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  • Around The Wing

    This month's photo feature proves business as usual for the 446th Airlift Wing Citizen Airmen during their UTA weekend, July 13-14. From visiting vets at the Veterans Affairs hospital at American Lake, to crushing all-terrain vehicle training, it's safe to say that grass doesn't grow under these

  • New lunchtime program nourishes the spiritual Reservist

    There's a new pilot program at the 446th Airlift Wing, but it has nothing to do with flying airplanes. The 446th AW Chaplain Corps team will be leading a "pilot" program offering worship services on the primary Reserve weekends starting in September.Services will be during the lunch hours, noon to

  • McChord Reserve cops drive through ATV training

    One of the main vehicles a security forces Airman might need when they're deployed in the field is an all-terrain vehicle. For that reason, and because 446th SFS Reservists are deployable, they are required to take the ATV course every two to three years. Some 446th SFS Airmen have utilized those

  • Salutes for July 2013

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.PromotionsSenior Master SergeantAdam Harrison, 446th AMXSMaster SergeantJennifer Greer, 446th CESTechnical SergeantBecky Bailey, 446th AESRhet Ponchinlan, 446th

  • Reservists airlift helicopter to south of the equator

    Nine Reservists from the 446th Airlift Wing flew south of the equator July 5th to Australia to aid in a multinational training exercise called Talisman Saber 2013. The 446th team supported the exercise by airlifting a Navy H-60 Seahawk helicopter and 24 Sailors to the event.According to the

  • Taxpayers get a great deal with Reservists

    Everyone loves a bargain, including Air Force Reservists, who are themselves a bargain.Part-time Airmen with a full-time mission, Reservists cost U.S. taxpayers about one-third of the Air Force annual budget.Federal defense appropriation demonstrates the cost-effectiveness of the Air Force Reserve.

  • After 10 years, security forces Reservists return to sustainment training

    Battling the heat and at times their own senior NCOs, security forces Reservists from the 446th Security Forces Squadron, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., successfully navigated their way through security forces sustainment training at Fort Wolter, Texas.The training, known as Patriot Defender, took

  • Salutes for June 2013

    Take a moment to say congratulations, hello, and farewell to our Reservists who have been promoted, are new to the wing, or retiring.Promotions Master SergeantHenry Bande, 446th MXGRoderick Johnson, 446th AMDSTechnical SergeantAlynn Jones, 446th AMDSKarissa Kvam, 446th AESSherlly Lange, 446th

  • Reservist part of coalition joint team slinging cargo

    A coalition joint team peers into a dark, moonless sky in preparation for a night time helicopter slingload mission. All of their other senses are heightened to compensate for the reduced visibility as a UH-60 Black Hawk approaches the site.Soon, the team is immersed in the smell of burned JP-8