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  • 446th AW News In Brief

    Rodeo is coming in July Thousands of competitors will arrive at McChord July 22 and compete in dozens of competitions testing their professional mobility skills through July 28 in Air Mobility Command's Rodeo '07. The 446th Airlift Wing team, headed by Lt. Col. Greg Pyke, will compete to defend its

  • Spouse links families with unit

    It isn't every day that a spouse of a Reservist is honored by the Air Force, but that's what happened during the 446th Aeromedical Staging Squadron's commander's call here Feb. 10. Stephany Langston, wife of Tech. Sgt. Clay Langston, was recognized for her outstanding service as the unit's key

  • Training brings reservists together

    The 86th Aerial Port Squadron uses real world scenarios to gain knowledge and experience for themselves, as well as to teach others. Each scenario given to the Reservists presents different circumstances and must be coordinated, planned and then carried out within regulations said Staff Sgt. Robin

  • Reservist wins national award

    At the heart of every firefighter is the undeniable need to help others within, around, or well beyond his own community. At the heart of every Airman are the core values of Integrity First, Service before Self, Excellence in All We Do. What do you get when you mix both? You get the National

  • Outstanding performers take flight

    Six 446th Airlift Wing Reservists participated in the quarterly top-performer incentive flight Jan. 7; a flight which recognizes outstanding Reservists in the wing. The Reservists departed McChord on the outbound unit training assembly shuttle so they could observe how their jobs support the wing

  • Safety garners command-level award

    If a unit flies 10,047 hours, carrying more than 32,000 people and 41 million tons of cargo, much of it in and out of a war zone, with zero reportable mishaps, it gets more than a great safety record. The 446th Airlift Wing Safety Office has earned the designation Air Force Reserve Command Safety

  • President thanks wing Reservists

    For most 446th Airlift Wing aircrews, the last five years have brought endless missions in support of Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom, not to mention presidential support missions. Two aircrews received a special thank you on the wing's behalf for all that work. The 313th and 728th

  • Health professionals outstanding

    The Air Force Reserve Command recently announced the recipients of the 2006 Air Force Outstanding Unit Award. This annual award is reserved for the units with exceptionally meritorious service. Among the winners of this prestigious award was one squadron each member of our wing knows very well. The

  • C-17 makes its first South Pole airdrop

    A C-17 Globemaster III , flown by a McChord crew, made its debut airdrop to the South Pole, Antarctica Dec. 20. This airdrop delivery gives McChord's joint active-duty and Reserve crew the opportunity to train and test the capabilities of the C-17 while supporting the National Science Foundation

  • 10 C-17s, 2 wings, 1 launch

    Local residents will see a rare sight when they look to the skies Wednesday. Several McChord agencies will combine efforts to fly a formation training exercise consisting of 10 C-17s here Wednesday morning. The objective of the exercise is to test all the organizations and different aspects of the

  • Reservists deliver specialized team to support burn victims

    It's like a page from a script right out of a Hollywood movie. A McChord C-17 aircraft was diverted Dec. 1 to fly a nine-member Army Burn Center Flight Team from Lackland AFB, Texas, to Hickam AFB, Hawaii, to care for six Navy Sailors with burn injuries. The Sailors were burned when a steam line

  • Reservist hits minior bump in road

    Picture yourself driving down a bumpy, dirt road. Your Humvee is cruising along, but you're tense from waiting for something to happen. Eventually, it does. Your vehicle just detonated a roadside bomb and you're flying three feet into the air. For one Reservist with the 446th Civil Engineer Squadron

  • 446th Mission Support Group sees new commander in January

    Lt. Col. Craig Petersen, currently the assistant chief of the 4th Air Force Aerial Port Branch, has been selected as the 446th Mission Support Group commander. He visited here in November to get acquainted with the people and squadrons in the wing's largest group and took some time out to talk about

  • Workshop hears Airmen's concerns

    More than 200 members of the Air Force Reserve team converged on Colorado Springs the last week in October and then headed home with ideas for improving their Human Resources Development Councils. Air Force Reserve Command's HRDC played host to a three-day workshop at the Sheraton Colorado Springs