• Hail, farewell to four Alamo Wing chiefs

    Some say life begins at retirement. If so, four Chief Master Sergeants from the 433rd Airlift Wing just started living on the August B Unit Training Assembly. With 138 years of experience between them, Chiefs Ronald Csehil, Aircraft Maintenance Squadron, retires with nearly 42 years of service,

  • Reserve, civilian medical pros build bridge

    It is possible to have the best of both worlds in the medical field. Patients in San Antonio's Southwest General Hospital know what that is. A new program has 46 Reservists from the 433rd Airlift Wing's Medical Squadron completing annual 15-day training periods working with civilian providers at

  • Tuition assistance programs aid degree quest

    A new education program called the Air University Associate to Baccalaureate Cooperative, or AU-ABC, started in June. The program offers members of the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard the opportunity to transfer all Community College of the Air Force credits towards the pursuit a

  • Reserve Training Instructor gets top honors

    Some people say if you don't use it, you lose it when it comes to professional skills. Some people don't know the Military Training Instructor of the Year, Reservist category, for 2007. A lot of things can happen in nearly a decade. In fact, time can make life a whole lot sweeter. Take one basic

  • C-5 Tail 306 Returns Home As Cargo-Load Trainer

    Irreparable structural damage doomed C-5 Galaxy tail 68306 to the boneyard at Davis-Monthan AFB in Tucson, Ariz.  But in May of 2007, it returned to the 433rd Airlift Wing parking ramp.  Although the aircraft--originally  assigned to the Alamo Wing's initial C-5 fleet--will never fly missions

  • Leaning forward might cause a splash

    Employers, both military and civilian, continually encourage workers to lean forward to the future for the good of the company. For one Airman, leaning into the future caused him to get wet. But that was the plan. As an Air Force Reservist, Col. Josef Schmid is the commander of the 433rd Medical

  • 433rd Airman plays on clean-sweeping vollyball team

    Twenty-three women, seven days, two practices a day and one goal, to make the 2007 All-Air Force Women's Volleyball Team. Try-outs for the team were held in Hawaii, as if being chosen to try-out for the team wasn't exciting enough. The entire trip to Hawaii was surreal because I can remember the

  • 433rd Airman plays on clean-sweeping vollyball team

    Twenty-three women, seven days, two practices a day and one goal, to make the 2007 All-Air Force Women's Volleyball Team. Try-outs for the team were held in Hawaii, as if being chosen to try-out for the team wasn't exciting enough. The entire trip to Hawaii was surreal because I can remember the

  • Weather can be rough but 433rd maintainers are tougher

    The 433rd Maintenance Group's flight line is a busy place to work. Workers there maintain, fix or replace gears, brakes, engines and other parts on the C-5 Galaxy, allowing the craft to stay air-worthy. In addition to maintenance on the aircraft, the flight line is also host to the Air Force's C-5