Devine students visit Alamo Wing Published May 16, 2011 By Senior Airman Luis Loza Gutierrez 433rd Airlifr Wing/Public Affairs Lackland Air Force Base, Texas -- Middle school students took a field trip and visited the 433rd Airlift Wing at Lackland Air Force Base Texas, May 16, 2011. More than 120 sixth-graders and their teachers from Devine Middle School loaded up three full-size school buses and made the approximately 35-mile road trip northeast towards San Antonio. "This is a phenomenal experience for our students. Some of these kids have never left the town so a visit to a military base like this one is a real eye-opener," said Michael Fuller, a sixth-grade teacher at Devine Middle School. The students and their teachers were greeted by Citizen Airmen upon their arrival at the 68th Airlift Squadron Auditorium. They were then given a presentation about the important mission that is carried out every day by the men the women of the Alamo Wing. The young scholars wrapped up their visit to the 433rd AW with a tour of a C-5 Galaxy aircraft, which created a lot of positive feedback from the colts and fillies (Devine Middle School mascots). "I've never seen one (a C-5 or any plane) up close, so I think it was very cool that we got the chance to come here and watch them in real life," said 13-year-old student, Josh Aguilar. "I can't believe how they (Air Force reservists) make something so big fly." This recent field trip marks the thirteenth year in-a-row that the middle school students from Devine, Texas, have visited the Alamo Wing. "You could say it has become a tradition of ours and one we hope our students will continue to enjoy for many years to come," said Fuller.