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  • Medical screening time changes for August UTA

    In order to accommodate attendance at the 446th Airlift Wing's Family Day picnic Aug. 8, the 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron has changed the time for fitness test medical screenings that day. Medical screenings will be from 8 to 10 a.m., Aug. 8 in Bldg. 690. Reservists should report to the

  • Town hall meetings address force reductions in wing

    The 446th Airlift Wing commander, Col. William Flanigan, has scheduled a series of town hall meetings for all 446th Airlift Wing Reservists and civilian employees on Aug. 7 and 8.These meetings will discuss the upcoming force reductions to wing manning that were recently announced by Air Force

  • McChord Reservists win three times over at Rodeo 2009

    Who says Reservists aren't as organized, trained, and equipped as their active-duty counterparts? That's a Reservist's job...and that's what three Rodeo teams from the 446th Airlift Wing demonstrated at Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2009 here, July 19-24. The 446th AW Rodeo team won the Best Security

  • Aerial Port team changes course during ERO at Rodeo

    With engines hot and ready to take off like a rodeo bull ready to be let out of its cage, a C-17 taxis into the engine running onload/offload event where 446th Rodeo Aerial Port and Aircrew teams come together to ERO cargo in a simulated wartime environment. Before the event, 446th Rodeo AP team

  • Community presents aircrew excellence award to 446th Airlift Wing

    Aircrew members from the 97th, 313th, and 728th Airlift Squadrons from the 446th Airlift Wing here were awarded the 10th annual aircrew excellence award at the Riverside Convention Center, Riverside, Calif., July 23. The 2008 Fourth Air Force Aircrew Excellence Award winners are pilots, Lt. Col.

  • 446th Airlift Wing garners awards at Air Mobility Command's Rodeo

    The 446th Airlift Wing Rodeo team has been presented two awards so far as Air Mobility Command's Rodeo is wraps up today with award presentations and closing ceremonies at McChord Air Force Base, Wash.The 446th Airlift Wing's Rodeo team has won the following Rodeo awards:Best C-17 Maintenance

  • Security Forces team endures final event

    Low crawl, swing, climb...run! That understates the effort the 446th Airlift Wing Rodeo Security Forces team put in the Combat Endurance Course July 23 during Air Mobility Command's Rodeo, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. This event consists of 18 obstacles, four Combat Skills, a 1.2-mile run, and

  • Aeromedical team applies experience to contingency flight at Rodeo

    Experience at running aeromedical evacuation missions in the Southwest Asia area paid off for the 446th Rodeo Aeromedical Evacuation team, which scored a respectable 915 out of 1050 during their July 20 contingency flight. The contingency flight is one of three events for aeromedical evacuation

  • Rodeo Maintenance team meticulous in refueling competition

    What's so hard about pumping gas? You open the gas cap. Put the nozzle in the tank. Squeeze the trigger and wait for the click. Simple. Right? Well when it comes to refueling planes, the process is a lot more meticulous. That's why the 446th Airlift Wing Rodeo Maintenance team applied months of

  • Rodeo Aerial Port team guides twists and turns of a 60K tunner

    Tight corners and bright orange cones litter the aerial port 60K competition grounds at Air Mobility Command's Rodeo, McChord Air Force Base, Wash July 19-24. Aerial port teams competed using their navigational skills, hand signals and good old fashion teamwork to get the job done. The course didn't

  • Security Forces team handles organized chaos at Rodeo

    Terrorists, gunfire, and explosions are all enough to startle the common man. But the 446th Airlift Wing 's Rodeo Security Forces team, McChord Air Force Base, Wash., responds and reacts with little fanfare. The 446th Rodeo Security Forces team competed in the Combat Tactics Course at the South 40

  • Rodeo team proves Reservists are no couch potatoes

    Fee, Fi, Fo, Rodeo, who's the fittest of them all? That would be the 446th Airlift Wing Rodeo team that ran their way to the top score in the Fit-to-Fight competition at Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2009, July 19-24 at McChord Air Force Base, Wash. Five Airmen from the Reserve unit at McChord ran

  • Security Forces Rodeo team fired up about Combat Weapons event

    You get what you pay for. And the 446th Airlift Wing Rodeo Security Forces team has invested a lot into preparing for the Combat Weapons Course July 20 at Rodeo 2009, McChord Air Force Base, Wash. The Combat Weapons Course at Fort Lewis, Wash., was the first of four events the Rodeo Security Forces

  • Rodeo Aerial Port Team remains confident after spill

    There's no sense in crying over spilt milk. Or in this case a pitcher of water. The 446th Aerial Port Rodeo Team had their Aerial Port 10K forklift driving event on the flightline July 20, their first event of the Air Mobility Command's Rodeo 2009. The course tests the operator's proficiency in

  • Reserve home team ready for Rodeo

    About 45 Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing here, will be competing in Rodeo 2009, July 19-24, here. The 446th Airlift Wing team will make up part of the 2,500 participants and 100 teams from Air Mobility Command, Air Force Reserve Command, Air National Guard, and teams from the Marine Corps,