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  • 433rd Airman plays on clean-sweeping vollyball team

    Twenty-three women, seven days, two practices a day and one goal, to make the 2007 All-Air Force Women's Volleyball Team. Try-outs for the team were held in Hawaii, as if being chosen to try-out for the team wasn't exciting enough. The entire trip to Hawaii was surreal because I can remember the pride I felt playing and wearing the Air Force

  • 433rd Airman plays on clean-sweeping vollyball team

    Twenty-three women, seven days, two practices a day and one goal, to make the 2007 All-Air Force Women's Volleyball Team. Try-outs for the team were held in Hawaii, as if being chosen to try-out for the team wasn't exciting enough. The entire trip to Hawaii was surreal because I can remember the pride I felt playing and wearing the Air Force

  • Weather can be rough but 433rd maintainers are tougher

    The 433rd Maintenance Group's flight line is a busy place to work. Workers there maintain, fix or replace gears, brakes, engines and other parts on the C-5 Galaxy, allowing the craft to stay air-worthy. In addition to maintenance on the aircraft, the flight line is also host to the Air Force's C-5 Galaxy training school. At least one C-5 a day must

  • I put my uniform on today...

    "I agree with every word.......I knew there was something missing from my commitment to the Military.....this put it all into perspective...... No one should every question our duty, no matter where it may take us. I do not believe anyone would send us anywhere we were not needed, nor subject us to any undue hardship, or put us in harms way unless
  • Staff Sgt. Shawna Warren, a Reserve loadmaster with the 433rd Airlift Wing, gives a thumbs up to Senior Master Sgt. Gary Hochenberger as he drives a backhoe onto an Alamo Wing C-5A. Senior Airman Ionatana Cipili and Sergeant Warren loaded eight various construction vehicles into the cargo hold of the C-5. The equipment, stored in Hawaii, is being transferred to the Washoe Tribe in Nevada as part of a Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office program to provide much needed equipment to organizations like the Washoe Tribe. Equipment is used for wildfire prevention, infastructure repair and construction and transporting the valuable machinery gives practical, realistic training to military members while they meet the needs of organizations around the country. (US Air Force Photo/ Staff Sgt. Carlos Trevino)

    Reserve Unit transports construction equipment to Washoe Tribe

    An aircrew from the 433rd Airlift Wing recently demonstrated a squadron t-shirt catch phrase "You Call, We Haul". Eight vehicles, weighing 125,000 pounds, were carried from Kaneohe Bay MCAF, Hawaii to Reno, Nevada, by an Alamo Wing C-5, as part of Project TransAm. TransAm is essentially a transportation project under the Air Force Reserve
  • The Museum of Aviation is getting a replacement for one of its older displays from Lackland Air Force Base. An F-102A aircraft, built in 1955 and displayed here since 1977, is moving to Robbins AFB, Ga. Tech. Sgt. Robert Kane, non-commissioned officer in-charge of the aerial port at the 733rd Training Squadron, Senior Master Sgt. Robert Pacheco, head air transportation craftsman with the 74th Aerial Port Squadron and Tech. Sgt. Alejandro Molina, a transportation specialist with the 733rd APS, worked with representatives from Robbins AFB, Ga. to palletize the aircraft parts. The F-102A will travel on an Alamo Wing C-5A to Robbins. The F-102A will join other static displays at the Museum of Aviation after reassembly and refurbishment. “It is the museum’s main goal to continually upgrade their collection … and to preserve military history for generations to come,” said Anthony Faircloth, the chief restorer at the Museum of Aviation.

    Loading up a piece of Air Force history

  • First steps to fitness

    Ken Hack, Physical Fitness Director at the Warhawk Fitness Center, said "It is never, ever too late to begin a program," to improving your physical fitness. At the Warhawk, a popular offering is the Microfit program, a 90-day regimen covering all fitness and health components. It also tracks individual progress by computer. A staff member sets
  • Brig. Gen. John Fobian, Wing Commander. (US Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    We were, are, will be busy

    They say time flies when you're having fun and we are having some fun. The recent past was extremely busy for the Alamo Wing. We've already had an aggressive schedule full of annual tours, Air Expeditionary Force cycles, Formal Training Unit transition, local exercises and higher headquarters inspections. We have answered every tasking in support
  • Capt. Amber Marcella, 733rd Training Squadron executive officer and marathon runner. (US Air Force photo/ Stephen Knight)

    Personal fitness goals push 733rd Training Squadron Captain 26 miles farther

    When someone says they dream of running a marathon, it usually remains just a dream. But 34-year-old, Capt. Amber Marcella made the dream reality. The executive officer with the 733rd Training Squadron completed the Austin, Texas Marathon with a competitive time of 4:19:33 in February. She is now in training for September's Air Force Marathon. She
  • The 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron inspection hangar floor recieved a new finish reducing the risk of slipping and greatly improving the use of hangar lighting. The reflective nature of the paint-on floor increases visibility during inspections and will allow the maintainers to see leaks and imperfections during the inspection of C-5 aircraft. The increased visibility in the hangar makes it a safer and more efficient work environment for the AMXS maintainers. (US Air Force photo/ Master Sgt. Laurence Tilghman)

    Paint brings more light to inspection hangar

    The 433rd Maintenance Squadron recently realized paint is a helpful substance. Especially when it is white and all over the hangar floor. But painting 74,000 square feet is no small project. The entire project took almost a month. The 433rd MXS hangar took on new light June 1 when contractors began a $254 thousand project. But why is a paint-job so
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