News

  • Five Reserve Charleston Airmen earn Distinguished Flying Cross

    Five 315th Airlift Wing Reserve Citizen Airmen were among the 51 Distinguished Flying Crosses awarded by U.S. Air Force Gen. Mike Minihan, commander of Air Mobility Command, for their actions in Operation Allies Refuge, during a ceremony at Joint Base Charleston, S.C., Nov. 21, 2022.

  • Operation Turkey Drop

    Members of the Air Force Association McChord Field Chapter, 446th AW leadership and 446th Airman and Family Readiness team, moved ready to cook frozen turkeys into cold storage, Nov. 4, 2022, at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. 60 frozen turkeys were delivered by the AFA McChord Field Chapter during the

  • DAF senior leaders amplify SecDef directives for reproductive health care

    Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III announced that the DoD would ensure service members and their families can access reproductive health care within its authority and consistent with applicable federal law, in addition to clear guidance for health care providers to operate effectively.

  • Operation Green Flight Takes Off

    Operation Green Flight is an avenue for the 446th Airlift Wing to review the readiness of the wing and give Airmen an opportunity to observe another unit’s training.

  • First McChord deployment with new AFFORGEN model

    Members of the 62d Airlift Wing said their goodbyes to friends and families before deploying in support  of U.S. Central Command, U.S. European Command, and U.S. Africa Command operations Sept. 26-27, 2022. This deployment is McChord’s first implementation of the new Air Force Force Generation

  • Team McChord welcomes 2022-2024 Honorary Commanders

    Team McChord welcomed the 2022-2024 honorary commanders during an assumption of command ceremony at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, Sept. 29, 2022. These local community leaders come from various backgrounds and play a key role in continuing to strengthen ties between Team McChord and the

  • Healy promotes readiness, transformation at AFA 2022

    The new chief of the Air Force Reserve and commander of Air Force Reserve Command highlighted his two strategic priorities – Ready Now and Transforming for the Future – during the fall 2022 Air Force Association National Convention here Sept. 19.

  • AGR program changes on the horizon

    In line with Lt. Gen. John Healy’s strategic priorities of “Ready Now!” and “Transforming for the Future,” Air Force Reserve Command is instituting changes to the Active Guard and Reserve program effective Oct. 1.

  • Connecting flight: 446 AW bridges gap with Employer Day

    This year, 23 employers came to the base and flew aboard a C-17 Globemaster III aircraft. The passengers took pictures in the cockpit, spoke with the aircrew, as well as saw Reservists perform their military jobs on the aircraft.