July 11, 2013 433rd "Alamo Wing" commander briefs "Alamo Wing" troops about preventing sexual assault, harassment Col. Jeffrey Pennington,433rd Airlift Wing commander, conferred with personnel during the Sexual Assault and Prevention stand-down day July 10. at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. "We have faced the problem of sexual assault and harassment within the Air Force culture, and now it's up to us to fix
June 26, 2013 AlliedBarton sign ESGR Statement of Support Michael Embree, Vice President of Operations, AlliedBarton Security Services, San Antonio District Office, signed an Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Statement of Support at an hiring event attended by Col. Jeffrey Pennington, commander 433rd Airlift Wing, Joint Base San
June 6, 2013 Exchange to transition to rip-stop airman battle uniform As the Air Force transitions from the airman battle uniform, or ABU, to the rip-stop airman battle uniform, the Army & Air Force Exchange Service will no longer be able to order the ABU once the Defense Logistics Agency's stock is depleted. "While the ABUs will still be authorized for wear, they
June 6, 2013 Leadership San Antonio views Reserve slice of JBSA-Lackland Over 70 Leadership San Antonio's Class 38 participants toured a 433rd Airlift Wing C-5A Galaxy as part of their orientation of Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland on June 5. Leadership San Antonio--a jointly-sponsored program of the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce and the San Antonio Hispanic
June 2, 2013 "Alamo Wing" Honorary Commander attends DLIELC International Fest Ambassador Sichan Siv, former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations and a 433rd Airlift Wing Honorary Commander, is joined at JBSA-Lackland's Gateway Club by Lt. Col. David Rodriguez,433rd Maintenance Operations Squadron commander, for the Defense Language Institute-English Language Center's second
May 24, 2013 Alamo Wing Airmen earn promotions Congratulations to the following Airmen who were selected for promotion in May 2013Master SergeantMichael Gonzalez, 433rd MXSDavid Gaffney, 733rd TRSLeia Bernhard, 433rd CESTechnical SergeantHeather Parry, 433rd FSSKatrina Calvin, 433rd Charles Cate, 26th APSMichael Vasconi, 26th APSCatherine
May 16, 2013 In the line of fire - 433rd CES Firefighters The 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron's firefighters don't hesitate in being in the line of fire when it comes to rescuing people and putting out fires. The 433rd CES conducted annual live-fire training exercises on an aircraft fuselage simulator May 3 on Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, Texas. Several
May 15, 2013 IRR Muster rounds up prior-service members back to "Alamo Wing" Col. Jeffrey T. Pennington, 433rd Airlift Wing commander, opened the Individual Ready Reserve muster, May 15 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland's Mitchell Hall to more than 160 prior-service members. He started out by thanking all attendees for coming and explaining the opportunities awaiting them
May 15, 2013 May 31 is deadline to sign up for TRICARE automatic payments Beneficiaries enrolled in TRICARE Reserve Select or TRICARE Retired Reserve who pays monthly premiums by check must switch to an electronic form of payment by May 31 to avoid losing coverage. TRICARE will only accept monthly premium payments using recurring automatic payments by credit or debit
May 14, 2013 Kansas reservists support Texas flight medicine The 18th Air Refueling Squadron and the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron teamed up to conduct aeromedical evacuation training, May 11-12. The training allowed 433rd AES members to set up litter systems in conjunction with the aircraft's AE configuration, practice caring for patients in-flight