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  • Attention Lakewood military families!

    The Lakewood Patch, www.patch.com, is an electronic Lakewood community gathering place, which reports news, events, videos, restaurant reviews, high-school sports, etc.They're currently seeking families of military service men and women who are interested in contributing to a series that looks at

  • 446th AES takes Seahawks' "12 Man" on mission

    Reservists with the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron out of McChord Field, Wash. take a moment to appreciate the Seattle Seahawks' Spirit of the 12th Man during a training mission here. Capt. Lee Wilkerson, a KC-135 Stratotanker pilot from Spokane, Wash., who injured his neck in Hawaii, helps

  • 446th CES Reservist is Air Force top civil engineer Reserve NCO manager

    If the gifts of this recent holiday season were measured by the number of awards decorating the mantle of the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron's Explosive Ordnance Disposal Flight, then Master Sgt. Glen Tuttle might be confused with Santa Claus. In November, the 446th CES EOD Flight NCO in charge was

  • 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron part of an IMAX experience

    Did you know we have movie stars in the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron? During the summer of 2010 our fellow Reservists were deployed to Andrews Air Force Base, Md. where they were met by an IMAX film crew. As it turns out, the Reservists from McChord Field and the 45th Aeromedical Evacuation

  • Care and support for fallen heroes

    Reservists from the 446th Force Support Squadron, Services Flight here, are about halfway through their Air Expeditionary Force rotation at the Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations, Dover Force Base, Del., in support of Operation New Dawn and Operation Enduring Freedom.The six-person team has been

  • 446th Airlift Wing Reservists refine U.S. customs process

    Two 446th Logistics Readiness Flight logistics planners helped streamline a nail-biting redeployment process that previously took 14-hours to complete, whittling the waiting period down to as little as six hours. The Reservists accomplished the task of getting people home as part of the 386th

  • AFNet Migration full speed ahead

    The Air Force Network migration project has migrated its way to McChord Field, and Reservists here should soon reap the benefits. Beginning Jan. 17, computer experts with the 446th Airlift Wing will transfer all network computer accounts from the current "stand-alone" major command network (Air

  • Nutrition, weight management class gives Reservists food for thought

    It may be easy to associate words like potassium citrate, sodium hexameta phosphate, monosodium glutamate and titanium dioxide with a chemistry experiment. But it may come as a surprise to know they are just some of the more common ingredients found in a typical diet today. The names of these

  • McChord's 627th Air Base Group realigns under center

    U.S. Air Force Expeditionary Center officials assumed command of five Air Mobility Command organizations during a ceremony Jan 6 at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J. The 627th Air Base Group from McChord Field, an active-duty unit, is included in this restructure.The AMC restructuring allows

  • January Salutes

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who in January are promoted, new to the wing, or retiring.Promotions Master SergeantRobert Rud, 36th APSTechnical SergeantStephen Ayala, 446th MXSBrendan Caldwell, 86th APSJuanita Elliott, 446th AESEric Ellis, 446th

  • New signals mark busy crosswalks

    McChord Field has recently installed flashing signs at five crosswalk locations, to include the active crosswalk between 446th Airlift Wing headquarters and the 446th Mission Support Group headquarters. Most of the new crosswalk signs are at intersections with uncontrolled crosswalks or in one

  • C-17 passes two million flying hours milestone

    This month, the C-17 Globemaster III celebrated its two millionth flight hour. Of those two million hours, the 446th Airlift Wing has flown 194,202.00 hours in the C-17.As a testament to the C-17 mission tempo, the aircraft passed its two millionth flight hour just four years after passing its first

  • Reserve loadmasters join active-duty for deployment

    As with any successful, well-executed dish, adding a few special spices is what elevates a meal to a five-star level. The same can be said with executing the airlift and airdrop missions in support of Operation New Dawn. In this case, the special spices sprinkled into the main dish are four Reserve

  • Reserve C-17 aircrews fly cargo, people into Antarctica

    An Air Force Reserve C-17 Globemaster III from the 728th Airlift Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., is supporting Operation Deep Freeze by serving as a bridge for cargo and personnel moving between Christchurch, New Zealand, and McMurdo Air Station, Antarctica. C-17 flights for