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Reserve Airmen participate in anti hijacking exercise

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  • By Maj. Tim Wade
  • 433rd Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office
Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas --  The 433rd Airlift Wing, local and federal agencies participated in a Joint Base San Antonio-led anti-hijacking exercise here Dec. 3 .

The scenario centered around a disgruntled service member attempting to hijack a C-5A Galaxy, according to Senior Master Sgt. Robert Kusterer, 433rd AW Inspector General Inspection and Readiness office.

The training proved to be a vital refresher and helped validate processes used by the FBI, San Antonio Police and Fire departments, and JBSA medical, fire and security forces.

"We had to coordinate with many agencies and get schedules to coincide," said Kusterer. "We actually had to reschedule twice because of schedule conflicts.  There is a lot of energy that go into something like this. "

The inclusion of the outside partners was greatly appreciated by wing leadership.

"The level of realism provided by the civilian and other federal agencies participating ensured our aircrew members received the highest level of proficiency and readiness," said Col. William Whittenberger, Jr., 433rd AW commander.