Inspired to collect lifesaving DNA

After learning a colleague’s son was battling leukemia and needed a lifesaving bone marrow transplant, one Rainier Wing member sprang into action.

Liberal UTA reschedules authorized for members impacted by Snoqualmie Pass winter weather

With winter weather conditions and traffic incidents affecting the Snoqualmie Pass, 446th Airlift ‘Rainier’ Wing leadership has authorized liberal rescheduling of the January Unit Training Assembly for those directly impacted by the Snoqualmie Pass conditions. Members impacted by Snoqualmie Pass

From Just Cause to Iraqi Freedom: Nurse recounts time though three wars

U.S. Air Force Capt. Carol Vermillion felt no fear while flying to Panama in December 1989 as part of Operation Just Cause, the first of three conflicts where she served as a nurse.“I was more excited and anxious,” recalled Vermillion, who retired as a colonel. “I felt more a part of the Air Force.”

Uniform code of military justice changes

Effective Jan. 1, 2019, the Military Justice Act of 2016 will instate the most reform to the Uniform Code of Military Justice and Manual for Courts-Martial in decades, modernizing dated aspects of the military justice system while also providing transparency.

Joint, Coalition and Total Force Airmen expediting Rapid Global Mobility at Al Udeid Air Base, Qatar

The 8th Expeditionary Air Mobility Squadron at Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar enables rapid global mobility with a diverse group of Airmen and Soldiers from all walks of life.

Closing out an action-packed 2018

The world is preparing to ring in the New Year and welcome in 2019. As 2018 comes to a close, it proved to be a year full of training, exercises and new leadership for the 446th Airlift ‘Rainier’ Wing. Check out a summary of 2018 accomplishments and milestones pulled together from Public Affairs

Latest OCP guidance approves current subdued patches

Airmen wearing OCP uniforms are authorized to add their former Airmen Battle Uniform subdued patches until the mandatory brown subdued ones go into effect.

AFRC Yellow Ribbon program celebrates 10th anniversary

Organizers with the Air Force Reserve Command’s flagship deployer support program celebrated its 10th anniversary training event here over the weekend.

New medical process gives reservists more time for training

Instead of spending hours completing their annual Periodic Health Assessments, reservists here were in and out in as little as 15 minutes during the December unit training assembly.

Super Galaxy: Aeromedical evacuation's biggest ally

During a cold, gloomy first week of December, total force Airmen teamed-up at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, to test the capability of the Air Force’s largest aircraft to perform aeromedical evacuation during a proof of concept event.

How the Air Force got smarter about its aviation fuel use in 2018

Operational energy, or aviation fuel, is critical to mission success – but getting fuel to the warfighter involves complex logistical and technical challenges, intricate planning, and more importantly, poses safety risks to the troops transporting it. As the battlefield becomes increasingly

Missed TRICARE Open Season? There’s still time to act!

If you missed TRICARE Open Season, you still have time to enroll. For this year only, you can enroll in or change your TRICARE Prime or TRICARE Select plan through Dec. 31, 2018 for coverage starting on Jan. 1, 2019. You may also change your type of enrollment, like switching from individual to

77 years after the attack on Hickam Field

America Bids Goodbye to President George H.W. Bush

WASHINGTON -- Eulogies hailed former President George Herbert Walker Bush as both a great and a good man at a state funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral here today.The nation’s 41st president died Nov. 30 at the age of 94. President Donald J. Trump and former presidents Barack Obama,

Rainier Wing Spreads Holiday Cheer

Brandon Unruh and Christopher Eaton, members of the 446th Development and Training Flight, display their holiday cheer as volunteers for the ornament decorating station at the 446th Airlift Wing‘s Annual Children’s Holiday Party on Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Dec. 2, 2018. The 446th Airlift Wing