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  • After 450 flying hours, Reserve Airmen complete Operation Deep Freeze season

    As a cold dark winter approaches Antarctica, the 2012-2013 season of Operation Deep Freeze is forced to come to an end. A team of McChord Airmen, from both the 446th and 62nd Airlift Wings, flew the last mission to the frozen white continent Feb. 26 before returning home to the Evergreen State March

  • Salutes for March 2013

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsMaster SergeantAnthony Carson, 446th AESTechnical SergeantTyler Akers, 86th APSAlvin Allen, 86th APSAlesha Kelly, 97th ASAlisa Olson, 446th AESNicole

  • 446th AW recognizes McChord Reservists' Excellence

    The 446th Airlift Wing Annual Awards Banquet was held at the McChord Consolidated Clubs here March 2.More than 300 guests attended and the finale of the night was the announcement of the wing's annual award winners.Stand-out awardees were Tacoma's Lt. Col. Pete Buehn, 446th Operations Group pilot,

  • Wing shines in Air Force climate assessment survey

    Reservists in the 446th Airlift Wing who participated in the bi-annual climate assessment survey indicate overall satisfaction in the five rated categories covered by the surveyed, exceeding the Air Force ratings as a whole.The wing assessment summary shows a very positive rating in categories of

  • Family, friends welcome Reserve Airmen home from Afghanistan

    Of about 60 deployed Reservists from the 86th Aerial Port Squadron, 13 returned to McChord Field Feb. 28. A few others returned earlier in the week; yet more will arrive next week. After six months at various locations in Southwest Asia, the Reserve aerial porters return with more experience and

  • McChord Reservists return home from Afghanistan deployments

    About 60 Citizen Airmen from the 86th Aerial Port Squadron here are scheduled to come home from a six-month deployment from various locations in Southwest Asia and Afghanistan in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.A group of about 20 Reservists are scheduled to arrive at Seattle-Tacoma

  • Potential furloughs could hit Reserve wing workforce

    by Jim GaramoneAmerican Forces Press Service2/22/2013 - WASHINGTON -- If sequestration is triggered next week, unpaid furloughs for civilian Defense Department employees will start in late April, Pentagon officials said here today.Those furloughs would include potentially 246 employees in the 446th

  • Nourish your mind at lunch, earn college math credits

    If you're inclined to crunch numbers instead of crunching on lunch, the opportunity to do so is here.The 446th Airlift Wing will be hosting Saint Martin's MATH110 course starting March 18.This class will satisfy the three semester hours needed to complete the math requirement for your Community

  • Reserve Airman in training saves infant

    A 446th Airlift Wing Reservist saved his first life when a baby went into cardiac arrest the morning of Feb. 12 at the Madigan Army Medical Center emergency room.Airman 1st Class Barrett Rayan, aeromedical evacuation technician in training at the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron, was near the

  • Inspector general here to help resolve issues

    The Inspector General role has been around since our country began. Dating back in part to the Continental Army's custom of having an independent party review the readiness of combat troops. The lineage of the United States Air Force IG began with the American Army of 1777 and was established as an