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  • Dr. (Col.) Jaso, a surgeon with the 433rd Medical Squadron, tends to the urgent wounds of an Army member in the emergency room of the AFTH, Balad, Iraq. Col. Jaso is an Air Force reservist serving his second volunteer term as a general surgeon in Iraq.

    Foot Doctor

  • Dr. (Col.) Renee Jaso, commander or the Air Force Reserve's 433rd Medical Squadron (center), receives a briefing about the condition of an ICU patient in the AFTH. Colonel Jaso volunteered, for the second time, to step away from his successful general surgury practice in San Antonio to help heal servicemembers in Iraq. "The real heroes are those who defend our liberty with their flesh and bones," said Colonel Jaso. "All I can do in return is take care of them when they fall."

    Reserve doctor on third Balad tour

  • GI Bill offers on-the-job-training paycheck

    Troops who don’t use their GI bill benefits for college tuition can receive a paycheck supplement at their first job, under a program administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs. The money is contingent upon the employer offering a VA-approved job training program. Many of those currently receiving the benefit are for jobs like mechanics,

  • Team Lackland saves 7-year-old

    Meaghan Ababa is resting comfortably at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles thanks to the many moving parts and total efforts of team Lackland and counterparts from March Air Reserve Base. Her doctors say it’s a miracle considering the trip the 7-year-old Hawaiian girl just completed. The journey began at Kapiolani Medical Center for Women and Children

  • 433rd flightline first with new security

    The flight line of 433rd Airlift Wing became safer Feb. 2  when a trail was conducted for a brand new application of Doppler Radar technology here.Lackland’s flight line areas at the 433rd AW and the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing will be the first sites in the Air Force to employ, on a trial basis, the new Mobile Detection and

  • VA Valor winner one of our own

    He stepped out of his vehicle, one of many in the convoy, into a hostile scene. There was chaos, and gunshots in the air. This wasn’t a scene in the Iraqi Sunni Triangle. This was New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina.The Sunday after Katrina made landfall, Tech. Sgt. Randy Perfecto, from the 433rd Security Forces Squadron, was on the ground

  • If the worst happens are you ready?

    The wing completed an annual requirement February 4th and 11th during the A and B-UTAs. The requirement was a National Disaster Response Exercise that started at 7 a.m. and continued until each squadron heard the all clear from command post. The scenario was a tornado warning. “The exercise performed is based on locality and the region,” said
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