Citizen Airmen Support MARSOC During Southern Star ‘25

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Operation Iraqi Freedom

BALAD AIR BASE, Iraq -- (From right) Maj. Preston McFarren, Aerial Port Flight commander, and Chief Master Sgt. Steven Saxon, superintendent, stand next to pallets prepared for delivery to servicemembers downrange at the cargo yard at Balad Air Base, Iraq. Major McFarren and Chief Saxon are assigned to the 332nd Expeditionary Logistics Squadron with the 332nd Air Expeditionary Wing. They are deployed here together from the 443rd Airlift Wing?s 26th Aerial Port Squadron at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas. Balad Air Base is the aerial port hub for all of Iraq and the busiest cargo aerial port in the Department of Defense. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Candace Romano)
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Behind the equipment

Tech. Sgt. Robert Calmes is a heavy mobile mechanic with the 556th RED HORSE Squadron. Members of his unit depend on his skill to keep the heavy machinery, like backhoes, bulldozers and trucks, in good working order. Currently, peices of the equipment Sergeant Calmes works on are in use in Guatemala building a three-room school for a small mountain village. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Firing line

Members of the 433rd Airlift Wing must maintain wartime skills including the ability to operate and accurately use weapons. A standard sidearm issued when required is the 9mm. Members are rated on their experience from qualified through expert based on their total hits and the location on the target where they strike. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Bruce Hill Jr.)
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In peices

A second full-motion flight simulator arrives at the 433rd Airlift Wing and is asssembled inside the simulator bay at the C-5 Formal Training Unit here. The simulator arrived on six semi-trucks and will double the training time available for training students and members of the 68th Airlift Squadron training to maintain thier flight currency. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sergeant Collen McGee)
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Maintaining maintenance equipment

Col. Howard Seid, 433rd Airlift Wing Vice Commander, looks on as Senior Airmen Phillip Jones, left, and Brandon LaFleur, both maintainers with the 433rd Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight, work on a Self Generating Nitrogen Cart. The cart used on the C-5 Galaxy to inflate aircraft tires and landing gear struts. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sergreant Collen McGee)
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Maintaining maintenance equipment

Senior Airman Aaron Johnson, a maintainer with the 433rd Aerospace Ground Equipment Flight, he is working on an aircraft jack used to raise a C-5 Galaxy aircraft off it?s wheels. It takes six jacks and nine people to safely lift a C-5 to perform a functional check of the landing gear systems. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Steady Aim

Members of the 433rd Airlift Wing must maintain wartime skills including the ability to operate and accurately use weapons. A standard sidearm issued when required is the 9mm. Members are rated on their experience from qualified through expert based on their total hits and the location on the target where they strike. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Capt. Bruce Hill Jr.)
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Hide and cover

Senior Airman Abel Anaya, an M-203 grenadier with the 433rd Security Forces Squadron, provides over-watch security during a patrol exercise. Airman Anaya's job during the excercise was to provide cover to his team mates at an entry control point. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Medical Evacuation flight preparation

Maj. Barbara Sewick, left, a nurse, and Tech. Sgt. Lisa Hassell, a medical technician, are both deployed from the 433rd Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron to support the 775th Expeditionary Aeromedical Squadron's mission of transporting wounded within the United States. The stateside mission is performed primarily by Reservists on 60-day rotations. (U.S. Air Force Courtesy Photo)
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The annual Ride For The Brand Rodeo Breakfast event is scheduled to coincide with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Breakfast downtown, offered members of the Alamo Wing free breakfast tacos, biscuits and sausage gravy and hot coffee. The hot meal was welcome in the early morning hours where the temperatures dipped well below the normal for South Texas. Local merchants, including the Lackland Commissary, contributed the ingredients for the morning menu. The Ride For The Brand Rodeo Committee hosts the event. The Rodeo Committee also puts on a rodeo in Helotes, Texas, each year to raise funds for college scolarships, the share and care program and various community programs. The committee is made up of members of the Alamo Wing who live in the area surrounding Lackland AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Open Wide

The annual Ride For The Brand Rodeo Breakfast, an event scheduled to coincide with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Breakfast downtown, offered members of the ALamo Wing free breakfast tacos, biscuits and sausage gravy and hot coffee. The hot meal was welcome in the early morning hours where the temperatures dipped well below the normal for South Texas. 1st Lt. Timothy Martin, a member of the 433rd Mission Support Squadron samples the offerings. Local merchants, including the Lackland Commissary, contributed the ingredients for the morning menu.
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Hand and heart warming breakfast burrittos

The annual Cowboy Breakfast, an event scheduled to coincide with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Breakfast downtown, offered members of the ALamo Wing free breakfast tacos, biscuits and sausage gravy and hot coffee. The hot meal was welcome in the early morning hours where the temperatures dipped well below the normal for South Texas. Local merchants, including the Lackland Commissary, contributed the ingredients for the morning menu. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Community celebration breakfast brought to Lackland

The annual Ride For The Brand Rodeo Breakfast, an event scheduled to coincide with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Breakfast downtown, offered members of the Alamo Wing free breakfast tacos, biscuits and sausage gravy and hot coffee. The hot meal was welcome in the early morning hours where the temperatures dipped well below the normal for South Texas. Local merchants, including the Lackland Commissary, contributed the ingredients for the morning menu. The Ride For The Brand Rodeo Committee hosts the event. The Rodeo Committee also puts on a rodeo in Helotes, Texas, each year to raise funds for college scolarships, the share and care program and various community programs. The committee is made up of members of the Alamo Wing who live in the area surrounding Lackland AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Stired not shaken

Master Sgt. (Ret.) Jim Connell and Master Sgt. James Gomez from the 433rd Maintenance Group get a hot cup of coffee at the annual Ride For The Brand Rodeo Breakfast. The event is scheduled to coincide with the San Antonio Stock Show and Rodeo Breakfast downtown, offered members of the Alamo Wing free breakfast tacos, biscuits and sausage gravy and hot coffee. The hot meal was welcome in the early morning hours where the temperatures dipped well below the normal for South Texas. Local merchants, including the Lackland Commissary, contributed the ingredients for the morning menu. The Ride For The Brand Rodeo Committee hosts the event. The Rodeo Committee also puts on a rodeo in Helotes, Texas, each year to raise funds for college scolarships, the share and care program and various community programs. The committee is made up of members of the Alamo Wing who live in the area surrounding Lackland AFB. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Two new squadrons at the Alamo Wing

Left to right, Col. Del Lewis, 433rd Operations Group Commander, Lt. Col. Fred McMahon, 356th Airlift Squadron and Lt. Col Rick Martino, 733rd Training Squadron were the members of the official party at a ceremony marking the activation of two squadrons at Lackland AFB's Kelly field C-5 Formal Training Unit. The 733rd TRS is a new squadron while the 356th AS is being reactivated at the training facility. The 356th AS patch and flag were brought to Lackland from Wright Patterson AFB where the squadron previously trained aircrew members on the C-141 weapon system. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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The story begins

Col. Del Lewis, 433rd Operations Group Commander, passes a squadron flag to Lt. Col Rick Martino, the commander of the new 733rd Training Squadron during a ceremony marking the activation of the training unit. The 733rd TRS is a new squadron without previous heritage. Colonel Martino remarked that although the unit is brand new, it is not without tradition. "Altus AFB, (previous home to the C-5 Formal Training Unit) built a proud tradition and here we are, the Reserve, with help from active-duty (to take on the C-5 aircrew training mission), quite a team." (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Two new squadrons at the Alamo Wing

While the C-5 Formal Training Unit at Lackland AFB's Kelly Field held a ceremony to welcome two new squadrons into the 433rd Airlift Wing, The first of the C-5 full motion flight simulators was in the begining stages of instalation. Currently aircrew students and instructors use a simulator in another building within the wing. Once this equipment is up and running, available training time will double for students to earn thier initial qualification, the instructors at the schoolhouse who must maintain thier certification and the 68th Airlift Squadron, the Alamo Wing's operational flying squadron. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Extra duties save lives

Reservists like Master Sgt. Rob Kuster, a flight engineer with the 68th Airlift Squadron, often have extra duties like teaching Self Aid and Buddy Care. The course is an essential part of survivability. The course, required every two years, teaches basic first aid techniques and chemical defense basics. (U.S. Air Force photo/Master Sgt. Collen McGee)
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Maintaining the fleet

Senior Airman Jessica Wheat, a reserve maintainer with the 433rd Maintenance Group at Lackland AFB's Kelly Field, reconnects a relief crew compartment air conditioning valve after replacement on a C-5 Galaxy here. The C-5A, which can carry the biggest loads, often flies long missions with augmented aircrews to get supplies where they are needed anywhere in the world. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Troy Pearson)
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Maintaining the fleet

Senior Airman Jessica Wheat, a reserve maintainer with the 433rd Maintenance Group here at Lackland AFB's Kelly Field, performs a lamp test on the loadmaster's aft control panel, part of the aft loading complex. There are thousands of components on a C-5 and each must be in perfect working order to keep the aircraft mission ready at all times. C-5 aircraft from the 433rd Airlift Wing, continually fly missions in support of the Global War on Terror, train aircrews and stand ready to carry relief supplies should disaster strike. (U.S. Air Force photo/Senior Master Sgt. Troy Pearson)
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