• "Alamo Wing" leadership, Honorary Commanders enjoy festive sounds

    Eight Honorary Commanders from the 433rd Airlift Wing joined their partnered senior leadership at the annual Holiday in Blue concert at the Edgewood Theater for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas on Sunday, Dec. 9.Sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Band of the West, Holiday in Blue is a series

  • Alamo Wing impresses employers during visit

    The 433rd Airlift Wing hosted more than 40 employers at the 19th Annual Employer Day Dec. 8. The goal was to showcase skills Air Force Reservists bring to their civilian jobs. The bosses arrived to JBSA-Lackland in darkness to a humid, foggy airfield. The early start signifies the reality of showing

  • OTS shortens course length, increases efficiency

    Beginning in January, the Air Force Officer Training School's Basic Officer Training course will be shortened by three weeks, officials announced Dec. 4. Cutting the course from 12 weeks to nine weeks was the result of finding efficiencies in the course's scheduling processes and curriculum, said

  • 433rd MXS welcomes new commander

    The 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron welcomed new commander, Lt. Col. Michael Webb during a change of command ceremony, Nov. 3 at the Inter-American Forces Academy auditorium on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Col. Charles Combs, 433rd Maintenance Group Commander, was the host of the ceremony.

  • IAAFA students visit Alamo Wing

    Over 100 students from the Inter-American Air Forces Academy, located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, file into a massive C-5A Galaxy assigned to the 433rd Airlifit Wing, an Air Force Reserve unit also located at JBSA-Lackland on Nov. 15. Since 1993, IAAFA students have visited the "Alamo

  • Wing implements new tradition: Reveille to begin the UTA

    Senior Airman Naomi Costa, a 433rd Maintenance Squadron aircraft mechanic, begins the Unit Training Assembly with reveille Nov. 3 at the 433rd Airlift Wing's new headquarters building on Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Tech. Sgt. Andrew Patterson)

  • "Alamo Wing" participates in Veterans Day parade

    Nearly 20 members of the 433rd Airlift Wing participated in the 13th annual Veterans Day parade held Nov. 10 in downtown San Antonio, Texas.  he 433rd "Alamo Wing" is a C-5 Galaxy equipped, Air Force Reserve unit located at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland.

  • Alamo Wing Airman honored as "Hidden Hero"

    A 433rd Medical Squadron Citizen Airman was honored as a "Hidden Hero" by the Greater San Antonio Chamber of Commerce at the annual "Salute to Employers" luncheon sponsored by the Area 4 (S.A.) committee of Employer Support of the Guard & Reserve of Texas Nov. 6.Senior Airman Digna Norris, a 433rd

  • 433rd OSS gets a new commander

    Lt. Col. John Niakaros assumes command of the 433rd Operation Support Squadron from Lt. Col. Adam Willis, 433rd Operations Group commander, during a change of command ceremony at Joint Base San Antonio - Lackland Nov. 3. "I'm very excited to have the opportunity to be the new commander," said