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Alamo Wing Civic Leaders Visit Western Bases

Alamo Wing Civic Leaders Visit Western Bases

Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis
Houston Airshow Brings Unique Training Opportunities, Showcases Alamo Wing Mission

Houston Airshow Brings Unique Training Opportunities, Showcases Alamo Wing Mission

Julian Hernandez
Female Aviation Trailblazers Share Experiences on Alamo Wing Podcast

Female Aviation Trailblazers Share Experiences on Alamo Wing Podcast

Julian Hernandez
Reserve Airlift Wing Supports “Ample Strike” Builds Bonds with NATO Allies

Reserve Airlift Wing Supports “Ample Strike” Builds Bonds with NATO Allies

Lubomír Světnička
433rd AES NCO Receives Distinguished Flying Cross

433rd AES NCO Receives Distinguished Flying Cross

Julian Hernandez
Up Close and Flying High 2024 Bosslift Soars

Up Close and Flying High 2024 Bosslift Soars

Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis
The Alamo Wing Food Pantry Opens for Citizen Airmen

The Alamo Wing Food Pantry Opens for Citizen Airmen

Master. Sgt. Jacob Lewis
Political activity Dos and Don’ts for Airmen, Guardians, DoD employees

Political activity Dos and Don’ts for Airmen, Guardians, DoD employees

Staff Sgt. Haley Blevins
Col. Jeffrey Emphasizes Readiness During Assumption of Command

Col. Jeffrey Emphasizes Readiness During Assumption of Command

Master Sgt. Jacob Lewis

Official photo of Chief Master Sergeant Jonathan J. Birk, 433rd Airlift Wing command chief, taken on Nov. 03, 2024.

Greater San Antonio area civic leaders pose for a group photo with 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen before a civic leader tour mission at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 23, 2024.

Greater San Antonio area civic leaders board onto a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy to fly back home after a civic leader tour at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024.

Greater San Antonio area civic leaders walk across a flightline to tour inside a C-17 Globemaster III at March Air Reserve Base, California, Oct. 24, 2024.

Senior Airman Cooper Strople, 336th Air Refueling Squadron boom operator, briefs Col. Douglas C. Jeffrey, IV, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, and Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland civic leaders about the KC-135 Stratotanker refueling mission at March Air Reserve Base, California, Oct. 24, 2024.

Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland civic leaders tour inside a KC-135 Stratotanker at March Air Reserve Base, California, Oct. 24, 2024.

Col. Douglas C. Jeffrey, IV, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, presents a gift from the 433rd AW to Col. Robert Wieman, 452nd Mission Support Group commander, for his brief about the 452nd Air Mobility Wing and for hosting 16 Greater San Antonio area civic leaders for a tour at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024.

Col. Douglas C. Jeffrey, IV, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, gives a round of applause to Jamil Dada, Air Force Reserve Command civic leader, after briefing 16 Greater San Antonio area civic leaders about the importance of being an active military civic leader for the community at March Air Reserve Base, Calif., Oct. 24, 2024.

16 Greater San Antonio area civic leaders board a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super galaxy after learning about the 926th Wing missions on a civic leader tour at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 23, 2024.

16 Greater San Antonio area civic leaders learn about the 926th Wing F-16 Fighting Falcon missions on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 23, 2024.

Chief Master Sgt. Paul Cocanour, 926th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron superintendent, briefs Greater San Antonio area civic leaders about the F-16 Fighting Falcon mission as aggressors during training operations on the flightline at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 23, 2024.

Greater San Antonio area civic leaders enter the virtual augmented reality simulation room for tactical air control party (TACP) specialist training at Nellis Air Force Base, Nevada, Oct. 23, 2024.

Retired Air Force Lt. Cols. Caroline “Blaze” Jensen (left) and Olga Custodio (center) sign rockets that elementary school students will get to fire as part of Starbase Kelly, which is a Department of Defense program designed to introduce underprivileged students to science, technology, engineering, and math, at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Oct. 10, 2024.

Lt. Col. Caroline Jensen, USAFR, makes remarks during a memorial service, at the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, for Elaine Danforth Harmon, who served as a Women Airforce Service Pilot (WASP) during World War II, after her burial with full military honors at Arlington National Cemetery, Sept. 7, 2016.

Guests at the Wings Over Houston Airshow view a performance by the U.S. Navy Flight Demonstration Squadron, better known as the “Blue Angels”, from the front ramp of a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Guests at the Wings Over Houston Airshow gather in the shade provided by the massive wings and tail of 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Capt. Britt Talbott, a 68th Airlift Squadron C-5 pilot, speaks with Samantha Smitherman, a marine engineering technology student at Texas A&M University at Galveston, during the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Guests at the Wings Over Houston Airshow take advantage of a rare opportunity to go inside and photograph a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Guests at the Wings Over Houston Airshow line up for a rare opportunity to go inside a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Airshow visitors examine equipment the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron uses to transport patients and train during the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Senior Airman Damien Johnson, 68th Airlift Squadron flight engineer, speaks with an airshow goer interested in learning about being a Reserve Citizen Airman during the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

A young airshow goer gets a rare opportunity to sit in the pilot seat of a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy during the Wings Over Houston Airshow at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Guests at the Wings Over Houston Airshow get a rare opportunity to go inside a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy at Ellington Airport, Houston, Texas Oct. 26, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, left, 68th Airlift Squadron evaluator C-5 pilot, Lt. Col. Brian Biggerstaff, center, 68th AS C-5 pilot, and Staff Sergeant Jaylen Myles, right, 68th C-5 flight engineer instructor, meet Pavel Kerekeš, headmaster of Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, Sept. 24, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, 68th Airlift Squadron evaluator C-5 pilot, poses with students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, after a seminar about serving in the United States Air Force, Sept. 24, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, center, 68th Airlift Squadron evaluator C-5 pilot, Lt. Col. Brian Biggerstaff, center left, 68th AS C-5 pilot, and Staff Sergeant Jaylen Myles, center right, 68th AS C-5 flight engineer instructor, poses for a group photo with students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, after a seminar about serving in the United States Air Force, Sept. 24, 2024.

Staff Sgt. Jaylen Myles, 68th Airlift Squadron C-5 flight engineer instructor, introduces himself to students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, during a seminar about serving in the United States Air Force, Sept. 24, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, left, 68th Airlift SquadronC-5 pilot evaluator, introduces himself to students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, during a seminar about serving in the United States Air Force, Sept. 24, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, 68th Airlift Squadron C-5 pilot evaluator, gifts a 68th AS unit patch to Marie Stuchla, magister of language, at Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, Sept. 24, 2024.

Lt. Col. Jeremy Hooper, 68th Airlift Squadron evaluator C-5 pilot, presents his military coin as a token of appreciation to Marie Stuchla, magister of language, at Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, a high School in the Czech Republic, Sept. 24, 2024.

68th Airlift Squadron aircrew members and Airmen from the Texas Air National Guard’s 147th Attack Wing, help push an aircraft cargo container holding a MQ-9 Reaper on Sept. 28, 2024.

Czech Republic high school students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, pose for a group photowith 433rd Airlift Wing Rerserve Citizen Airmen after a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy at Leoš Janáček Airport in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sept. 24, 2024.

Czech Republic high school students from Masarykovo gymnázium Příbor, were greeted by 68th Airlift Squadron Reserve Citizen Airmen for a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy at Leoš Janáček Airport in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sept. 24, 2024.

Tomas Pieter, Ostrava Airport cargo handling manager, shakes hands with 1st Lt. Marc D’Amore, 68th AS C-5 pilot, during a tour of the C-5M Super Galaxy at Leoš Janáček Airport, Czech Republic, Sept. 21, 2024.

Tomas Pieter, Ostrava Airport cargo handling manager, poses for a photo in the flight deck of a C-5M Super Galaxy during a tour lead by 68th Airlift Squadron aircrew at Leoš Janáček Airport, Czech Republic, Sept. 21, 2024.

The 68th Airlift Squadron aircrew “Reach 2010” landed their C-5M Super Galaxy for a transportation mission at the Leoš Janáček Airport in Ostrava, Czech Republic, and offered a tour of the C-5, Sept. 21, 2024.

Maj. Gary Koivisto, 433rd Operations Support Squadron instructor pilot, prepares and reviews the C-5M Super Galaxy for takeoff at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, for a transportation mission picking up two MQ-9 Reapers and other cargo located in the Czech Republic, Sept. 20, 2024.

A U.S. Air Force MQ-9 Reaper takes off from Čáslav Air Base, Czech Republic, Sept. 17, 2024.

Chief Master Sgt. Jonathan J. Birk, 433rd Airlift Wing command chief, delivers the oath of induction to the newly appointed NCOs of the 433rd Airlift Wing at the Pfingston Reception Center after the NCO Induction Ceremony on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas on October 5, 2024.

Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gutierrez Jr., center, Air Education and Training Command chief enlisted manager, delivers the Non-commissioned officer charge to the newly appointed NCOs of the 433rd Airlift Wing at the Pfingston Reception Center after the NCO Induction Ceremony on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas on October 5, 2024.

Col. Douglas Jeffrey, right, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, Chief Master Sgt. Robert Gutierrez Jr., center, Air Education and Training Command chief enlisted manager, and Tech. Sgt. Michael Strickler, left, 433rd Airlift Wing Rising Six Council president, pose for a photo at the Pfingston Reception Center after the NCO Induction Ceremony on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas on October 5, 2024.

Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Lopez, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior enlisted leader, sons secure retirement pins onto her uniform during a retirement ceremony on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 5, 2024.

Retired Col. Michael D. Nelson, a former 433rd Medical Squadron commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Lopez, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior enlisted leader, presents the Certificate of Retirement during a retirement ceremony for Lopez in Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 5, 2024.

Retired Col. Michael D. Nelson, a former 433rd Medical Squadron commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Lopez, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior enlisted leader, present the Meritorious Service Medal during a retirement ceremony for Lopez in Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 5, 2024.

Retired Col. Michael D. Nelson, a former 433rd Medical Squadron commander, pins the Meritorious Service Medal onto Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Lopez, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior enlisted leader, during a retirement ceremony in Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 5, 2024.

Chief Master Sgt. Lisa Lopez, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron senior enlisted leader, and Retired Col. Michael D. Nelson, a former 433rd Medical Squadron commander, stands at attention during a retirement ceremony in Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, Oct. 5, 2024.

Master Sgt. Raymond Johnson, a 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, hugs fellow 433rd AES Citizen Airmen after receiving the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Sep. 12, 2024.

Col. Douglas Jeffrey, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, and fellow 433rd AW Reserve Citizen Airmen, give a standing ovation for Master Sgt. Raymond Johnson, a 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron aeromedical evacuation technician, after he received the Distinguished Flying Cross during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Sep. 12, 2024.

Col. Douglas Jeffrey, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, posed for a photo with Master Sgt. Raymond Johnson, a 433rd AES aeromedical evacuation technician, after presenting him the Distinguished Flying Cross with “C” device during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Sep. 12, 2024.

Master Sgt. Jeanett Vielman, 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron first sergeant, and Col. Douglas Jeffrey, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, present the Distinguished Flying Cross to Master Sgt. Raymond Johnson, a 433rd AES aeromedical evacuation technician, during a ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas Sep. 12, 2024.

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Col. Douglas C. Jeffrey IV
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