• I put my uniform on today...

    "I agree with every word.......I knew there was something missing from my commitment to the Military.....this put it all into perspective...... No one should every question our duty, no matter where it may take us. I do not believe anyone would send us anywhere we were not needed, nor subject us to

  • Reserve Unit transports construction equipment to Washoe Tribe

    An aircrew from the 433rd Airlift Wing recently demonstrated a squadron t-shirt catch phrase "You Call, We Haul". Eight vehicles, weighing 125,000 pounds, were carried from Kaneohe Bay MCAF, Hawaii to Reno, Nevada, by an Alamo Wing C-5, as part of Project TransAm. TransAm is essentially a

  • First steps to fitness

    Ken Hack, Physical Fitness Director at the Warhawk Fitness Center, said "It is never, ever too late to begin a program," to improving your physical fitness. At the Warhawk, a popular offering is the Microfit program, a 90-day regimen covering all fitness and health components. It also tracks

  • We were, are, will be busy

    They say time flies when you're having fun and we are having some fun. The recent past was extremely busy for the Alamo Wing. We've already had an aggressive schedule full of annual tours, Air Expeditionary Force cycles, Formal Training Unit transition, local exercises and higher headquarters

  • Personal fitness goals push 733rd Training Squadron Captain 26 miles farther

    When someone says they dream of running a marathon, it usually remains just a dream. But 34-year-old, Capt. Amber Marcella made the dream reality. The executive officer with the 733rd Training Squadron completed the Austin, Texas Marathon with a competitive time of 4:19:33 in February. She is now in

  • Paint brings more light to inspection hangar

    The 433rd Maintenance Squadron recently realized paint is a helpful substance. Especially when it is white and all over the hangar floor. But painting 74,000 square feet is no small project. The entire project took almost a month. The 433rd MXS hangar took on new light June 1 when contractors began

  • Dream to reality

    When someone says they dream of running a marathon, it usually remains just that, a dream. Not so for 34-year-old Capt. Amber Marcella, she made that dream a reality. The Executive Officer with the 733rd Training Squadron completes the Austin, Texas Marathon with a competitive time of 4:19:33 in

  • Numbers represent hands on litters

    Numbers. The success rate of every military effort is always tied to a number. It's hard to see faces behind numbers. Ninety-eight percent. That is the number of wounded who get to an Air Force Theater Hospital in the U.S. Central Command Area of Responsibility and survive. It is a number people see

  • Commander, staff home from deployment

    Brigadier General John Fobian, 433rd Airlift Wing Commander, Maj. Mike Nelson and Tech. Sgt. Raffaele Dickerson are home from their deployed location in Southwest Asia. General Fobian and his staff members spent four months managing the air mobility forces for the U.S. Central Command Area of