July 9, 2021 4th Air Force commander visits Alamo Wing Maj. Gen. Jeffrey T. Pennington, 4th Air Force commander, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing here, July 7. The main purpose of the visit was to discuss improvements to the C-5M Super Galaxy Formal Training Unit.
June 29, 2021 App Aims to Match Reserve, Guard Talent With DOD Needs An app powered by artificial intelligence will be developed to identify talent in the Guard and reserve forces that could be used around the Defense Department.
June 25, 2021 Preventing suicide includes support of JBSA family, agencies Whether it’s going through basic training, processing or deploying, service members, military spouses and family members are constantly having to adapt to change. Sometimes the stressors of military life, or other life-changing events, can cause loneliness, isolation or depression and lead to
June 14, 2021 Air Force coins official Maintenance Duty Uniform, adds immediate wear of tactical OCP caps Air Force commanders of units with aircraft maintenance, industrial and other labor intensive Air Force Specialty Codes will have the option to authorize wear of a standardized, maintenance duty uniform, also referred to as coveralls, which may be worn on a day-to-day basis upon publication of the
June 3, 2021 Alamo Wing Welcomes AFRC Inspectors The 433rd Airlift Wing anticipates the arrival of Air Force Reserve Command inspectors for the unit effectiveness inspection, also known as the capstone, here June 3-7. The UEIs are maintained on a 24-36 month cycle, which evaluate all areas of the wing and give program managers the ability to ask
May 27, 2021 19th Air Force commander visits Alamo Wing 19th Air Force leadership, Maj. Gen. Craig Wills, commander, and Command Chief Master Sgt. Kristina Rogers, visited the 433rd Airlift Wing and the 733rd Training Squadron here May 21. The tour began with a mission brief from Col. Terry McClain, 433rd AW commander, followed by Wills’ brief on the
May 26, 2021 Air Force releases updated fitness test score breakdown Without the waist measurement as a scored component, push-ups and sit-ups will increase from 10 to 20 points each, while the 1.5-mile run will remain at 60 points. Scoring will fall into five-year age groups, as opposed to the previous 10.
May 24, 2021 Scobee highlights Reserve contributions during Senate hearing Lt. Gen. Richard Scobee, chief of the Air Force Reserve, and his counterparts from the Marines, Army, Navy and National Guard testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing May 18.
May 10, 2021 Alamo Wing executes Alamo-Bravo readiness exercise The 433rd Airlift Wing conducted a deployment readiness training event, Exercise Alamo Bravo, here May 3-7.The exercise enabled leadership to assess its Reserve Citizen Airmen’s deployment and readiness capabilities, so units within the wing can determine strengths and areas of improvement.
May 4, 2021 Air Force transitions from CVR Teams to more secure systems Beginning June 15, Commercial Virtual Remote (CVR) Teams will no longer be an option within the Air Force, and all information stored in that system will go away. As the CVR environment goes away, the Air Force network version of Microsoft Teams – a separate application with slightly different