• Alamo Wing participates in 31st Annual Dieciseis Parade

    433rd Airlift Wing Airmen participate in the 31st Annual Dieciseis parade, sponsored by the Avenida Guadalupe Asociacion in San Antonio, Texas on Sept. 15, 2012. "Dieciseis," or Sept. 16, commemorates Mexico's declared independence from Spanish rule in 1810. The 433rd AW, or "Alamo Wing," is an Air

  • Alamo Wing welcomes new nembers

    Forty-one new Airmen to the 433rd Airlift Wing gather in front of a C-5A Galaxy cargo aircraft during a tour introducing them to Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, on Sept. 9. The tour acclimates incoming Alamo Wing members to the various units on base and assist with questions concerning the

  • More than just fitness, running the AF Marathon for family and country

    The 16th annual Air Force Marathon is only a few days away and, out of the 15,000 runners competing in the 26.2-mile race, one is a member of the Alamo Wing. Tech. Sgt. Leia Bernhard, 433rd Civil Engineer Squadron,  is competing in the race to raise money for Operation Home Front, a nonprofit group

  • Alamo Wing launches Delayed Entry Training Flight

    For the first time, the 433rd Airlift Wing's newest Airmen are getting a boost before basic military training with the creation of delayed enlistment training flights. The program, which launched on Sept. 8, will assist  26 future Airmen with adjusting to military life prior to their assignment to

  • 433rd Training Squadron welcomes new commander

    The 433rd Training Squadron welcomes its new commander Lt. Col. Brian Carter during a change of command ceremony Sept. 8, at the 324th Training Squadron Auditorium, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Col. Craig Petersen, 433rd Mission Support Group commander, officiated the ceremony.  Carter took over

  • Alamo Wing host VA hospital patients, families

    Master Sgt. Tony Wilks, 733rd Training Squadron deputy superintendent, speaks with patients from the Audie L. Murphy Memorial VA Hospital in San Antonio, Texas. About 40 patients and their families were guests for lunch courtesy of the 733rd TRS. "This luncheon is one of two annual events we host

  • 433rd MXS uses "water jet" technology to maximize mission

    What is the  433rd Maintenance Squadron Metals Technology shop to do when tasked with replacing parts for a C-5A Galaxy which have long since been unavailable?Easy--find state-of-the-art equipment and make your own. It is exactly how the O-MAX jet-machining center, or "water-jet", found its way to

  • One for the road

    Col. Thomas K. Smith, 433rd Operations Group deputy commander, closes his eyes and accepts a friendly farewell water attack from 433rd Airlift Wing Commander Col. Jeffrey T. Pennington, Lt. Col. James C Miller, 68th Airlift Wing operations officer and Lt. Col. Jimmie P. Brooks, 433rd Operations

  • Let there be Light

    Contractors worked throughout the week to install a new $1.8 million lighting system around the 433rd Airlift Wing flight line at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas . The new light poles will bring the flight line lighting up to Air Force standards. "The current lighting system was put in place

  • Command Chief encourages Airmen after BEASTchallenge

    433rd Airlift Wing Command Chief Emil Garza speaks to over 600 trainees after the culmination exercise of the Basic Expeditionary Airman Skills and Training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas. The BEAST gives Air Force trainees a more realistic forward-operating base environment to practice