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  • AF seeks 2017 Gen. Mark A. Welsh III One Air Force Award submissions

    Air Force officials are seeking nominations for the 2017 Gen. Mark A. Welsh III One Air Force Award.  This Air Force-level award, which recognizes mission success achieved by a team of two or more Total Force components, will be presented to the top team that demonstrates improved effectiveness,

  • Increased Antarctic airlift capability contributes to science

    Over the past 60 years, winter flying missions have provided a significant contribution to how the National Science Foundation conducts scientific research in Antarctica.The C-17 Globemaster III 2016-2017 season recently wrapped-up, and the night vision goggle capability paired with mid-Austral

  • Group MVPs recognized

    The 446th Mission Support Group recently announced quarterly award winners for the past year along with most valuable performers. It allows members within the group to be recognized regardless of if they won at the wing level.

  • CSAF discusses readiness

    Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. David L. Goldfein addressed rebuilding the Air Force’s readiness during a discussion at the Heritage Foundation April 12, 2017, in Washington, D.C.

  • Wing banquet honors award winners

    The 446th Airlift Wing held its annual awards banquet to honor significant contributions of its Air Force Reservists, civilian workers, families, and employers April , 2017 at the McChord Field Club.

  • ARPC announces CY17 Reserve Major promotions

    Air Reserve Personnel Center officials announced results for the Calendar Year 2017 Air Force Reserve Line and Non Line Major Promotion Selection Boards today. The boards selected more than 400 Citizen Airmen for promotion.The selection boards convened at ARPC Jan. 30 - Feb. 3 to determine those

  • Ranier Wing Citizen Airman receives Levitow Award

    SSgt. David M. Smith, 446th Civil Engineer Squadron emergency management, stands at Joint-Base Lewis-McChord, WA, Apr. 1. Smith was recently awarded the John Levitow Award at Airman Leadership School as the only Reservist in the class. Smith travelled to Eielson Air Force Base, AK in December to

  • Joint service air evacuation enables crucial care

    Airmen, Soldiers and U.S. and Japanese civilian personnel from six different locations around the world teamed up to provide the largest aeromedical evacuation ever at Misawa Air Base, Japan for two critical patients March 22.The Air Force AE System is a unique and significant part of the nation’s

  • Realistic training fuels confidence

    The 446th Aerospace Medicine Squadron out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord was trained during their annual tour at Naval Medical Center San Diego’s Medical Surgical Simulation Center.

  • Miller discusses priorities with House Caucus

    WASHINGTON -- Leaders from each branch of service spoke about their top priorities at the caucus-sponsored breakfast. Lt. Gen. Maryanne Miller, the chief of Air Force Reserve and commander, Air Force Reserve Command, focused on manpower and budget as the top priorities for the Air Force Reserve.

  • 100 sorties a day – Planning for Mobility Guardian 2017

    A group of seven Mobility Guardian planners have been working tirelessly to coordinate the 100 sorties a day that will be flying out of McChord Field at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington, during this summer’s projected Air Mobility Command Mobility Guardian exercise.Maj. Sean McConville, 62nd