May 22, 2009 Alamo Wing honors fallen Airmen For a few moments, on the Thursday before Memorial Day, the Alamo Wing stopped to remember. Work still went on across the wing but, in Bravo-12 Memorial Grove, about 100 Airmen and civilians gave a little time to honor those who gave everything. The grove is a tribute to Alamo Wing Airmen who lost
May 19, 2009 Grease, grit, Galaxy: Reservist keeps C-5 aloft The enourmous black cable was filthy from being dragged through oil, jet fuel and grease.Staff Sgt. Mikela Kleinhans, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron Air Reserve Technician, lugged the heavy cable from the "dash 86" generator to the belly of a C-5A Galaxy cargo aircraft. She plugged it into the
May 13, 2009 Staff Sergeant Amanda Stephens makes important job fun Walking in to the clean, organized office of the 710th Information Operations Flight, an Air Force Reserve unit at Brooks City-Base, it's difficult not to notice something unusual about the motivational posters adorning the walls. The face in many of the posters looks like the person at the desk,
May 8, 2009 Reservists issued PRaDa A designer system for tracking personnel files is now available to Reserve Airmen. The Personnel Records Display Application is a solution that lets Airmen retrieve their own records without making a trip to the MPF. PRDA, pronounced PRaDA, isn't going to outfit Airmen with designer threads, but it
May 6, 2009 On your MARRC, get sat, ERO! The first thing most visitors to the coastal city of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, known for golf and surfing, do is check into their hotel, then hit the beach or go salsa dancing. Instead of enjoying local cuisine, like the plantain based dishes of mofongo and tostones , members of the 433rd Airlift
May 5, 2009 Alamo Wing Airmen earn promotions The following individuals were selected for promotion to the indicated rank for the month of May. Unless otherwise indicated the effective date of promotion is May 1, 2009.Chief Master Sergeant Daryl M. Bagesse, 433rd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, effective March 1 Senior Master Sergeant David W.
April 24, 2009 Golden Bolt designed to prevent Foreign Object Damage Foreign Object Damage, or FOD, occurs when small objects like pebbles, nuts and bolts , are left on the aircraft parking ramp. Those foreign objects can then be sucked into the intake of a running aircraft. The Golden Bolt program, or Eldorado, is a program designed to add a little fun to the Monday
April 22, 2009 Avoidance Key to dealing with bird-strikes The recent aircraft mishaps involving birds has nabbed the nation's attention: the US Airways plane that landed in New York's Hudson River; the Delta Air Lines plane that departed from New Orleans but was forced to land seconds after take-off when birds struck the Boeing 757's two engines. Last year
April 22, 2009 Old workhorse flies into future Your grandfather's analog compasses and dials are being replaced. The sleek, modernized system neither makes the C-5A completely new, nor is it the same old aircraft. The new avionics instrument display screens are more like those on your kid's complex video games.The first two modernized C-5As are