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  • 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
  • While the C-5 Formal Training Unit at Lackland AFB's Kelly Field held a ceremony to welcome two new squadrons into the 433rd Airlift Wing, The first of the C-5 full motion flight simulators was in the begining stages of instalation. Currently aircrew students and instructors use a simulator in another building within the wing. Once this equipment is up and running, available training time will double for students to earn thier initial qualification, the instructors at the schoolhouse who must maintain thier certification and the 68th Airlift Squadron, the Alamo Wing's operational flying squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)

    Lackland gets two new squadrons

    Two new squadrons were added to the 26 existing units of the Alamo Wing today in a ceremony marking the occasion. The 356th Airlift Squadron and the 733rd Training Squadron are part of the C-5 Formal Training Unit, Kelly Field, Lackland AFB, TX. The 356th AS, previously assigned to Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio, was responsible for training aircrew
  • Staff Sgt. Mike Wagner, a member of the 433rd Civil Engineering Squadron is seen here with one of his many autograph grantors, Spanky McFarlan of The Little Rascals. Sergeant Wagner’s collection includes entertainers, athletes and notable leaders like Abraham Lincoln. He started his hobby in 1967 with the autograph of Joe DiMaggio.

    One Reservist's love is revealed in the cards

    Alamo Wing members are all business in their boots and BDUs. But catch a glimpse of them outside the military world, and sometimes it's a different ball game. At least one member of the 433rd Airlift Wing, has a passion for the New York Yankees baseball team that has him seeing stars, and may prove profitable if he plays his collected cards right.

  • Weather Closure Announced for Wednesday

    Severe weather closure is in effect for today, Wednesday, Jan. 16, for Lackland AFB for all non-essential personnel with the 433rd Airlift Wing. Only mission essential and emergency personnel are required to report for duty.
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    Weather Alert - Base closure

    Due to weather, Lackland AFB reporting will only require key personnel and those that live on-base to report in today, Tuesday January 16. Civilian employees will not be charged leave during the weather closure.News for Wednesday will be posted when received.Those non-mission critical personnel who are currently at Lackland are encouraged to go

  • Severe Weather Delay Announced

    Due to extreme weather conditions, a 3-hour delay is in effect for all non-essential personnel for the day shift on Tuesday, January 16. Those on grave shift, tonight, are to report as scheduled.

  • Weather Delay Announced

    Due to extreme weather conditions, a 3-hour delay is in effect for all non-essential personnel for the day shift on Tuesday, January 16.Those on grave shift, tonight, are to report as scheduled.

  • ESGR Accepting Nominations for 2007 Freedom Awards

    The National Committee for Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve (ESGR) is accepting nominations for the 2007 Secretary of Defense Employer Support Freedom Awards at the ESGR website at www.esgr.mil. The nomination process opens on January 8, 2007 and will conclude on February 28, 2007. To nominate their employers, National Guardsmen,
  • Senior Airman David Fink, a reserve loadmaster from the 433rd Airlift Wing, shows students from Radiance Academy how to load cargo on a C-5 Galaxy.

    Alamo Wing shines for Radiance Academy

    About 100 students in 2nd through 12th grades, from the Radiance Academy and Shekinah Radiance Academy, recently visited the Alamo Wing for the grand tour of a C-5, complete with static load display. Students watched Senior Airman Greg Cortez, 26th Aerial Port Squadron, drive a one-and-a-half ton truck up the nose ramp and park inside the aircraft.
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