23 Aug 2019

Former POW addresses deployers

Flying an F-4C Phantom, the Georgia native was shot down in November 1967 over North Vietnam and held captive through March 1973. He spoke about the challenges of having been captured, returning home, how to survive and what he did to do so. His Texas audience consisted of participants in Yellow Ribbon, which promotes the well-being of pre- and post-deployment reservists and those closest to them by connecting them with resources.

9 Aug 2019

ESGR flight gives Texas Reserve bosses first-hand experience

Thirty-four civilian bosses of Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing got an opportunity to fly on a C-5M Super Galaxy here, Aug. 3.

7 Aug 2019

Lackland EFMP, Lighthouse for the Blind assist the Alamo Wing with back-to-school supplies

The Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland Exceptional Family Member Program and the San Antonio Lighthouse for the Blind & Vision Impaired teamed together here, Aug. 4 to provide no-cost backpacks and back-to-school supplies to Reserve Citizen Airmen with the 433rd Airlift Wing.

15 Jul 2019

Missions Baseball team hosts 433rd Airlift Wing night

Reserve Citizen Airmen and family members from the Alamo Wing attended the San Antonio Missions baseball team’s 433rd Airlift Wing Night game July 13 at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium.

9 Jul 2019

Arts in the Armed Forces visits Texas Reserve wing

Arts in the Armed Forces visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and got an up-close look at the wing’s massive C-5M Super Galaxy aircraft, and experienced a simulated flight in the wing’s C-5M simulator, June 28, here. The AITAF group was here to perform a reading of “True West,” to San Antonio’s local military personnel, veterans, and their families.

14 Jun 2019

Running with faith: an Airman’s journey to redemption

Standing there with a knife in hand and cold-hearted from the most devastating news of his life, Master Sgt. Brandan “Troy” Keel contemplated an irreversible decision. Looking into his wife’s eyes after learning she was pregnant with another man’s baby, he couldn’t fathom living anymore. Suicide, he thought, was imminent.

7 May 2019

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.