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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 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.

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.

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.

433rd Airlift Wing trains on mobile device travel voucher process
April 11, 2019 — Staff Sgt. Luz Trice, 433rd Mission Support Group command support staff, guides Staff Sgt. Daryn Kline, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics specialist, through the process of submitting a travel voucher by using the new mobile common access card enabled Air Force Connect app at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 7. The 433rd Airlift Wing is one of two beta testing locations for this new capability... MORE

Staff Sgt. Luz Trice, 433rd Mission Support Group command support staff, guides Staff Sgt. Daryn Kline, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron avionics specialist, through the process of submitting a travel voucher by using the new mobile common access card enabled Air Force Connect app at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland April 7. The 433rd Airlift Wing is one of two beta testing locations for this new capability.

433rd Airlift Wing inducts 2019 honorary commanders
April 11, 2019 — Seventeen San Antonio civic and business leaders were inducted into the 433rd Airlift Wing's Honorary Commanders Program, April 6, 2019, during a ceremony at a San Antonio hotel. The ceremony, hosted by Col. Terry W. McClain, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, is a time-honored tradition, signifying the relationship between the military and civilian communities... MORE

Col. Terry McClain, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, is presented with a vintage 433rd Military Airlift Wing panoramic photo from 1991 by Steve Richmond, an honorary commander alumni and president of Pizza Hut of San Antonio, April 6 at a northwest San Antonio hotel. Seventeen honorary commanders were inducted at the annual event.

433rd Airlift Wing aircrew members S.T.E.P. in for good cause
April 8, 2019 — Two Alamo Wing female aircrew members participated in an event hosted by the “Show them Everything Possible” Organization of San Antonio, March 23 at the Alamo Drafthouse movie cinema. The event, “Marvelous Women Don’t Need Capes,” introduced young girls to professional women heroes, who are “Marvelous” in their profession in the San Antonio area... MORE

Lt. Col. Kari Hill (left), 433rd Operations Support Squadron commander/pilot, and Tech. Sgt. Debra Hill (right), 68th Airlift Squadron loadmaster, both with Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, pose with Rebecca Sorenson, owner of Chic Basics, and a domestic engineer March 23 during the “Marvelous Women Don’t Need Capes” event at the Alamo Drafthouse movie cinema in San Antonio. The “Show them Everything Possible” Organization of San Antonio hosted the event.

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.

Air Force Junior ROTC visits 433rd Airlift Wing
March 26, 2019 — Fifty-four Air Force Junior ROTC students and leaders from Burleson Independent School District in Burleson, Texas, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 22... MORE

Master Sgt. Sean C. Preston, 433rd Maintenance Squadron propulsion mechanic, describes the features of a C-5M Super Galaxy engine to Burleson Independent School District Air Force Junior ROTC students March 22 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Fifty-four students and instructors from Burleson, Texas, attended the basic military training and toured several organization on base during their visit.

433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participates in National Disaster Medical System exercises
March 25, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen of the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron participated in two National Disaster Medical System exercise events at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 20... MORE

Senior Airman Amanda Geffert, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron flight medic, and Army Spc. Maryssa Alfonso, BAMC Alpha Company load a simulated litter patient into a C-130H Hercules aircraft to for air transport at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 20. Several military and civilian organizations participated in a National Disaster Medical System exercise.

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.

Air Force Reserve senior leaders visit Alamo Wing
March 8, 2019 — Air Force Reserve senior leaders learned about the many missions Reserve Citizen Airmen of the Alamo Wing perform during a visit here in early March... MORE

Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee (right), commander of the Air Force Reserve Command, presents a coin to Senior Airman Sajjad Al Khafaji, 26th Aerial Port Squadron ramp specialist at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland March 2. Khafaji, who previously worked as an interpreter with the U.S. Army in Baghdad, immigrated to the United States five years ago.

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.

AFJROTC unit named after Tuskegee Airman visits 433rd Airlift Wing
February 19, 2019 — Thirty-three Benjamin O. Davis High School Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets from Aldine, Texas, near Houston, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Feb. 15. The students, whose school is named after the first commander of the Tuskegee Airmen Gen. Benjamin O. Davis, received a tour of a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft and had lunch at an Air Force dining facility. The students accompanied by five chaperones were scheduled to compete in a drill competition in San Antonio... MORE

Benjamin O. Davis High School Air Force Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps students and chaperones from Aldine, Texas, and 68th Airlift Squadron air crew personnel, take a moment after a tour of a C-5M Super Galaxy Feb. 15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

433rd Financial Services Office wins best in AFRC
January 28, 2019 — The 433rd Financial Services Office was named best in Air Force Reserve Command for 2018... MORE

433rd Medical Group opens new facility
January 7, 2019 — A ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the new 433rd Medical Group building at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Jan. 4, attended by 433rd Airlift Wing leadership and guests... MORE

The 433rd Airlift Wing and 433rd Medical Group leaders cut a ribbon to signify opening the medical group’s new building Jan. 4, 2018 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Airmen continue annual holiday tradition of feeding Alamo City families
January 3, 2019 — Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing joined forces with 1,000 other volunteers from the Greater San Antonio Area in serving more than 10,000 meals during the afternoon shift at H-E-B’s 26th Annual Feast of Sharing holiday dinner Dec. 23 at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio... MORE

Identical twins, Airmen 1st Class Maranda Smith, 433rd Aerospace Medicine Squadron health services technician and Mariah Smith, 433rd Force Support Squadron communications technician, talk with a guest at H-E-B’s 26th Annual Feast of Sharing Dec. 23, 2018, at the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center in San Antonio, Texas. This was the Smith sisters first time serving at the event that served over 10,000 meals to area resident from the Alamo City area.

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.