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Leadership San Antonio visits 433rd Airlift Wing
May 10, 2022 — Staff Sgt. Austin Welch, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, speaks with Leadership San Antonio members during a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft as part of one of the group’s military-themed days at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland May 4, 2022. Leadership San Antonio was created in 1975 by the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce to help identify and develop community leaders... MORE

Civic leaders tour Alamo Wing
April 28, 2022 — Tech. Sgt. Joshua Green, 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, speaks with United Services Automobile Association employees during a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, April 20, 2022... MORE

C-5M Super Galaxy undergoes anthropometric study
March 7, 2022 — Airmen from the Headquarters Air Force Aircrew Task Force and contractors from the Airmen Accommodation Laboratory conducted an anthropometric study at the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland from Feb. 28 to March 4 to determine new height and stature measurements for career enlisted aviator positions on a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft... 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

Alamo Wing hosts civic leader flight
October 5, 2021 — Seventeen Greater San Antonio area civic leaders participated in a C-5M Super Galaxy familiarization flight at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Oct. 2... MORE

18th Air Force command chief visits Alamo Wing
July 14, 2021 — As part of a multi-day tour of several Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland units, Chief Master Sgt. Chad Bickley, 4th Air Force command chief, visited with 733rd Training Squadron leaders to discuss training challenges and strengths, see the virtual reality training equipment, cargo load trainer facility and the simulator July 8... MORE

4th Air Force commander visits Alamo Wing
July 12, 2021 — Maj. Gen. Jeffrey T. Pennington, 4th Air Force commander, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland July 7. The main purpose of the visit was to discuss improvements to the C-5M Super Galaxy Formal Training Unit... MORE

Alamo Wing conducts rarely seen maintenance procedure on C-5M Super Galaxy
June 6, 2021 — Maintenance personnel from the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted rarely seen maintenance on the C-5M Super Galaxy elevator May 20-27 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy delivers aid to COVID-19 stricken India
May 18, 2021 — A contingent of 17 Air Force Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, delivered 48,000 pounds of critical supplies from the Defense Logistics Agency to Indian government officials in New Delhi, India, on May 3, 2021. ... 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

433rd Airlift Wing welcomes Dover aircraft during Tropical Storm Isaias
August 7, 2020 — The first of six C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft from Dover Air Force Base, Delaware, arrived at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Aug. 3, 2020, to take safety precautions as Tropical Storm Isaias threatened to hit the Eastern coast... MORE

433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy makes appearance at Laredo air show
February 19, 2020 — The 433rd Airlift Wing’s C-5M Super Galaxy out of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was part of the 22nd annual Stars and Stripes Air Show during the 123rd Washington’s Birthday Celebration in Laredo, Texas, Feb. 16... MORE

433rd AW's C-5M Super Galaxy living large at Wings Over Houston Airshow
October 25, 2019 — Aircrew with the 68th Airlift Squadron represented the 433rd Airlift Wing with a C-5M Super Galaxy static display at Ellington Airport Oct. 18-20 at the Wings Over Houston Airshow. ... MORE

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

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

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

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

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

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

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