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  • Brigadier General John Fobian (left), 433rd Airlift Wing Commander, is welcomed home by his wife, Kim, and members of the Alamo Wing on May 2, 2007. Tech. Sgt. Raffael Dickerson (right) and Maj. Mike Nelson, also from the 433rd AW, are also greeted by family on thier arrival. General Fobian served as the Director of Mobility Forces, Major Nelson served as General Fobian's executive officer and Sergeant Dickerson as his administrative assistant during thier deployment to the Combined Air Operations Center in Southwest Asia. (U.S. Air Force Photo/ Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    Commander, staff home from deployment

    Brigadier General John Fobian, 433rd Airlift Wing Commander, Maj. Mike Nelson and Tech. Sgt. Raffaele Dickerson are home from their deployed location in Southwest Asia. General Fobian and his staff members spent four months managing the air mobility forces for the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility. The CENTCOM AOR consists of operations
  • Maj. Lisa Willis, a flight nurse with the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, is currently serving at Scott AFB, Ill. She is one of several Alamo Wing members who fly wounded troops from Scott AFB to Texas. "Sometimes they need to talk," said Major Willis during a crew briefing on April 30. She puts that to practice during a flight from Scott AFB to Lackland's Kelly Field the same day. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

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  • Brig. General Mary Kay Hertog, Director of Security Forces, Headquarters U.S. Air Force, Washington, D.C., administers the oath of office to Staff Sgt. Oliver George as he is promoted to the rank of Captain. Captain George, formerly the career advisor for the 433rd Security Forces Squadron is now the Officer-in-charge of the 433rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight. Additionally, Captain George is serving on active-duty as an Action Officer in the Requirements Branch at the Headquarters Security Forces Center. (U.S. Air Force/Courtesy Photo)

    Alamo Wing Staff Sgt. promoted to Captain

    Some people have an overwhelming compulsion built into their nature. For some, it is the desire to be successful in family matters. For others, it is career and income that drive them forward each day. For Captain Oliver George, the new officer in charge of the 433rd Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, the compulsion is one of service. That desire
  • Fifth graders learn the basics of aerospace science during Starbase Kelly activities at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Part of the learning involves designing, building and launching a rocket as part of their final project in the class. Starbase Kelly is sponsored by the 433rd Airlift Wing, Air Force Reserve, Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Master Sgt. Juan Villarreal)

    Starbase Kelly accepting applications

    For over twelve years Starbase Kelly, sponsored by the 433 AW, has offered a FUN, educational program for kids from the school districts around Kelly Field. This summer we want to again offer the same program to kids of Lackland AFB. We'll do aircraft tours, scientific experiments, teamwork and goal setting exercises, rocket building and launching,

  • Recruiter goes in circles with enlistee

    Life is a circle as 433rd recruiter Tech. Sgt. Michael Barnes discovered when he signed a prize recruit. That recruit was Robert Caldera, a traffic officer with the San Antonio Police Department. Last year, Caldera started to think about joining the military - again. The first time he served nine years in the Army. He wanted something different.

  • Recruiter goes in circles with enlistee

    Life is a circle as 433rd recruiter Tech. Sgt. Michael Barnes discovered when he signed a prize recruit. That recruit was Robert Caldera, a traffic officer with the San Antonio Police Department. Last year, Caldera started to think about joining the military - again. The first time he served nine years in the Army. This time he wanted something

  • New Emergency plan increases proactive national response

    Response plans in America have changed since 9-11 and the 2005 hurricane season. Air Force Reservists, including some from the Alamo Wing, play a part in those plans. On a national level, there are Reserve Individual Mobilization Augmentees in each state who advise Air Force base commanders, state and federal civil organizations about what
  • BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- (From right) Maj. Preston McFarren, Aerial Port Flight commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Steven Saxon, superintendent, stand next to pallets prepared for delivery to servicemembers downrange at the cargo yard at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Major McFarren and Chief Saxon are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Squadron with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing. They are deployed here together from the 443rd Airlift Wing?s 26th Aerial Port Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Balad Air Base is the aerial port hub for all of Iraq and the busiest cargo aerial port in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Candace Romano)

    Alamo Wing Airmen feed Iraq war machine

    The drone of forklifts moving pallets breaks the smoke-filled haze as members of the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Readiness Squadron Aerial Port Flight work against the clock to expedite critical hub-and-spoke missions. Whether it's aircraft parts and ammunition, or fire trucks and heavily armored vehicles, essential supplies for war fighters are
  • Senior Airman Abel Anaya, an M-203 grenadier with the 433rd Security Forces Squadron, provides over-watch security during a patrol exercise. Airman Anaya's job during the excercise was to provide cover to his team mates at an entry control point. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    Effective training requires readiness mindset

    During the February Unit Training Assembly, a group of insurgents attacked the gate that used to separate Lackland AFB from Kelly AFB. The insurgents were practice. The defenders were real. "The more you sweat in training, the less you'll bleed in war," said former Navy SEAL Capt. Richard Marcinko in his book, Leadership Secrets of the Rogue
  • Maj. Barbara Sewick, left, a nurse, and Tech. Sgt. Lisa Hassell, a medical technician, are both deployed from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to support the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Squadron's mission of transporting wounded within the United States. The stateside mission is performed primarily by Reservists on 60-day rotations. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)

    Reserve flight medics get wounded home

    The 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron is getting the war wounded to medical facilities closer to their homes once they arrive in the U.S. The 433rd AES works with the detachment out of Scott AFB, Ill. for this rotation, while Travis AFB, Calif. and Andrews AFB, Md. are two other stateside bases receiving patients that need to be transported
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