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  • At the start of the 2019 riding season the Air Force Motorcycle Program Manager lets Air Force riders know some basic requirements for rider training and what the acronyms mean. Motorcycle safety training is an important component in keeping Airmen who ride safe and ready to support wartime operations.

    Motorcycle Safety Training: What riders need to know

    With more motorcyclists hitting the roadways, it may be helpful to shed some light on the Air Force’s training requirements, as well as the proper acronyms for the Motorcycle Safety Foundation courses, as well as dispel some misinformation circulating.
  • The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The request to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to eligible dependents must be completed while serving as an active member of the Armed Forces. The Department of Defense determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family. Once the DoD approves benefits for transfer, the new beneficiaries apply for them at Veterans Affairs.

    Changes to Post-9/11 GI Bill transfers effective July 2019

    The transferability option under the Post-9/11 GI Bill allows service members to transfer all or some unused benefits to their spouse or dependent children. The request to transfer unused GI Bill benefits to eligible dependents must be completed while serving as an active member of the Armed Forces. The Department of Defense determines whether or not you can transfer benefits to your family. Once the Department of Defense approves benefits for transfer, the new beneficiaries apply for them at Veterans Affairs.
  • Six newly inducted honorary commanders join with current military commanders and leaders of the Alamo Wing May 5, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

    Alamo Wing inducts honorary commanders

    Six civic and business leaders reported for duty to the 433rd Airlift Wing May 5 to be inducted into the honorary commander program.
  • A 433rd Airlift Wing member and family walk through a static C-5M Super Galaxy May 5, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas.

    433rd Airlift Wing hosts its annual family day event

    Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 433rd Airlift Wing and their families, attended the annual family day event here May 5.
  • Sgt. 1st Class Dion Cortez, Company C, 2-149 Aviation Texas Army National Guard flight medic, guides Reserve Citizen Airmen medical technicians off-loading a simulated wounded patient by stretcher during Operation Joint Medic May 5, 2019 at Joint Base San Antonio-Camp Bullis, Texas.

    Reserve and Guard build expeditionary medical skills during Joint Medic Exercise

    More than 70 military members, including Reserve Citizen Airmen, Army and Navy Reservists and Texas Army National Guardsmen combined to sharpen their expeditionary mass-casualty stabilization and aeromedical evacuation skills May 4-5.
  • A 433rd Airlift Wing C-5M Super Galaxy flies over the opening ceremony of the 50th Annual Special Olympics Texas Summer Games May 3, 2019 at Toyota Field in San Antonio, Texas.

    433rd AW performs flyover at opening ceremony of Special Olympics

    Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing performed a C-5M Super Galaxy flyover during the 50th Annual Special Olympics Texas Summer Games opening ceremony May 3, at Toyota Field.
  • Dr. Benjamin Johansen, stands with his right hand raised as he is administered the commissioning oath by Army Lt. Col. Anne McClain, an astronaut on the International Space Station, 210 miles above earth. Johansen is joining the Air Force Reserve as a flight surgeon and will wear the rank of a captain, but as a civilian he is a flight surgeon with NASA and is assigned as one of two flight surgeons for McClain. (Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Chance Babin)

    Reserve Citizen Airman takes out-of-this-world oath

    The Air Force Reserve’s newest flight surgeon was sworn into service by an astronaut flying at 17,500 miles per hour aboard the International Space Station 210 miles above the Earth on May 4.
  • Airmen may nominate employers for this year's Chaplain Day.

    Airmen, nominate clergy for Chaplain Day

    The 433rd Airlift Wing 2019 Clergy Day is underway and what better way to say thank you to a supportive spiritual leader than to nominate them for the ride of their life. As a member of the 433rd Airlift Wing, you can nominate your clergy member to take part in the 2019 Clergy Day, scheduled for June 1.
  • Senior Master Sgt. Carol A. Allen, 433rd Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight superintendent, takes a moment with her sister, Yvonne Hernandez at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas April 26, 2019.

    433rd Airlift Wing Citizen Airman, loving sister, living organ donor

    When one 433rd Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airman learned there was a way to help her sick sister through a living organ donor program, she didn’t hesitate to volunteer. Senior Master Sgt. Carol A. Allen, 433rd Force Support Squadron Sustainment Flight superintendent, is dedicated to her family and her role as an Airman.
  • The 433rd Airlift Wing's Honor Guard leads the 433rd Airlift Wing and 960th Cyberspace Wing walkers and float on Broadway Street in downtown San Antonio during the 71st annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade, April 27, 2019.

    Two San Antonio Air Force wings represent at the Fiesta Flambeau Parade

    With the Texas sunset serving as the backdrop, San Antonio’s Alamo Mission in the background and the University of Texas Longhorn Band lined up in front of the historical site, the 433rd Airlift Wing’s massive C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft came in low from the North, opening up the 71st Annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade, with an impressive flyover. This year, the Air Force Reserve Command’s 433rd AW and 960th Cyberspace Wing came together as a whole, to continue a tradition of participating in the City of San Antonio’s 71st Annual Fiesta Flambeau Parade, April 27. The theme of the 2019 parade was “Reflections of Music Past.”
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