March 6, 2016 Alamo Wing inducts 17 Honorary Commanders Seventeen civic and business leaders were officially inducted into the 433rd Airlift Wing's Honorary Commanders Program during a ceremony March 5 in downtown San Antonio.The ceremony, hosted by Col. David Scott, 433rd AW vice commander, is a time-honored tradition, signifying the important ties
March 3, 2016 C-5 training facility provides joint training opportunity Airmen at the 733rd Training Squadron assisted with U.S. Army North's Task Force 51's emergency response training here on Mar. 2.The 433rd Airlift Wing's C-5 load trainer facility provides a unique training opportunity to units across Joint Base San Antonio. When units need to quickly respond to
Feb. 29, 2016 Exercise Alamo Shield provides life-saving training Airmen from different units of the 433rd Airlift Wing conducted an eight-day training exercise to hone their skills and prepare in case they are called into action in a deployed environment.Alamo Sheild, held here and Camp Bullis Training Annex from Feb. 22-29 is a comprehensive training exercise
Feb. 29, 2016 Airlift Wing hosts first Pilot for a Day As part of the 433rd Airlift Wing's Pilot for a Day program, 15-year-old Zach Guiterrez was sworn in as an honorary second lieutenant and spent a half of a day here, Feb. 27, visiting various squadrons within the wing.Zach's tour included experiencing flight in a C-5A Galaxy simulator and sitting in
Feb. 28, 2016 Awards banquet honors top performers More than 200 Alamo Wing Airmen and their guests joined in celebration to honor the best-of-the-best in the wing at the fifth annual 433rd Airlift Wing Annual Awards Banquet Feb. 27 at Mitchell Hall. Prior to the ceremony, Col. David A. Scott, 433rd AW vice commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Brian
Feb. 28, 2016 Wing honors 29 CCAF degree recipients The 433rd Airlift Wing held its first Community College of the Air Force degree recognition ceremony here honoring 29 graduates during the unit training assembly on Feb. 27.The Community College of the Air Force was established in 1972 to meet the education and training requirements of the Air Force
Feb. 24, 2016 Air Force actively monitoring ongoing Zika virus infection The Air Force is closely monitoring the emergence of Zika virus infection in the Americas, Oceania, and Africa to help inform and protect Airmen and their families.The Department of Health and Human Services, with its Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), is leading the U.S. response to
Feb. 16, 2016 Alamo Wing in-house leadership conference The 433rd Airlift Wing recently held an in-house commanders' leadership conference at the Gateway Club Jan. 26-28 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.The conference is part of the Human Capital Growth Initiative, and included representatives from all group and squadron level commanders. "The
Jan. 31, 2016 433rd Maintenance Squadron welcomes new commander Maj. A. Spence Pennington assumed command of the 433rd Maintenance Squadron during a ceremony here Jan. 30, 2016.Col. Gretchen M. Wiltse, 433rd Maintenance Group commander, presided over the ceremony."He brings a lot of that 'One team, one fight' spirit with him, and we're going to use a lot of that
Jan. 31, 2016 Alamo Wing welcomes new commander Col. Thomas "T.K." K. Smith Jr. assumed command of the 433rd Airlift Wing during a ceremony here Jan. 30, 2016. Maj. Gen. John C. Flournoy Jr., 4th Air Force commander, presided over the ceremony."When (the previous 433rd AW commander) told me he was going to move on, the first person that came to