News

15 Apr 2021
Bundles and Backpacks: Women’s Council delivers first event April 10
The 446th Airlift Wing Women’s Council delivered its first event, Baby Bundles and Kits for Kids, for Reserve Citizen Airmen April 10, 2021 here. Fifty diaper bags filled with items needed to care for newborns were handed out to expecting Reserve Citizen Airmen and those with newborns in an effort to take care of Airmen and their families. Reserve moms and dads lined up to grab a bundle, provided by the Pierce Military Business Alliance, as well as backpacks and toys provided by 446th Airman and Family Readiness Center. The Council teamed up with A&RC and PMBA to host the event honoring the Month of the Military Child.
11 Apr 2021
446th Mission Support Group welcomes new commander
Col. Sherard Dorroh assumed command of the 446th Mission Support Group here on April 11.
11 Apr 2021
446th Mission Support Group welcomes new commander
Col. Sherard Dorroh assumed command of the 446th Mission Support Group here on April 11.
1 Apr 2021
446th Airlift Wing's April promotions
The 446th Airlift Wing congratulates Reserve Citizen Airmen who promoted in April.
24 Mar 2021
Fly girls: Women in the 446th AW share why they wanted to fly
Regardless of how each of these four women came to fly or why they chose to join the Air Force Reserve, or the multiples decisions they have to make daily, Thornburg sums up why these women all fly. “To this day I think that when we fly all the issues and problems stay on the ground, in the air we are free.”
9 Mar 2021
Arneson takes command of 728th Airlift Squadron
Lt. Col. Daniel J. Arneson assumed command of the 728th Airlift Squadron at McChord Field on March 6, in a ceremony presided by Lt. Col. Cynthia A. Welch, 446th Operations Group commander.
7 Mar 2021
Welch proud to accept command of 446th Operations Group
The 446th Operations Group welcomed new commander, Lt. Col. Cynthia Welch, in an assumption of command ceremony March 6, 2021, on McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
7 Mar 2021
March promotions
Congratulations to the Reserve Citizen Airmen who promoted in March.
2 Mar 2021
446th AES professionals return home after worldwide deployments
Fourteen Reserve Citizen Airmen from the 446th Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron returned home last month from deployments stateside and overseas.
2 Mar 2021
ADLS training transitions to “myLearning” in first step for new force development learning management system
As part of Air Education and Training Command’s efforts to aggressively and cost-effectively modernize education and training, Airmen and Guardians can access the “myLearning” digital platform on the Air Force Portal beginning March 18, with the first phase consisting of a modernized and interactive training platform that allows Airmen to access training modules previously found on the Advanced Distributed Learning Service (ADLS).
2 Mar 2021
Air Force finalizes PT uniform design; will begin production process
This is the first update to the PT uniform in more than 16 years, and more than 150 Airmen participated in testing the uniform.
2 Mar 2021
Department of the Air Force to allow shorts for maintainers, updates variety of uniform options
Airmen and Guardians will now have more dress and appearance options with upcoming uniform changes to Air Force Instruction 36-2903, Dress and Appearance.
19 Feb 2021
Department of the Air Force Leaders direct second IG Disparity Review
The review follows the department’s 2020 Racial Disparity Review released in December 2020 and expands its focus into three additional racial categories (Asian, American Indian/Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), gender, and one additional ethnic category (Hispanic/Latinx).
16 Feb 2021
446th Airlift Wing begins COVID-19 vaccinations
The 446th Aerospace Medicine and Aeromedical Staging squadrons administered the first round of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine here on Feb. 6-7. First responders, healthcare providers and command staff assigned to the 446th Airlift Wing were prioritized in the wing’s first allotment, followed by high-risk populations, those in critical national capability positions and finally, healthy populations.
10 Feb 2021
CSAF talks COVID operations, diversity and inclusion, readiness with Reserve senior leaders
COVID-19 operations, diversity and inclusion, and the readiness posture of 70,000-plus Reserve Citizen Airmen were the main topics of discussion when Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Charles Q. Brown, Jr. met with Air Force Reserve Command senior leaders at AFRC headquarters here Feb. 8.During his visit to Robins, Brown met with Lt. Gen. Richard