterson, a Navy veteran, was part of a group attending a reunion of the USS Lloyd Thomas in San Antonio.

433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen return to hometown to recruit the next generation
February 20, 2019 — The 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was one of the biggest attractions at the Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular in Laredo, Texas, impressing more than 13,000 visitors at the Laredo International Airport Feb. 17... MORE

Spectators walk to a 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland while an A-10C Thunderbolt II performs during the Washington’s Birthday Celebration Association Stars and Stripes Air Show Spectacular at the Laredo International Airport in Laredo, Texas Feb. 17. The A-10 belongs to the A-10C Thunderbolt II Demonstration Team from Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Arizona.

High school tour becomes family affair at 433rd Airlift Wing
January 3, 2019 — Students from Lytle High School, about 30 miles from San Antonio, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Dec. 18, 2018 to tour a C-5M Super Galaxy... MORE

Lt. Col. Matthew Van De Walle, 356th Airlift Squadron instructor pilot, describes one of five sets of upgraded landing gear on the C-5M Super Galaxy to students from Lytle High School, Dec. 18, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

433rd Airlift Wing hosts Porter High School AFJROTC
November 29, 2018 — Members of the Porter High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps from Porter, Texas, ended a two-day tour of Joint Base San Antonio by spending their last day of the tour hosted by the 433rd Airlift Wing. During the first leg of the trip, the group attended a basic training graduation on the parade grounds of JBSA-Lackland, to watch the Airmen "Pass in Review" and reaffirm their "Oath of Enlistment."... MORE

Command Curator Rudy Purificato gives a guided tour with photos at the U.S. Air Force Airman Heritage Museum to Porter High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps cadets, Nov. 16, 2018 during a two-day tour of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

Pilot for the day soars with Alamo Wing
September 12, 2018 — The 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland hosted 8-year-old Giovanny Gallegos, who is battling high risk leukemia, as the Pilot for a Day Sept. 8... MORE

The 433rd Airlift Wing hosted 8-year-old Giovanny Gallegos, who is battling high risk leukemia, as the Pilot for a Day Sept. 8, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

"Tex" Hill Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol Cadets visit Alamo Wing
September 11, 2018 — "Tex" Hill Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol cadets visit 433rd Airlift Wing Sept. 8... MORE

Employers of Alamo Wing Reserves Citizen Airmen fly high
August 15, 2018 — Thirty-three civilian employers of the 433rd Airlift Wing’s Reservist members were treated to an Operation Bosslift event Aug. 4 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

A 433rd Airlift Wing aircrew, 33 civilian employers and Texas Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve program volunteers take a moment after an Operation Bosslift flight onboard a C-5M Super Galaxy at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Aug. 4, 2018. The event highlighted the 433rd Airlift Wing's mission to employers of the Alamo Wing’s Reserve Citizen Airmen, which includes providing massive strategic airlift for deployments and to supply combat and support forces worldwide. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Lauren M. Snyder)

Flight school trains future crews for C-5M Super Galaxy
March 27, 2018 — Having the right crew is essential when it comes to flying a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft — that is why instructors at the 733rd Training Squadron and 356th Airlift Squadron here prepare students to operate a multi-million dollar aircraft... MORE

Aerial porters with the 26th Aerial Port Squadron and loadmasters with the 68th and 356th Airlift Squadrons worked together Sept. 18, 2016, processing cargo during exercise Alamo Express at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

C-5M Super Galaxy: ready at a moment’s notice
November 18, 2017 — So far this year, the 433rd Airlift Wing's fleet of C-5M Super Galaxy aircrafts have answered the call to assist with 19 humanitarian missions as a result of Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria.The complexity of each mission and the fluidity of them means the C-5M has to be ready at a moment’s notice... MORE

Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing deliver humanitarian aid to San Juan, Puerto Rico Oct.3, 2017.

Texas C-5M delivers supplies to Puerto Rico
October 5, 2017 — In the aftermath of three devastating hurricanes that struck Texas, Florida and the Caribbean region of the U.S. Virgin Islands, Citizen Airmen of Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing flew their 17th mission in a C-5M Super Galaxy in less than a month to answer their nation’s call for help in the commonwealth of Puerto Rico in response to the destruction of Hurricane Maria... MORE

A Joint Incident Site Communications Capability (JISCC) vehicle is unloaded from an Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ceiba, Puerto Rico Oct. 1, 2017. The C-5M, flown by Reserve Citizen Airmen from Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, took the JISCC, 11 Soldiers, supplies and two fuel trucks to Puerto Rico to aid hurricane recovery efforts that have affected the United States and its territories in the Caribbean. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Carlos J. Treviño)

Texas reserve wing assists in the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey
September 2, 2017 — Earlier in the week the "Alamo Wing" got the call they may be called up. The mission was to deliver medical personnel, equipment and supplies to support relief efforts after the devastation that Hurricane Harvey left behind... MORE

Maintenance Citizen Airmen educate Honorary Commanders
July 24, 2017 — The 433rd Maintenance Group of the 433rd Airlift Wing took time from their busy schedule to provided the Group's Honorary Commanders a comprehensive tour of their facilities here at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, July 15, 2017... MORE

Tech Sgt. Sean Preston, 433rd Maintenance Squadron aerospace propulsion technician, showcases the General Electric engines for the C-5M Super Galaxy during the 433rd Maintenance Group Honorary Commander’s Tour July 15, 2017. The tour is designed to inform the honorary commanders of the roles and responsibilities the Airmen of the 433rd MXG provide to the success of the Alamo Wing’s mission. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Airman Bryan Swink)