• 433rd flightline first with new security

    The flight line of 433rd Airlift Wing became safer Feb. 2  when a trail was conducted for a brand new application of Doppler Radar technology here.Lackland’s flight line areas at the 433rd AW and the Texas Air National Guard’s 149th Fighter Wing will be the first sites in the Air Force to employ, on

  • VA Valor winner one of our own

    He stepped out of his vehicle, one of many in the convoy, into a hostile scene. There was chaos, and gunshots in the air. This wasn’t a scene in the Iraqi Sunni Triangle. This was New Orleans shortly after Hurricane Katrina.The Sunday after Katrina made landfall, Tech. Sgt. Randy Perfecto, from the

  • If the worst happens are you ready?

    The wing completed an annual requirement February 4th and 11th during the A and B-UTAs. The requirement was a National Disaster Response Exercise that started at 7 a.m. and continued until each squadron heard the all clear from command post. The scenario was a tornado warning. “The exercise