July 17, 2017 Corvette enthusiasts visit Alamo Wing The 433rd Airlift Wing recently hosted 65 members from the National Corvette Restorers Society July 13, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.
June 30, 2017 Operation Silver Galaxy participants train for future deployments The 433rd Airlift Wing hosted the 1st Calvary Division, 1st Air Combat Brigade, 615th Aviation Support Battalion out of Ft. Hood, Texas in support of Operation Silver Galaxy, a training exercise June 20-25 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.
June 12, 2017 Boss Lift provides sky-high look at Alamo Wing mission Twenty-eight civilian employers of 433rd Airlift Wing Citizen Airmen were provided an opportunity to experience the Alamo Wing's mission from the sky in a C-5M Super Galaxy June 10 here.
May 3, 2017 AFRC Wings descend on California for Patriot Hook Exercise In a massive collaboration of more than 350 military, federal, and state personnel, and five Air Force Reserve Command Wings convened in California April 26 - May 1 to participate in Patriot Hook. The six-day exercise spanned across three sites in California, simulating austere Forward Operating
April 2, 2017 C-5M on full display for IAAFA students More than 80 students from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy visited units of the 433rd Airlift Wing and toured a C-5M Super Galaxy during a tour March 29.For many of the IAAFA students, this was the first opportunity to get an up-close look at the second largest aircraft in the world and the
Dec. 23, 2016 ‘Operation Babylift’ Cheney Award recipient visits C-5 Wing On April 4, 1975, just a few weeks before the fall of Saigon and end of the Vietnam War, the first military flight of “Operation Babylift” out of Saigon on a C-5 cargo aircraft, crashed right after take-off. There were close to 300 hundred people on board, mostly children under the age of two that
Nov. 10, 2016 Alamo Wing honors young aviation enthusiast The Saturday of a Unit Training Assembly is usually fraught with work orders, computer based training or preparing for real-world missions at the 433rd Airlift Wing. On Nov. 5, 2016; however, members took some time to make the dream of a little girl come true: to be an Airman for the day.The
Oct. 29, 2016 Civic leaders get up-close look at Strategic mission More than 20 civic leaders within San Antonio and its surrounding communities boarded a C-5M Super Galaxy Oct. 27 bound for Barksdale Air Force Base, Louisiana, to get an up-close look at the U.S. Air Force Global Strike Command and the 307th Bomb Wing.
Oct. 26, 2016 Lackland medics visit C-5M, school house Nine Airmen with the 59th Medical Support Squadron toured the C-5M Super Galaxy and the Air Force Reserve C-5M School House at the 733rd Training Squadron, Oct. 26 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.During the tour, the Airmen visited the aircraft on the flight line and learned about its
Oct. 12, 2016 Alamo wing hosts international students Students from Latin America attending the Inter-American Air Forces Academy toured a C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft on the flight line of the 433rd Airlift Wing Oct. 6 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.