433rd Airlift Wing News

January Enlisted Promotions

DoD News — Sat, 09 Jan 2021 17:57:50 GMT

433rd Airlift Wing and 960 Cyberspace Wing January enlisted promotions.

Year in review: Alamo Wing adapts, continues executing mission despite COVID-19

Master Sgt. Kristian Carter — Fri, 08 Jan 2021 22:45:58 GMT

In 2020, the 433rd Airlift Wing trained 255 C-5M Super Galaxy aircrew members, flew 84 operational airlift missions, 527 local training missions, supported COVID-19 relief efforts in New York, deployed 205 Airmen in support of ongoing contingency operations, developed new processes for continued operations in a pandemic, welcomed aircraft from other units evacuating to avoid damage from storms and fires, and remembered the BRAVO-12 aircrew. The year started like many others. The wing held the annual awards banquet and participated in the exercise Patriot Palm in Hawaii in January, followed by the 22nd Annual Stars and Stripes Air Show in Laredo, Texas, in February, and the Spurs’ Military Appreciation Night in March. However, change came shortly after that as the coronavirus case numbers started multiplying in the United States.

BAMC provides COVID-19 vaccine program update

Elaine Sanchez — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 16:00:00 GMT

Brooke Army Medical Center administered its first Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines to frontline medical professionals Dec. 17 as part of the Department of Defense’s initial vaccine rollout.

Collection of 2020 Social Security Tax Deferral

DoD News — Mon, 04 Jan 2021 15:50:00 GMT

This notice provides an update to the prior notification, Subject "Collection of 2020 Social Security Tax Deferral" sent Dec. 18, 2020. The Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2021 was passed and extended the period for collecting deferred 2020 Social Security taxes. The period for collection is now Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2021 (instead of Jan. 1, 2021 to April 30, 2021).

Senior leaders provide update on strategic priorities

DoD News — Tue, 29 Dec 2020 19:34:00 GMT

Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, commander of Air Force Reserve Command, and Chief Master Sgt. Timothy White, AFRC’s command chief master sergeant, issued a memorandum for all Reserve Citizen Airmen November 30 titled AFR Strategic Priorities – Our Current Progress and Future Path.

Operation Warp Speed leader provides update on COVID-19 vaccine delivery

David Vergun — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 15:55:00 GMT

Twenty million doses of COVID-19 vaccine will have been delivered by the end of the year, the chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed said.

74th APS supports Operation Nightstorm

Tech. Sgt. Samantha Mathison — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 21:37:00 GMT

Eight Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 74th Aerial Port Squadron at the 433rd Airlift Wing here participated in a joint-service training exercise dubbed Operation Nightstorm Dec. 14-15, to learn how to sling load cargo onto in-flight helicopters.

Virtual or in-person: Yellow Ribbon events benefit deploying Airmen and their loved ones

Chief Master Sgt. Shawn J. Jones — Tue, 22 Dec 2020 15:10:00 GMT

Prior to the coronavirus pandemic, the success of the Air Force Reserve Yellow Ribbon Program could be summarized by one key statistic—more than 95 percent of attendees said Yellow Ribbon events benefited their family. This success was built on in-person events where deployers, their loved ones, leaders and subject-matter experts gathered in a conference-like setting for two days of training, education and networking on people-centric topics related to Reserve deployments. But when coronavirus shut down most military travel, the Yellow Ribbon team was forced to change their ways.

Department of the Air Force releases findings on racial disparity review

Secretary of the Air Force Public Affairs — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 19:01:00 GMT

The Department of the Air Force released its report on the findings of an Air Force Inspector General independent review into racial disparity Dec. 21. The full report is available for download on AF.mil.

“Air Force Competencies” Now on MyVector

DoD News — Mon, 21 Dec 2020 15:05:00 GMT

Airmen curious about their level of proficiency in Air Force Foundational Competencies can now take an assessment on MyVector.

Alamo Wing Top 3, Wish for Our Heroes provide holiday meals

Master Sgt. Kristian Carter — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 22:53:00 GMT

The Alamo Wing Top 3 and Wish for Our Heroes joined to provide 150 holiday meals to enlisted military members here and at Joint Base San Antonio-Fort Sam Houston Dec. 18.

Space Force Leader to Become 8th Member of Joint Chiefs

Jim Garamone — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 12:41:00 GMT

The Joint Chiefs of Staff will grow by one member when Space Force Gen. John "Jay" Raymond joins the highest-ranking military, deliberative body in the Defense Department on Dec. 20.

NSA Cybersecurity Advisory: Malicious Actors Abuse Authentication Mechanisms to Access Cloud Resources

DoD News — Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:27:00 GMT

In response to ongoing cybersecurity events, the National Security Agency (NSA) released a Cybersecurity Advisory Thursday “Detecting Abuse of Authentication Mechanisms.” This advisory provides guidance to National Security System (NSS), Department of Defense (DoD), and Defense Industrial Base (DIB) network administrators to detect and mitigate against malicious cyber actors who are manipulating trust in federated authentication environments to access protected data in the cloud.

Updates to Thrift Savings Plan coming in 2021

Sixteenth Air Force Public Affairs — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:30:00 GMT

Each year, the Internal Revenue Service places limits on the dollar amount of contributions that can be contributed to the Thrift Savings Plan, or TSP. For 2021, the annual elective deferral and catch-up limits remain from 2020.

AFRC History Office releases 2nd edition of AFR coloring book

DoD News — Thu, 17 Dec 2020 16:30:00 GMT

The Air Force Reserve Command's Office of History and Heritage released a second edition of the AFR

Scobee highlights Reserve contributions, future priorities

Lt. Col. Elizabeth Magnuson — Mon, 14 Dec 2020 20:15:00 GMT

Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command, highlighted the contributions of the more than 70,000 Reserve Citizen Airmen during an extremely busy 2020 and shared the Air Force Reserve future priorities during the Reserve Forces Policy Board’s quarterly meeting December 9. Throughout his speech, Scobee underscored the Air Force Reserve’s ability to deliver 20% of the Air Force’s overall operational and strategic capability with just 3% of the budget. He focused on the essential work Reserve Citizen Airmen accomplished with regard to the Department of Defense COVID-19 response and natural disaster support during 2020.

Operation Warp Speed Official: First COVID-19 Vaccines to Arrive Monday

Terri Moon Cronk — Sat, 12 Dec 2020 19:17:00 GMT

The nation's first vaccines for the COVID-19 virus will be distributed Monday, following the emergency-use authorization by the Food and Drug Administration for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, Army Gen. Gustave F. Perna said.

DAF highlights participation in Disability Action Working Group

DoD News — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 23:58:55 GMT

The Department of the Air Force Disability Action Working Group helps disabled people by providing an open forum to share concerns and forge better working environments for employees with disabilities.

Command notifies Reserve Citizen Airmen of Unclassified Information changes

DoD News — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 23:56:12 GMT

The Defense Department’s new Controlled Unclassified Information program stood up in July 2020 with the release of DoD Instruction 5200.48, Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). The program ensures standardized identification, safeguarding, transmission, storage, dissemination, destruction and records management for CUI used across all government agencies.

Resilience during holidays can be daunting, but possible

Lori A. Bultman — Fri, 11 Dec 2020 23:54:45 GMT

Joint Base San Antonio offers many programs and services which can help lift spirits and assist in navigating the holidays in a positive way.